Crepes

Missing nice breakfasts....

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 egg
• olive oil
• peanut butter, jelly, fruit, honey, nutella, whatever filling you like

Directions:
1) Mix the flour, milk and egg.
2) Add some olive oil to a pan and heat to medium.
3) Add 1/4 of the mixture, or enough to cover the bottom of the pan. It should be thin.









4) When it starts to bubble, flip.
5) Cook for about 1 more minute.

 6) Remove from the heat and your filling

Nutella, Coconut, and Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

Sunday last was National Oatmeal Cookie day, and I missed it because it was Paddys day the day before....fair enough.

Taken from here and coconut added.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup old fashioned whole oats
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup dried fruit (I used raisins since Tesco does not have dried cherries)
• 2/3 cup flaked coconut

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 325F/163C.
2) Mix butter with brown sugar and sugar.








3) Mix in Nutella.









4) Mix in eggs and vanilla.








5) Mix in oats, baking soda and flour.










6) Add chocolate chips, dried fruit, and flaked coconut.








7) Place on baking sheet.
8) Bake for 10-12 minutes.










9) Let sit for 5 minutes before taking off the baking rack to harden.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting

MMMMMM to all of that

My mom sent tons of Halloween cooking stuff so this is the second time I've made cupcakes in 2 weeks with the cute cupcake holders, sprinkles, and other toppers.

Recipe taken from here: http://www.52kitchenadventures.com/2011/07/18/chocolate-nutella-cupcakes/
Reposted here for ease....

Cupcake Ingredients:

• 1/2 C butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 C sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 3/4 C flour
• 1/2 t baking powder
• 1/4 t baking soda (or 3x baking powder)
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 C milk
• 1 t vanilla

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1/2 C butter, room temperature
• 1 C Nutella (or tesco brand chocolate hazelnut spread)
• 1 C powdered sugar, sifted
• 1-2 T milk

Cupcake Directions:
1) Oven @ 350F/176C
2) In a big bowl beat the butter until smooth, add the sugar and beat until fluffy, add the eggs one at a time until well mixed

3) In a medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, coca powder

4) In a small bowl mix the milk and vanilla

5) Add 1/3 dry mix to butter mix and beat until combined. Add 1/2 of the milk mix to the butter mix and beat until combined. Add more dry, then milk, then dry until done and everything is mixed well. Follow the images below. 

 

 

 6) Fill the cupcake holders 1/2 way...you really don't need more

7) Cook for 20-25 min. They will be flat.
8) Let cool before frosting!






Frosting Directions:
1) Beat butter until smooth
2) Add the Nutella until mixed throughly

3) Add powdered sugar (I did use half regular sugar because I ran out and it was fineeee) and mix until combined

4) Add 1/2 the milk and mix until combined

5) Add more milk or sugar until you get the consistency you want
6) Frost the cupcakes!

Enjoy!