I Made a Recipe!

I LOVE to bake! Especially during the holiday season where I can over bake and not have to worry about gaining weight because I just give them away. 😆

Anyway, joking aside, I usually don't experiment when baking. I stick to what the recipe says because I don't like to chance ruining anything. But for some strange reason that I am unaware of, I broke that rule! 😯 AND it worked!!! 

So now I want to share my recipe with you all! Please feel free to try it out for yourself and if you have any additions to add, comment with them below!

Chocolate Orange Cookies

1 Orange Cake Mix
1/3 C Cocoa Powder
Zest from 1 Large Orange
2 Eggs
1/2 C Vegetable Oil
1/2 C Mini Chocolate Chips (I didn't really measure out the chocolate chips so feel free to adjust as you see fit)

Instructions
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
-Sift together orange cake mix and cocoa powder together into a large bowl. 
-Add the orange zest.
-In a small bowl, crack your eggs and add vegetable oil. (I always crack eggs into a separate bowl in case I get egg shells in with my yolk, which happens a lot. Feel free to add eggs and oil into the large bowl if you are confident enough.) Add eggs and oil to large bowl. 
-Stir together until well combined. 
-Fold in mini chocolate chips
-Using a small cookie scoop (I use one that's about 1 1/2 TBSP big) drop dough onto cookie sheet about an inch apart.
-Bake cookies for about 5-8 minutes.
-Cool cookies on pan for 2-3 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack. 

ENJOY!!! 
Merry Christmas!

Awesome Pancakes

I haven't posted in a few weeks because I've been busy with one thing or another.
This post will be quick and simple. 

The other night FATMAN! and I had pancakes for dinner. 
I made chocolate chip pancakes and FATMAN! made a strawberry and banana spread. 
Let me just say, it was delicious! 
I recommend it for everyone. 

All you have to do is make pancakes like normal, just add chocolate chips to the pancakes before you flip them. 

For the strawberry banana spread mash up a banana and a few strawberries together. FATMAN! did it with a fork to get more solid pieces, but I'm sure you could put them through a food processor or blender and get the same result. 

Spread over the top of your chocolate chip pancakes. Voila! 

Enjoy!



I'll have another post again (hopefully) soon.