8 double down chocolate Recipes

fabulous chocolate peanut butter cookies, level 3, unsweetened dutch cocoa, unbleached baking flour, baking soda, salt, semisweet baking chocolate, broken, unsweetened baking chocolate, broken, light brown sugar, chopped peanuts, unsalted butter, eggs, real vanilla, semisweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, prepare cookies : preheat oven to 325 degrees., sift together cocoa , flour, baking soda and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. set aside., heat 1 inch of water in the bottom of a double boiler over medium heat. place semisweet and unsweetened baking chocolate in top half of the double boiler. tightly cover the top pan with plastic wrap and heat 12 to 15 minutes. remove from heat and stir chocolate until smooth. keep at room temperature. or, melt in microwave., place brown sugar and butter in the bowl of electric mixer and beat on medium speed 1 minute. scrape down bowl and beat on high speed additional 30 seconds. scrape down bowl. add eggs, 1 at a time, while beating on medium, stopping to scrape down bowl after incorporating each addition., add vanilla and beat on medium 30 seconds. add melted baking chocolate and beat on low 10 seconds more. scrape down bowl and beat additional 30 seconds. add flour mixture and beat on low until thoroughly combined, 20 to 30 seconds. remove bowl from mixer, add chocolate chips and peanut butter chips; mix thoroughly with rubber spatula. add peanuts, place 6 to 8 cookies per baking sheet (each cookie is approximately 2 tsp. put sheets in middle of oven. bake for 18 to 20 minutes, cool cookies on pans 5 to 6 minutes. transfer cookies to wire rack. repeat procedure until all cookies have been baked. cool cookies thoroughly before storing in sealed plastic container., prepare chocolate dipping sauce : heat cream, butter and sugar in saucepan over medium-high heat. when hot, stir to dissolve sugar. bring mixture to boil. place chocolate in stainless steel bowl and pour boiling cream over chocolate. let stand 5 minutes. stir until smooth. cool to room temperature. (dip can be made 3 to 4 days ahead and refrigerated. reheat, stirring. bring to room temperature before using.), put dip in a serving bowl, so guests can dip their cookies in before eating.

unsalted roasted almonds (see cooks notes), chocolate wafer cookies (such as famous chocolate wafers; 4 oz), light brown sugar, unsalted butter, melted, whole milk, heavy cream, chocolate stout , preferably double (to measure, tilt cup and pour it slowly down side of a liquid measuring cup, then let foam dissipate or skim it off), light brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, cornstarch, good-quality bittersweet chocolate (60 - 62% cacao), finely chopped, pure vanilla extract, chilled heavy cream, bourbon, sugar, pure vanilla extract, chocolate shavings or cocoa powder, optional

unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, light brown sugar , tightly packed, fresh blueberries, lime zest, grated, all-purpose flour, double-acting baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, eggs, at room temperature, pure vanilla extract, buttermilk (or sour milk-i have used sour milk made with 1/2 tsp lime juice for extra lime flavor), baking soda, white chocolate, coarsely chopped

butter, softened at room temperature, egg, all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, buttermilk (if you don tsp have , make sour milk by adding 1/2 tsp of lemon juice to 1/2 cup of mil), raspberries, butter, unsweetened cocoa, water, vanilla extract, icing sugar

cold butter , cut into pieces, brown sugar , packed, firm ripe bananas, orange juice, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, softened, sugar (can use 1/2 cup ), egg, mashed ripe banana, buttermilk, chocolate chip

butter, at room temperature, brown sugar, firm-ripe bananas(about 1 1/4 lb. total), peeled, orange juice, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, granulated sugar, egg, mashed ripe banana (about 8 oz.), buttermilk, semisweet chocolate chips