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Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Muffins

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I am so sorry I’ve been absent!

I intended on having a nice sweet treat made for my husband for Valentines Day and I was going to post it too but then sadly I got sick and have not been feeling well since.

So I have not been doing too much aside from resting and short spurts of exercise through the days. It has been cold & snowy and just perfect!

We broke the record for the amount of snowfall in February here! Exciting stuff. Almost 30 inches alone in a 2 day span alone! I know so many of you dreaming of spring, it’s coming!

I have managed to try out some new muffin recipes that are really amazing, including this one! You will absolutely love these. They are perfect any time of the day, even for breakfast!

Very easy to make and should please just about everyone. I know many kids are out on school break or will be soon, these are perfect snacks for them too!

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Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Muffins
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
  • ½ Teaspoon Salt
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • 1 Cup Crushed Graham Crackers
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk
  • ⅓ Cup Canola or Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Large Egg, beaten
  • 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Chocolate Chips
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  • For The Topping:
  • ⅓ Cup Flour
  • ⅓ Cup Brown Sugar, packed
  • ⅓ Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
  • 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, grease or line muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Combine topping ingredients until moist and set aside.
  3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, graham crackers and sugar in a large bowl.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir in to dry ingredients.
  5. Stir chocolate chips into prepared batter.
  6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin.
  7. Place a healthy spoonful of topping on each muffin.
  8. Bake for 16-18 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  9. Let muffins rest for 10 minutes before removing from tin.
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Day 26: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

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Welcome To Day 26 Of Baking With Pumpkin!

Yesterday we had 2 huge earthquakes in a row, it was a bit after 2am. It woke me up, worried me a little but apparently not enough to get up because I fell right back asleep.

Today has been a very productive day, I would almost say overly productive! Is there such a thing as being overly productive?

Today I spent the whole day at home and baking! It was a very chilly fall day, another perfect baking day and I sure took advantage of it.

Not only did the humans in the house get baked goodies but so did the furbabies! Everyone in the house was happy today.

For years, my mother has been making a version of these “squares”. In fact they are called “Congo Squares” and I will have to make them soon and post the recipe for all of you.

To me, the pumpkin makes this version more soft and a little more cookie-like. The color makes them so pretty too and of course chocolate chips taste wonderful in these. Very tasty snack and can be made in a 8×8 or 9×13 pan. Of course they will be much taller baked in a 8×8, just the way my husband likes them. 

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares
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Serves: 24+
 
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Pumpkin-Pie Spice
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¾ Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter, room temperature
  • 1¼ Cups Sugar
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Canned Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 Package (12 ounces) or 1½ Cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on all sides. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
  2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin puree. Reduce speed to low, and mix in dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  3. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan..
  4. Lift cake from pan (using foil as an aid). Peel off foil, and use a serrated knife to cut into 24 squares.
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25 Days Of Christmas Cookies. Day 1: Chocolate Chip

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Can you believe it is December 1st!!!! WoW, just wow! Okay, so to celebrate the month of December & my most favorite time of the year, Christmas…I am doing 25 days of Christmas cookies! Yes, from now till Christmas day I will be sharing with you some of my favorite kinds of cookies to have at Christmas!

I will also be making a few different kinds that I’ve never tried before, so it will be fun & interesting! Soon I will be celebrating my 1 year anniversary of this blog!!! I started it one week before Christmas, a very busy time for me and for many of you out there whom love to bake!

The 1st cookie I am sharing is a great classic, enjoyed by most people and at any time of the year! I mean, who does not like chocolate chip cookies?? I don’t know how many dozens of these babies I’ve made since Thanksgiving day and I have a feeling I will make them again before long. 

Is it snowing where you live? I don’t know about you but when it is snowing, I enjoy baking so much more. I guess it adds to my Christmas joy 🙂 Today it has been snowing off and on. Last year we got over 220 inches of snow…I am hoping to break the record with at least 300 inches this year!!

Okay, I get asked all the time what recipe I use when I make these. I have to be honest, it is not some super seceret recipe. It’s on the back of the Nestle chocolate morsels bag. So when I tell people that, they ask me what is it I do to make them taste so good. My answer…I don’t know. I am big on whipping everything really good and creaming things for longer than most people do. I have no idea if this does anything at all..but I know it’s what I do different from other people!

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Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Serves: 40-60
 
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Instructions
  1. PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
  2. COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
  3. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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