Molten Cookie Dough Lava Cake

Molten Cookie Cough Lava Cake

       For the first time this weekend, I took over a story on Instagram. If you're here because of that, I'd just like to say thank you. Thank you for watching past my terribly cringy intro. Talking to a camera isn't something that comes naturally to me, but it was fun to get out of my comfort zone a little bit, especially since it led to this beautiful creation! I figured since I already had the step by step instructions, I may as well post them here! Enjoy!

 Melt chocolate and butter together

 Add powdered sugar

 Add eggs

 Add flour and vanilla extract

 Cookie dough disk

Insert

 Bake at 400 degrees for 13-16 minutes

Molten Cookie Dough Lave Cake

• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 eggs + 1 egg yolk
• 6 T all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• edible cookie dough (I used the same dough from half-baked fudge recipe)

1. Preheat oven to 400 and prepare edible cookie dough. Generously butter 4 ramekins.
2. Microwave chocolate and butter together in 30 second intervals until completely melted.
3. Whisk in powdered sugar. The mixture will be very thick at this point.
4. Whisk in the eggs and egg yolk.
5. Stir in the flour and vanilla extract.
6. Evenly distribute batter among ramekins, but don't fill all the way. Gently press 2 tablespoons of cookie dough into the center of the batter, making sure it's not touching the bottom and the top is covered.
7. Bake for 13-16 minutes, the center will still be jiggly. Allow to cool for about 2 minutes, then gently turn onto a plate. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream preferably. ;)

Half Baked Fudge

Half Baked Fudge

      When you think of 'half-baked', what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Hopefully you thought of Ben & Jerry's, 'cause that's what I was going for. If you're not familiar with it, (what's wrong with you?) it's swirled vanilla and chocolate ice cream, with gobs of cookie dough and brownie batter. ...yeah.

     

      There's just something about eating food in it's raw form that's so much better than eating it after it's been baked. Maybe it's the thrill of eating something you're not supposed to, but I honestly think it just tastes better all gooey and what not.

  

      What's kind of funny about the ice cream and this fudge is that neither of them are actually baked at all. This fudge is actually super easy to make too.

Ingredients:

Cookie Dough:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 T granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 T milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Brownie Batter:

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup + 2 T granulated sugar
• 3-4 T water
• 2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup + 2 T all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Fudge:

• 2 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk

Instructions:

1. For the cookie dough: In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Stir in vanilla and milk. Add the flour and salt and stir until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips, set aside.
2. Brownie batter: In a small bowl, stir together the oil, sugar, and water. Add in the cocoa, salt, flour and vanilla. Mixture should be pretty thick, but you can add 1 extra tablespoon of water if it's as thick as the cookie dough.
3. Fudge and assembly: Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper and coat with non-stick spray. In a double boiler (or a large bowl placed over a pan of simmering water), melt together the chocolates and sweetened condensed milk. When the chocolate is melted spread about 1/3 to 1/2 of the mixture on the bottom of the prepared dish. Drop about 2/3 of the cookie dough in spoonfuls evenly over the the fudge layer. Do the same the brownie batter, using it all. Spoon the rest of the fudge mixture over the top, the spread it over the filling evenly using a rubber spatula. Make small balls out of the remaining cookie dough and press them into the top of the fudge. Allow to cool completely, then cut into 36 pieces.