Good Dinner Mrs. Mellen

Chocolate Cake with Peppermint Crean Cheese Frosting Peppermint reminds me of old fashioned Christmases when I would find a big candy cane in my stocking which I would savor for weeks! I love the combination of chocolate, cream cheese and peppermint in this cake. As I take a bite the cool peppermint cream cheese frosting combines with the chocolate cake for an irresistible tempting dessert that will be the star of any Holiday meal.  Ingredients . 2 cups sugar . 2 cups all-purpose flour . ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder . 1 teaspoon kosher salt . 1 teaspoon baking powder . 1 teaspoon baking soda . 1 cup buttermilk . ½ cup vegetable oil . 2 large eggs, lightly beaten . 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract . 1 cup hot water . Peppermint Frosting (recipe follows) . Garnish:  Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses and crushed candy canes Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with baking spr...

  Who doesn't love caramel and chocolate. These bars have both and are very easy to make. Cookies generally require time although worth all the effort to make homemade cookies. If you love cookies but thought you didn't have the patients or time to make try a bar cookie. So easy to make without having to roll out or decorate. And so delicious, need I say more. Once you master the bar cookie you will always find time to whip up a batch. Ingredients 1 cup  butter, soften   2 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats 1 14-oz package vanilla caramels, unwrapped 1 14 ounce can (1 1/4 cups) sweetened condensed milk or low-fat sweetened condensed milk    1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate pieces 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or fine sea salt  Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Set a...

When it's cold outside and the weather is tiring I always turn to chocolate. What could be better than baking these fudging cookies to enjoy warm right out of the oven, just melting in your mouth. Easy and delicious I loved to make these cookies with my children on snowy days so they could have a warm cookie after playing and sledding in the snow! Ingredients   1 / 4 cup all purpose flour 1 / 4 teaspoon baking powder 1 / 4 teaspoon salt 1 1 / 2 cups Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, for melting into the cookie dough 2 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 eggs 1 / 2 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 / 3 cup Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips for mixing into the prepared cookie dough Directions In a heatproof bowl over a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter until smooth. Turn off the stove and let chocolate sit over warm water. Combine flour, baking powder and salt and mix to combine. In another bowl, mix together sugar and egg...