Chef Laura Lee

My recipe of the week. By all means I am not a photographer or a specialized baker but one thing is for sure I love food and I’ve been working to find the easiest brownies to make.
Enjoy. It took work to make it but so good as a treat w/ ice cream.

All in one bowl brownies!

Recipe
Ingredients:
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup unsalted melted room temp butter
* 2 eggs one egg yolk
* 2 tsp vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup cocoa powder
* 1/2 tsp salt and
* 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 3/4 cup flour
* 1 cup chocolate chips semi sweet
* 1 dark chocolate bar (50-70%) chocolate bar to add on top or chop and add to batter.
Mix butter, sugar and vanilla in mixing bowl. Slowly add eggs. Mix until silky smooth.
Add cocoa, salt and flour and baking powder to a separate bowl. Mix well and slowly add to batter.
After it is all mixed together add chopped chocolate bar and and some chocolate chips. Add to a deep 8x8 pan or a small glass 6x8 in pan.
I used an 8x8 baking dish, baked at 350 degrees for 30 minutes*

Ginger snap cookies are so underrated… sweet an spicy cookie will easily become your next family fav!!!! 🍪
What is your favorite cookie?

Sharing this with you. I’ve worked on this recipe for about 10 years.
Enjoy! 💝

Spicy Gingersnap cookies
Makes 40 cookies
Ingredients
* ¾ cup butter, room temperature
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 egg
* ¼ cup molasses
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* ½ teaspoon salt
* 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Serve it with homemade vanilla bean ice cream .
Instructions
1. Add butter and sugar to a mixing bowl and beat until well creamed together.
2. Add egg and molasses and mix well to combine.
3. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon.
4. Scoop into balls and place on an un-greased baking sheet. Sprinkle some sugar on cookie balls for that crackly look on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10-12 minutes (or slightly longer if you like them more crispy).
1. Rest on a baking rack for about 30-1hr.
2. Serve w/ vanilla bean ice cream

With all the junk in our candy these days here is a quick and easy way to make your own Reese’s. .
Bet you won’t just eat one . 🍫 +🥜 = yum!

Reese’s peanut butter cups

1 bag of semi sweet organic chocolate chips
1 teaspoon of coconut oil

1 cup of unsalted peanut butter
1/2 cup of good quality almond flour
1/4 cup of maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon of seas salt

Very small cupcake liners
And a silicone mold

Add liners to silicon mold set aside.

Add bag of chocolate to a glass bowl
Add the teaspoon of coconut oil . Heat in microwave for 30 second increments. Stir then add another 30 seconds till chocolate is fully melted .
After melted with a spoon add a little chocolate to cupcake liners just enough to coat the bottom and a little on side.
Mix the peanut butter, salt, maple syrup and almond flour till it’s a paste like consistency. Make little balls and add them to chocolate molds. Then top it with more chocolate. Make sure it’s all evenly coated .
You don’t have to fill the cupcake liners w chocolate just enough to cover over the peanut butter filling.
Place in fridge for 30 mins and thry are good to eat.
Store in glass container in fridge for best shelf life.

My first time making a corn dog and it was so much fun! It’s crispy and warm with a little hint of salty and sweet. Yummy!
Give it a try your kids will love them, and so will you. 😘.
Homemade corn dogs.
Ingredients
Makes 10 bun length corn dogs
* 1 cup yellow cornmeal
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 3 teaspoons of sugar
* 3 tablespoons of honey
* 4 teaspoons baking powder
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon of slap your momma Cajun seasoning
* 1 cup milk
* 1 large egg
* 1 quart of avocado oil
* 10 bun length beef hotdogs

Mix batter together. Mix for about 5mins to get all the clumps of flour incorporated.

Pour batter into a large tall glass. Large enough for the hotdog wieners to fit into .

Grab your hotdog wieners and gently push popsicle sticks about half way . Pat dry.

Dunk the hotdog wiener into batter spin it around or make sure it’s covered in batter .

Add oil to pan.
Then add hotdog wiener tto hot pan with oil . Let it Fry but rotate as much as needed to get and even golden brown crunchy crust.
After you reach holder brown remove to a sheet pan that is lined with some paper towel sheets to absorb excess oil .
Serve and enjoy!

If you think pan de campo is only made outside think again. I made it in a Dutch oven and it taste way better .
Flaky and moist.
So so good .
Served w loaded 2wice baked potatoes and pulled pork .
Happy full belly’s .

Recipe bellow! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Pan De Campo in Dutch oven
* cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon kosher salt
* ½ teaspoon sugar
* 6 tablespoons salted butter, slightly chilled
* ¾ cup room temp Grassfed whole milk
Directions
* Preheat oven to 450. Stir together the dry ingredients, then add in the butter with your fingers until the mixture is chunky . �
* Add milk, form a not-too-sticky ball of dough. Turn it out on a floured surface. �
* Flatten the ball of dough and roll out into a round about ½ inch thick. Prick the top all over with a fork.�Grab your large Dutch oven line it with some parchment paper add flattened dough to it. Rest for atleast 30 mins. I did an hour.
* Bake for about 8-12 mins . Check it if it’s golden brown pull it out with oven mitts so you won’t burn hands.
* Rest it and cut into 6-8 pizza slice pieces

Making up some fun things at work. In the Catholic faith they celebrate St. Joseph’s Day. In celebration they eat a glorious fried doughnut called Sfingi . So incredibly yummy.
Made them today for The 1st time.
10 out of 10 you won’t just eat one.

Easiest recipe :

Sfingi recipe
1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
3 tablespoons of sugar
1/8 teaspoon of salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup of milk
2 teaspoon of vanilla
Scoop into medium to hot avocado oil. Turn them until golden brown.
Side note test your oil w one and if it turns brown fast lower the temp and try again.

Makes about 30 little doughnuts

Use smallest scoop!