5 stir cooked chocolate vanilla Recipes

toasted pecans, heavy cream, granulated sugar, light corn syrup, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, in pieces, salt, black licorice strands , cut into 2-inch pieces, semisweet chocolate, chopped, milk chocolate, chopped, chocolate curls or jimmies, optional, line 2 baking sheets with waxed paper and lightly spray with, mound 30 small clusters of pecans , about 3 or 4 pecans each, spaced a, couple inches apart on the pan ., make caramel : warm the cream over low heat and keep warm while you, cook the sugar ., put the sugar and corn syrup and in a deep, heavy-bottomed large, saucepan ., cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar, dissolves ., stop stirring , raise heat to medium-high, and simmer until the sugar, reaches the hard crack stage , or 305 degrees f on a candy, thermometer , about 7 minutes., whisk the butter and salt into the sugar mixture., gradually pour in the cream and vanilla taking care since the mixture, will bubble up ., reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook, stirring, occasionally , until the sugar reaches soft ball stage, 240 degrees f, on the thermometer , about 5 minutes more., immediately remove from the heat and cool for a minute., ladle a couple tbsp of warm caramel over some of the nut, clusters , to make the spider bodies., then press 6 pieces of licorice into the warm caramel to make the, legs ., repeat with the remaining caramel and licorice., helpful to have an extra hand here, since the caramel can set, quickly ., if caramel hardens, warm over very low heat . ), let spiders cool 15 minutes ., meanwhile , put the chocolates in a medium heatproof bowl., bring a saucepan filled with 1-inch or so of water to a very slow, simmer; set the bowl over , but not touching, the water., stir the chocolate occasionally until melted and smooth ., alternatively , put the chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl., melt at 50 percent power in the microwave until soft , about 1 minute., stir , and continue heat until completely melted, 2 to 3 minutes, spoon about 1 tbsp of melted chocolate on top of each spider ., sprinkle with jimmies or chocolate curls, if desired., let cool until firm .

chocolate biscotti, dozen, all-purpose flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa, eggs, vanilla extract, teeaspoon baking soda, salt, whole blanched almonds, preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. coat a 10 x 15 rimmed cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. in a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the almonds; mix well with a spoon. stir in the almonds until well blended; the dough will be thick and sticky. place half of the dough on the cookie sheet; form a slightly rounded 4 x 12 loat that is about 3/4 inch thick. repeat with the remaining dough on a second cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes. remove from the oven and reduce the temperature to 325 degrees f. allow the loaves to cool for 5 to 10 minutes, then cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. lay the slices cut side down on the cookie sheets and bake for 15 more minutes. turn the cookies over and bake for another 15 minutes or until very crisp. allow to cool, then store in an airtight container.

vegetable oil plus more for greasing pans, natural unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch-process) plus more for dusting pans, water, well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk, eggs , warmed in shell in warm water 5 minutes, pure vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk, semisweet chocolate chips (see cooks notes), instant espresso powder, light corn syrup, pure vanilla extract

almond filling - mandelcreme, soft butter, sugar, egg yolk, rum, almonds -- ground, work butter to a cream. add sugar slowly and beat until fluffy. add the egg yolk and beat well. blend in the rum and fold in the ground almonds., will make about 1/2 cup., apricot glaze - abrikosglasur, apricot jam, place jam in a small, heavy saucepan and bring it to a boil. cook slowly 10 minutes, or until thick. press through a sieve and spread while hot in a very thin film over breads, pastries and cakes., butter cream filling - smorcreme, soft butter, powdered sugar, sherry, coffee, almonds -- chopped, cream butter ., beat in powdered sugar until smooth ., beat in the wine and coffee., use as a filling and/or frosting for any layer cake. sprinkle chopped almonds on top, and spread around the sides of the frosted cake., chocolate filling - chokoladecreme, milk, flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt, unsweetened chocolate, eggs -- beaten, vanilla, scald the milk. mix flour , cornstarch, sugar and salt well and stir very slowly into scalded milk. cook until thick., melt chocolate in top of double boiler over hot water and add to cooked mixture., add eggs. boil 2 minutes ., stir in vanilla. if you wish a glossy filling , stir in 2 tbsp butter after the filling has been removed from the heat., date filling - dadelcreme, sugar, dates -- pitted & ground, water, lemon rind -- grated, almonds -- chopped, mix all ingredients and cook over low heat about 5 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking or scorching. if filling becomes too thick wihle cooking, add a little more water.