Brownie and Mocha Chip Oatmeal Drop

I've been meaning to do this before but never got the chance until last night. I saw this post from Ate Claire's site and I remember commenting that I will make some soon... and from scratch. I made them but not really soon soon. :) You see, I've searched for a good brownie recipe and decided on one last night from Diamonds for Dessert, a new site I found at Tastespotting.com. And to make it a little easier, I used the remains of the Mocha Chip Oatmeal cookie/bar dough I made days ago.

So here's the end product.

I made two batches. One Brownie batch and one Brownie Mocha Chip Drop.

Here are the real end products.

And here are the brownies... very good tasting ones.. :D

Mocha Chip Oatmeal Bars

I super love the Apple Cinnamon Cookies from Quaker Oats and I was inspired to make my own version.[though not Apple Cinnamon.] I made use of the ingredients I had in stock. I tried baking the mixture I made as cookies but with the size of my oven, I never found a cookie sheet that fits in it perfectly. So I used aluminum foil instead and end up having imperfectly shaped but still good tasting cookies. This one though, didn't work with the foil as the cookies were gooey and sticky thus making them hard to remove. I ended up baking them as bars in a loaf pan.

Here they are.







Mocha Chip Oatmeal Bars

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/4 cup rolled oats
a pinch of baking soda
a pinch of baking powder
1 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup mocha chips

1. Preheat oven at 350F.
2. Sift together all dry ingredients.
3. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add egg and beat well.
5. Add vanilla and milk
6. Mix in the dry ingredients and the mocha chips.
7. Chill the dough for about 30 minutes.
8. Bake for 13-15 minutes.
9. Cool for about 10 minutes then cut into desired sizes.

Enjoy! :)

Mocha Chip Cookies

Part of the new treasures my mom bought from Caro & Marie is a bag of mocha chips...and it has been dying to be taken out of the fridge[or was I the one who's doing to take it out? haha] Yesterday morning, I tried to search for a recipe to make good use of it and I found this one. I immediately went to the kitchen and did my thing. Instead of 5 tbsp. of coffee, I only used about 1. I don't want it too strong on my cookies. :)

Here's the recipe I used:

Mocha Chip Cookies [modified from the Nestle Toll House Recipe]

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
• 2 tablespoons warm water
• 1 cup (6 oz.) mocha morsels

PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Lightly grease baking sheets. COMBINE flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until light and creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.COMBINE Taster’s Choice and water in small bowl; stir until coffee is dissolved. Add to sugar mixture; mix well. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared baking sheets. BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are crisp. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

*I didn't use Toll house though, I didn't see those here.

see the molten chips in the cookie. :D