Chocolate Fudge Frosting

For discovering this recipe, I give the credit to my older sister, R, who loves to eat it from the bowl. =D

Chocolate Fudge Frosting
Ingredients for 1 c. frosting OR 2 c. frosting (bold face):
butter, oil, or margarine: 3 T. 1/3 c.
cocoa powder: 2 T. 3 T. (light flavor) 1/4 c. 1/3 c. (medium flavor) or 1/2 c. 2/3 c. (dark flavor)
confectioners' sugar: 1 1/3 c. 2 2/3 c.
milk: 2-3 T. 1/3 c.
vanilla: 1/2 t. 1 t.

Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add amount of cocoa for flavor you prefer. Heat just until mixture begins to boil, stirring constantly until smooth. Pour into small mixing bowl and cool completely. (Skip boiling if you use oil.) Add powdered sugar alternately with milk, beating to spread consisitency. Blend in vanilla.

One cup frosts an 8" or 9" square or round cake or the top of a 9" x 13" cake. Two cups fills and frosts an 8" or 9" two-layer cake or 30 cupcakes.

Lazy Woman's Cake

This cake is super easy! Aside from being almost mess-free, it is also egg-free and dairy-free. =)

Lazy Woman's Cake
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 t. salt
1 c. cocoa
2 heaping t. soda
Mix all dry ingredients in a 9" x 13" cake pan.
Add:
1 c. oil
1 T. vanilla
2 T. vinegar
2 c. cold water.
Mix with a fork or whisk. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Notes:
-I mix this in a bowl, because in a shallow pan it is easy to spill while mixing.
-The original recipe calls for 5 tablespoons of cocoa, but as a dark chocolate lover, I increased the amount considerably.
-Since this is not chocolate chip cookies, it is okay to use all vegetable oil. ;)
-If desired, add a dash of cinnamon to the dry ingredients.

Chocolate Chip Cookies: A Word to the Wise

Don't make them with all vegetable oil (no butter or shortening). And don't use chocolate-flavored chips! Trust us. Just don't.
-H & K

Parmesan Chicken with Rice

Instead of posting this recipe, I am going to direct you to my favorite recipe website, allrecipes.com =)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Parmesan-Chicken-I/Detail.aspx

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here is the recipe for the aforementioned Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies:

2 sticks butter
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1 T. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
2 c. oatmeal
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 c. chocolate chips (we used 1 c. chocolate and 1/2 c. peanut butter chips; these cookies are also good with M&M's)

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Sift flour, soda, and salt; stir in oatmeal. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon onto greased or paper-lined cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes, watching carefully so they don't over bake. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

OPTIONAL: Can use raisins instead of chocolate, and add 1 t. of cinnamon.

What's in a name?

As oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies cool in the kitchen, we are setting up our delicious blog. How did we decide upon "Morsels of Chocolate?"

From the time we first discussed creating this blog, we have tossed around various ideas for a name. We had thought about using a portion of a Bible verse, but the one we thought of had already been taken. We thought about combining our names, but it sounded too boring. Since one of us speaks French and the other a little Spanish, we thought about finding a food word that was the same in both languages. But the Internet yielded no results.

Now, together again for the first time in two months, we were determined to finally create our blog. Seated in the kitchen (where else?) baking the aforementioned cookies, we hit upon the word "Morsels" followed immediately, of course, by the notion of "Chocolate!"

And thus, our blog was born.