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This is the perfect chocolate chip cookie!! Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside!! Looking over the ingredients list and the measurements of each, I recognized this as your fairly standard, classic chocolate chip cookie recipe--and I expected fairly standard results. I was baking in our second home today, where I have a convection oven (which I remain somewhat unfamiliar with). I don't know if it was the convection oven or something else I'm missing, but these did not turn out to be fairly standard chocolate chip cookies! Rather, they were some of the best I've ever tried. First of all, they stay uniform in shape and size, which is important to me, and they're just the right thickness--not poofy little cakes, and not flat and spread out. They're rich and buttery, with crispy outsides, and a soft but chewey inside. I didn't bother to mix the baking soda in the 2 tsp. hot water, just mixed it in with the flour--I also added 1/2 tsp. salt to heighten flavo...

{5 Minute} Chocolate Pecan Fudge is smooth and creamy rich chocolate fudge generously filled with pecans. This fudge is perfect for gifting, snacking, and serving for any occasion! Traditionally, old-fashioned fudge is a time intensive and finicky candy to make. It used to require a candy thermometer and a considerable amount of time spent stirring the hot mixture over the stovetop. Now, I’m thrilled to be making countless varieties of fudge in just minutes! While I’m not really a fan of “microwave cooking” in general, nothing beats being able to melt baking ingredients to the perfect consistency in just moments. To make this Chocolate Pecan Fudge, you simply combine everything in a glass bowl, heat for a couple minutes, pour onto a tray, and refrigerate until firm! COOK’S NOTE: If you aren't a fan of the microwave, you can easily melt the chocolate, milk and butter in a double boiler on the stove top.   {5 Minute} Chocolate Pecan Fudge Yield: (36) 1-inch squares 2 cups dark chocol...

I love snickerdoodles and these were probably some of the best that I have ever had. I would say that they are as good as my mom’s. They were barely crunchy on the outside, but nice and soft on the inside. Disneyland knows it's stuff when it comes to baking amazing foods and these Snickerdoodles are no exception! Disneyland’s Snickerdoodle Cookies Serves: 60 cookies Ingredients:   Dough:     3 1⁄2 cups flour     1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda     1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar     1 cup butter (2 sticks), room temperature     2 cups sugar     2 eggs     1⁄4 cup milk     1 teaspoon vanilla Topping:     3 tablespoons sugar     1 teaspoon cinnamon Directions:     Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.     In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Set aside.     In a separate b...

Made this twice once with great resluts, once not so great. I used limeade both times but the second time I bought low fat Cool Whip by mistake and ended up with a runny mess that didn't set up. So I ended up freezing the pie which ended up tasting as great as my first try. Good thing that I made it the day before I was serving it. I also added some crushed pretzels to the graham cracker crust I made hoping for a Margarita type pie. That was a nice chang. Recipe >> Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie @ greatgrubdelicioustreats.com

Churro Ice Cream Bowls Makes 8 churro bowls INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup butter, cubed 2 Tbsp. brown sugar ½ tsp salt 1 cup water 1 cup flour 1 tsp vanilla 4 eggs Cooking-oil spray Oil for frying Cinnamon sugar Ice cream Hot fudge and caramel topping (optional) Equipment: Piping bag with a small star tip Muffin tin (6 to 12 cups) PREPARATION: In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, add butter, brown sugar, salt, and water, and bring to a boil. As soon as the butter has fully melted and the mixture begins to boil, reduce the heat to medium-low and add in flour. Using a wooden spoon, stir until the dough comes together to form a ball (about 1 minute). Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes before proceeding to the next step (to prevent accidentally cooking the eggs). Mix in the vanilla extract and add in the eggs, one at a time, being sure to fully incorporate each egg before adding the next. Once all the eggs are incorporated, transfer it to a piping bag with a small star tip. Invert a m...

Easy-to-make chocolate cake with a gooey caramel center--almost like a candy bar. - I made this cake for my boyfriend's birthday and his entire office loved it! This is an extremely rich cake - you can't eat much! I subbed Devil's Food cake and peanuts because he doesn't like coconut or walnuts. Turned out great and also did the snickers on top.. It was very delicious and rich. definitly need a glass of milk or vanilla ice cream. I plan on making it again for my husbands bday. Recipe >> Snickers Cake @ plainchicken.com

It’s a hard life, but we did it to bring you the ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipes. As part of the process of creating the best chocolate chip cookies ever, I baked 10 famous existing cookie recipes and held a blind taste test for 40 of my co-workers. The 10 recipes came from all over the cookie spectrum. There was the New York Times’ top pick, the Nestlé Toll House version that we all grew up with, and favorites from Bon Appétit and bloggers like Tara O’Brady of Seven Spoons. I wanted to include something for everyone, because even though I’ve spent many years as a professional recipe creator, I know that not everyone is necessarily looking for the same kind of cookie. For this test, I asked my co-workers to taste all 10, then pick their absolute favorite. To keep things as even as possible, I created a few simple parameters when it came to the actual baking. I used the same size cookie scoop for all the cookies, as well as the same brands of ingredients. I baked off and tried on...