Chocolate Sauce A La The Joy Of Cooking Recipes

Steps:

• place butter, cream, milk and sugar in a pan over medium high heat.
• stir constantly.
• allow to come to rolling boil and take off heat.
• add chocolate and allow to sit for about a minute - to melt.
• stir until integrated.
• add vanilla extract, stir.
• serve over ice cream, dip cookies in it, eat it from the spoon.
• *you can add dark rum instead of vanilla, 1/2 of light cream instead of the 1/4 and 1/4, white sugar instead of turbinado, etc.

Steps:

• Place the chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, bring the half and half, butter, and sugar to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour the heated mixture over the chocolate.
• Let stand for 1-2 minutes, then stir until the chocolate is completely smooth. Add the vanilla, espresso powder and liqueur (if using), and stir to combine. Serve warm. If serving cool, sauce can be thinned with water--one teaspoon at a time. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Reheat over a low heat or in the microwave.

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to pkg directions; drain.
• Place half macaroni in 3-4 qt casserole or 9x13" pan; sprinkle w/ half grated cheddar.
• Top with remaining macaroni; sprinkle w/ remaining cheese.
• Mix remaining ingredients in small bowl til well blended; pour over macaroni and cheese.
• Sprinkle w/ stuffing mix (or bread crumbs of your choice); dot w/ butter; sprinkle w/ remaining cheddar.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes.

Steps:

• Butter 1 1/2 quart souffle dish and sprinkle with sugar.
• In a saucepan heat chocolate, 2 T. sugar and 2 T. hot water. Set aside.
• Melt butter then stir in flour and salt cooking over low heat for several minutes. Gradually stir in milk and cook to boiling point stirring well. The sauce will become smooth, then blend in chocolate.
• Beat the egg yolks. Stir in a little bit of the chocolate sauce, mix it well then pour the yolks back into the saucepan. Stir in the vanilla and set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Beat the egg whites until frothy then slowly add the remaining sugar. Continue to beat whites until stiff but not dry.
• Stir 1/4 of the whites into the cooled chocolate sauce. Fold in the remaining whites.
• Spoon into a souffle dish and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Serve with Whipped Cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift (sifting is important!) flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg (its not in the recipe, but I add about 1/8-1/4 tsp of ground cloves, too) into a mixing bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with a hand mixer at medium speed.
• Sift (yes, again!) flour mixture into butter mixture and mix well.
• Fold in raisins (or chocolate chips or chocolate covered raisins) and oats.
• Spoon 1.5 inch balls onto non-stick cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 6-9 minutes, rotating half way through baking. (Should be lightly firm in the center when done) Be careful -- oatmeal raisin cookies don't look done when they are, so they are very easy to over cook (unless you want then to be crispy) :).