everyday food made simple

I know I haven’t done one of these in months and months – will you forgive me? My last quarter in school was so hectic and busy that it seemed like my life was on autopilot – I simply went through the same motions every day in an attempt to stay above water.

Going to class, full time internship, studying for exams, getting homework done, finding (healthy) things to eat every day, coming up with ideas for blog posts, making food for blog posts, taking pictures for said food, finding time to blog about them, and taking care of the house and family (furry babies)… I barely had enough time to sleep. Someone told me sleep is for the weak. Who needs it anyway?!

Boy am I glad my life is kind of getting back to normal – here are some things that have been going on in my life latley…

1. 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS

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Who else is excited for the XXII Olympic Winter Games that’s coming up in less than 10 days?! This girl sure is. I look forward to the 17-day festivities every four years – it’s way more exciting than any major sporting event in my little world. Forget the Superbowl, forget the Summer Olympics, and forget the FIFA World Cup – the Winter Games rank #1 on my all-time list. Short track and long track speedskating are definitely my two favorite events. It was the whole reason I got into the sport of speedskating to begin with 12 years ago. I remember watching the 2002 Salt Lake games in high school and immediately falling in love with the sport – I thought to myself, “this sport is so cool. I want to do that.” A few months later, I owned my very first pair of speedskates and never turned back since. What are your favorite events to watch? Snowboarding, skiing, bobsledding, skeleton, and luge are some of my other favorites… basically any sport that involves going down a track/slope in insanely fast speeds. (logo from thelogofactory.com)

2. READING FOR FUN

It has been a long time since I had the chance to sit down and read books “for fun”. I used to feel guilty about sitting on the couch for a few hours every night reading on my Kindle, simply because I felt like time spent reading should be better spent doing homework or studying or something “productive”. I have come to the conclusion that I simply cannot sit and relax for a night without feeling guilty. It’s a serious problem and I hate it. I hate sitting on the couch doing “nothing” (reading, watching TV) because I feel like I’m wasting time. Time that could be used to do productive things like studying, doing laundry, cleaning the kitchen, brainstorming recipe ideas, writing blog posts, or organizing my life. These two books are new additions to my Kindle library. I’ve already finished “The Husband’s Secret” and have just started “Divergent“. The Husband’s Secret is a super easy book to read – it’s one of those that you can finish within a day or two and will leave you thinking. Divergent is the first book of a trilogy, and it is coming out as a major motion picture this March, so I figured why not give it a try… supposedly it is sorta similar to the Hunger Games trilogy, which I liked, so I’m hoping I’ll like this one too.

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3. KITCHEN MAKEOVER

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that we are currently in the process of giving our kitchen a makeover. A few months ago, it started with new appliances after our refrigerator decided it was time to die on us. Then a few weeks ago, we installed our new granite countertops along with a new sink and faucet. Then we bought a few dozen sheets of glass/stone mosaic backsplash, so getting that installed would be next on the agenda.

4. MY INSTAGRAM ADDICTION

“Hi, I’m Amy. And I’m addicted to Instagram.” Seriously, out of all the available social media networks that I’m a part of (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn), Instagram has got to be my favorite. I love being able to document my everyday life through pictures with a simple caption. I also love following a variety of people that I normally wouldn’t follow on Twitter simply because, who would want to scroll through a bunch of words when they can scroll through a bunch of fun pictures instead? It’s fun to show friends and family a glimpse of my everyday life, and seeing what other people’s lives are like in return. (that sounded just a tad creepy, but I promise I’m not a stalker!)

5. LIFE PLANNER

Even though I’m now done with school and it seems like there’s nothing worth writing in a planner other than the days that I work, I still catch myself feeling lost and overwhelmed without one. Although I consider myself a tech savvy individual and it’s easy and convenient to simply put things down on my computer’s calendar and have it synced to my phone, there’s still something about being able to physically write things down on a traditional planner that makes me feel a little bit more organized. Like I have my life together. And for that reason, I decided to get a Life Planner this year, after hearing so many wonderful things about it from the blogging world. It doesn’t hurt that the pretty colors make it that much more inviting and fun to use…. not that that was a factor in determining which one I ended up getting………[ahem]

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6.  SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

Who will you be rooting for this Sunday when the Broncos take on the Seahawks? Our house is rooting for the SEAHAWKS, since, well, we’re practically in love with that city. We also have a few delicious finger foods planned and while Brian watches the game, I will be looking forward to all the commercials!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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I know we’re a good month into 2014 already – is it too late to start a list of new year resolutions? In case it’s not too late for me to hop on the new year resolutions train, I have compiled a list of things I’d like to improve on during the remaining 11 months of 2014.

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On a side note – can you believe 2014 is already 1/12 over?! I can’t. I also can’t believe Target already has Easter candy out on their shelves. I mean c’mon, February isn’t even here yet. We haven’t even had Valentine’s Day either. And what’s up with rack fulls of summer bikinis? Seriously – Target does know that this is Minnesota, the land of 30-degree weathers up until May, right?

