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December 31, 2011
deannabalestra
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Cake Batter Cookies

I have a confession to make. I don’t like cake. Please don’t judge me, it’s just the way I am! I don’t like things that are too sweet and I don’t like frosting at all. However – for some reason I love the taste and smell of cake batter. Cake Batter Ice Cream is one of the best inventions ever. I found several cake batter cookie recipes online and I read and kind of combined a couple and made my first batch of cake batter cookies! A cookie that smells and tastes like cake batter, what could be better than that?

My finished product photo:

Stuff:

  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box cake mix
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

How:

  1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a medium to large bowl stir together the cake mix and baking powder.
  4. Add eggs and oil.
  5. Mix together, the batter will be dry and a bit crumbly just keep mixing, let stand a minute, mix more, it will come together eventually but note it will be drier than usual cookie dough.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips.
  7. Drop onto baking sheet in heaping spoonfuls
  8. Bake for 10 minutes.

December 28, 2011
deannabalestra
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Bang Bang Shrimp

For my first journal creation I made Bang Bang shrimp, from one of my favorite recipe sites Food.com.

I love Food.com because you get recipes and reviews with extra tips all in one, you can create your own cookbooks to better organize your bookmarked recipes.

This recipe, bang bang shrimp, was easy to make and satisfied my craving for the popular restaurant dish!

Click on the link to try the recipe for yourself. I made a few changes to mine. I don’t like to deep fry food so I pan fried the shrimp. I added a little garlic salt to the cornstarch mixture as well.