Goodbye Rose

This is a sad posting because the world has lost the beautiful Rose who inspired this blog. Please let her spirit of love and giving live on through your own loves and friendships. We will always remember Rose. x

triple chocolate muffins

Wow, only my second posting and again, it's from my sister-in-law, Carolyn. This one is great to make and then freeze individually for school lunches.

1/2 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup natural yogurt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup choc chips (milk & white)
2 tbs cocoa
4 tbs boiling water
3 cups self raising flour

Preheat oven to 180 c. Cream margarine & sugar. Mix in eggs, yogurt, vanilla and milk. Blend cocoa with boiling water. Add to mix then add choc chips. Loosely fold in flour, careful not to over mix. Divide between 12 prepared muffin tins. Bake for 20 mins.

Carolyn's Choc Chip Cookies

So this is the first recipe and it's my sister-in-law (Carolyn)'s recipe. It's very good. Sometimes I mix it up with some macadamia nuts. This is a chewy, soft cookie if you follow the recipe and mix by hand. If you use a food processor (and I don't think Rose would use a processor!) or omit the soft brown sugar, you'll get a totally different biscuit. Ok, well off you go, share the love....x! Marijke

p.s. these are great to make with kids

125g butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1&3/4 cup self raising flour
1 cup choc chips

Pre-heat oven 175 c. Cream butter & sugars together, then mix in vanilla and egg. Add flour and mix adding choc chips in at the end. Take dessert spoon sized balls and press onto a tray and bake for 10 minutes. They spread out to double original size. Makes approx. 18