Hmmmm, Chocolate!

Adam & I enjoy hanging out in the kitchen. We interact well together there and we're an especially good team. He usually takes the lead and I'm the sous chef.
But when it comes to me figuring things out on my own, I lack the confidence to take the lead and step out of my box much. I tend to stick to basic things and prefer baking over cooking...although even with baking, I tend to take the easy road.

As with most hobbies/interest of mine these days, I tend to look online for sources and like to follow blogs that give step-by-step instructions and easy how-to's that will also take me just a little out of my comfort zone.

It's no surprise then, that I like the blog Bakerella. I've been following it for a while now and have seen some great recipes I thought I might like and also some pretty good instructions. When I saw the recipe listed below, I knew I needed to try it. It's SUPER SIMPLE....and although totally within my realm of comfort, but necessary for my palate right now. Oh. My. Heck. It uses this recipe from Betty Crocker using these two mixes....how easy is that?



Once they're mixed you put the brownie mix in the pan and then drop the cookie mix in to make it look like this. Uh Yum.



Then...Bake as directed. Go to the Betty Crocker site & print the recipe.

Once completed you can either just cut & eat or use this frosting recipe like I did from Bakerella.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate morsels
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
6 Tbsp butter

• In a small saucepan, heat cream and butter until just before the boiling stage.
• Pour over the chocolate morsels.
• Let stand about 20 seconds and stir until smooth.
• Pour over brownies and let set before cutting.

So simple, but these taste so much better than baking the two items separately. I can't keep my hands off them!

Enjoy!