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Hi everyone! Today's recipe is one of my favorite cookies: "Orange Chocolate Chips Cookies!" I never thought orange and chocolate would work so great together! If you havent' try this combo, you should definitely give it a try, it is awesome!

Ingredients:
  • 2½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Zest of one orange
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1½ teaspoon orange extract.

Preheat oven to 350°F (180ºC)

Mix flour, baking soda and salt, mix well and set aside.

In an electric mixer, at medium speed,  combine the granulated sugar and brown sugar and orange zest for about 1 minute or until well combined.

Add in the butter and mix at medium speed for about 2 more minutes or until creamy.  Reduce the speed to medium low, and add the eggs one at a time, blend each egg for about 30 seconds before adding the second one.  After the eggs, add  in the orange extract,  blend at high speed for about 2 minutes or until the butter mixture becomes light and fluffy.

Reduce the speed to low and add the flour all at once, also add the chocolate chips and mix at very low speed for about 30 seconds, just to bring all the ingredients together, DO NOT OVER MIX!




Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drop 1 tablespoon of the dough to make the cookies.




Make sure to drop each cookie about 2 inches apart from each other so they wont melt into one another while in the oven.

Bake at 350°F (180ºC)  for about 18-20  minutes or until they are slightly brown.

As soon as they come out of the oven transfer to a cold surface.

And that is it! Enjoy with a cup of milk!




Hi Everyone!!!

Today I'm going to be sharing with you one of my favorite recipes of all times!


This is my Mom's recipe, and she only makes this one on special occasions, but it is so EASY and delicious that you will want to make it every single day! "Meatloaf wrapped in Bacon!"

Serves 6
Ingredients:
  • 20 oz. ground meat (any kind you like)
  • 8-10 slices of bacon (enough to wrap the meatloaf)
  • 8 hotdog links
  • 1 bell pepper finely chopped
  • ½ cup of carrots finely diced 
  • ⅓ cup red onion finely chopped
  • ½ cup milk
  • ⅔ cup cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tablespoon chicken flavor bouillon
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste (about 1 teaspoon)
  • 1½ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • cooking spray

Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC)

In a blender, blend ½ cup milk. 1 egg, ⅔ cup cup breadcrumbs, ½ tablespoon of chicken bouillon seasoning,  salt and ground black pepper to taste, (I added about 1 teaspoon of each), blend on high for about 30 seconds or until all the ingredients are well combined into a thick paste. Set aside for a minute.

In a large container, mix the ground meat with the bell peppers, carrots, and onions, toss everything together, then add in the milk mixture, and also add in 1½ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil stir together, until all the ingredients are well incorporated.








Spray your pan with cooking spray and arrange the bacon in a way that half the bacon stays inside the pan and the other half stays on the outside of the pan.



Add half of the meat mixture and spread it out on an even layer, place the hotdog links on top of the meat layer, and  then add in the rest of the meat mixture.




Fold in the bacon and bake for 1 hour at 375ºF (190ºC). The internal temperature of the cooked Meatloaf should be 170 - 175ºF.

Let it cool-stand for at least 15 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!




 
Hello everyone! Today we are going to make some delicious Empanadas. I hope you like them as much as I do!

Makes 12 large Empandas o 24 small ones
Ingredients:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tspn baking powder
  • 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 8-10 tablespoons of Icy Cold Water
  • Marmalade (about 1/2 cup) 
To garnish: (optional)
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix the dry ingredients first. ( flour, baking powder, salt and sugar) after all the dry ingredients are mixed together, crumble in the butter and the vegetable shortening, blend at slow speed until you get the texture or coarse bread crumbs. Then  add in an egg yolk, (safe the egg white for later we will use it to make an egg wash), also add in about 8 to 10 tablespoons of icy cold water, blend till all the ingredients are incorporated into a soft and firm dough.(you can mix everything with a fork or an electric mixer)

Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes to an hour.

Preheat the oven to 375ºF (190ºC).

In a small bowl beat the remaining egg white plus 1 whole egg and 1 teaspoon of sugar, beat until everything is well beaten and set aside for a minute.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough, to a thickness of 1/4 inch. With a circular cutter, cut the dough into circles, if you don't have a circular cutter, you can use a small bowl, a cup or any other round object.

Once you have all your circles done, brush the edges with the egg mixture. Add the filling right in the middle of each circle, depending on how big your Empanada circles are, you will add between a teaspoon or a tablespoon of  the  filling right in the middle of each circle.

Fold the circle as if you were making a taco  and press/pinch the edges together with your fingers to close it up. and press each circle a second time with a fork, just to make sure all the edges are completely sealed. Brush the Empandas with the egg mixture and baked for around 20 minutes at 375ºF (190ºC).

As soon as you take them out of the oven, sprinkle a combination of sugar and cinnamon on top of your empanadas to make them extra sweet and extra delicious!

Enjoy by themselves or with a warm cup of coffee or milk!

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