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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

by: Stephanie Foster

"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists." - Leslie Moak Murray

I can't help but love that quote. When I was a kid, my grandpa always called any store bought cookies that somehow made it into the house "Commie cookies." For him, it was Grandma's homemade cookies or none at all.

There's just something special about homemade cookies, especially chocolate chip cookies, so far as I'm concerned. It's a great family activity, something even children can help with, and everyone loves eating the results.

Here's an easy recipe for chocolate chip cookies I think you'll enjoy:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 package butter pecan, chocolate chip, chocolate fudge, devil's food, German, chocolate or yellow cake mix

1/2 cup
butter or margarine -- softened

1 teaspoon
vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 cup
chopped nuts

1 (6 ounce) package
semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)

Heat oven to 350?. Combine half of the dry cake mix , butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl and mix until smooth. Stir in remaining cake mix, nuts and chocolate chips.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set (centers will be soft). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

About The Author

Stephanie Foster is the owner of http://www.gimmechocolate.com and offers a range of gourmet chocolate products as well as chocolate recipes on the site. For more recipes, please visit http://www.gimmechocolate.com/recipes/.

Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.1 of 8 ? Florentines

by: Paul Curran

Christmas recipe makes: 12

Calories per biscuit: 170

Preparation time:
15 minutes

Cooking time: 8-10 minutes

Not suitable for freezing

Christmas recipe ingredients:

cherries, 25 g (1 oz)

almonds, flaked 40 g (1.5 oz)

butter, unsalted 60 g (2.5 oz)

sugar, caster 50 g (2 oz)

cream, double 30 ml (2 tbsp)

sunflower seeds, 25 g (1 oz)

mixed peel, chopped 20 g (0.75 oz)

sultanas, 20 g (0.75 oz)

flour, plain white 15 g (0.5 oz)

chocolate, dark plain pieces 125 g (4 oz)

Christmas recipe instructions:

1. Take the almonds and crush slightly. Prepare roughly cut pieces of cherries.

2. Prepare a solution of sugar in the butter and bring to the boil. Away from the heat, mix in flour, almonds, cherries, sultanas, mixed peel, sunflower seeds and cream.

3....

Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.1 of 8 ? Florentines

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Can You Live Without Chocolate?

by: Eva Moffat

Is chocolate a craving with you?
Are you a secret chocolate eater? Are you denying it even to yourself?

Research has shown that certain chemicals in the brain may cause the cravings.

So does having cravings make you addicted to chocolate?
Are you a chocaholic?

The problem is that constantly telling yourself that you are addicted and therefore unable to help yourself is self-defeating.
Whatever you tell yourself will if said often enough, make the subconscious mind believe what you are saying is the truth.
Your subconscious mind does not reason it just accepts whatever it is told without question.

If you are addicted to chocolate, like any other addiction it is an illness, no different from being addicted to drinking, smoking, gambling or drug taking.
Many homes have broken up because one of the partners has developed an addiction and this...

Can You Live Without Chocolate?

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