Oh yeah. Back to resolutions… unlike some of my friends, I didn’t come up with this list on New Years Eve. These aren’t necessarily the “typical” things people put on their list (i.e. stop smoking, go to the gym more, get in shape, etc… <— although those are good too!)… These are things that have been on my mind for quite some time now, and since I’m done with school and will be having a “regular” schedule to my life, this will be the year that I accomplish some of my goals that I’ve always wanted to do.

So in case you were wondering what goals I have for 2014, here they are:

  • Be better at creating photo memories of our lives. I have always had the tendency to go a little shutter happy (I get it from my mom) – I had to upgrade to a 16G iPhone because I simply had too many pictures on my old 8G phone that I didn’t have enough space to update my apps. However, I haven’t been developing pictures and creating photo books as much as I would like either, so all the pictures of our past 3 years together have been kept on my phone. Now that I have more time on my hands, I want to spend more time creating tangible photo book memories for us. As great as the digital age is, there’s still something about flipping though actual pictures and reliving memories that makes it better than looking at pictures on your computer screen. This leads me to my next resolution…
  • Project Life. After reading multiple other bloggers rave about how simple and easy this system is, I took the plunge and bought myself an album, a core kit, and some photo pocket pages! Once upon a time, I attempted the traditional scrapbooking thing, but quickly realized that 1) I didn’t have time to sit around cutting and pasting and designing a single page, 2) I found out that buying all the supplies quickly drains your bank account, and 3) I simply was not creative enough to come up with cool ways to “decorate” a page. My analytical, logical left-sided brain just was not capable of being creative. I’m also hoping the simplicity of PL will motivate me to take more pictures, develop more pictures, and take time out every month to document big things that happen in our lives.

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  • Be more adventurous. This year marks the first year that I officially enter the real world and no longer have to worry about homework, school, exams, and papers. I’m (optimistically) hoping that this means I will have more free time on my hands. Now that I can relax and enjoy my days off, I want to go out and do fun things outside…. things that I’ve always wanted to do for years (and things that I haven’t been able to do because of school). I’ve always wanted to go rock climbing. I’ve always wanted to go to a shooting range. I’ve been itching to go snowshoeing. I’ve always wanted to go for a long drive up north in the fall and take beautiful pictures of the fall colors. I want to go pick a pumpkin and carve it – I’ve never carved a pumpkin before (can you believe that?). I want to go mini golfing, lay out in the sun, have barbeques with friends, and take my bike out for a spin. The list can go on and on, but you get the idea.
  • Menu plan. Although we do a pretty good job at menu planning every once in a while, I would like for it to be more consistent, since “what’s for dinner?” seems to be the world’s most difficult question in our house. I recently created a Menu Planning binder after a little inspiration from Pinterest, so I’d like to put that in use more and plan 1-2 weeks worth of dinner menus ahead of time to make life a little bit easier. This is what my menu planner looks like – of course, a little bit of colorful sticky notes doesn’t hurt either :)

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  • Improve my food photography skills. This one is pretty self-explanatory. I know my photography skills have come a long way since SEF started a year ago, but I know I still have a long ways to go. It’s quite funny how much food (blogging, styling, photographing, and the making of food) has taken over my life – I think about it almost every single waking moment. When I wake up, I think about what I’m going to make today. Before I fall asleep, I think about what I need to make the next day. I also think about food nonstop throughout the day. When I watch TV, it’s usually about food. Even the books I read involve some aspect about food. I want to learn more about the lighting and styling of food, since we all eat with our eyes, right?
  • Learn how to make macarons. This actually has been on my bucket list for quite some time now. I have a few macaron recipes, but I just never really had the time courage to attempt them. Maybe this will be my year…
  • Learn how to make bread. The only bread I have ever made are my mom’s banana bread. I’m hoping I can expand my horizons and learn how to make homemade bread that isn’t just plain old banana bread.
  • Be better at brushing Bentley’s teeth on a regular basis. No one likes brushing their pet’s teeth. And 9 times out of 10, the dog hates it just as much as we do. Bentley’s definitely one of those dogs and brushing his teeth is a two-person job. All he does is lick the toothpaste and gnaw on the toothbrush. I swear most of the time his teeth isn’t properly brushed, and everybody is left annoyed and frustrated. I know how important it is to brush your pet’s teeth. I know that periodontal disease is the #1 dental disease in canines. I know boxers are especially prone to certain dental problems. And most of all, I know how much it can potentially cost (financially) if your pet’s teeth are not properly taken care of. For all those reasons, I want to be better at brushing Bentley’s teeth on a regular basis this year. Even if it seems like all he did was swallow the toothpaste, I have to remind myself that anything is better than nothing, and that plaque and tartar can form within hours of eating. Hopefully diligent teeth-brushing will save us some dental cleaning bills in the future.

So that’s it, folks! Those are my major goals for 2014. Do you usually come up with new year resolutions? What are they? Do you follow them?

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Food. It’s what brings people together in this world. It’s part of each country’s culture, and it also has a tendency to define and shape one’s eating habits and preferences later in life. And often times, it is attached to some sort of a memory.

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The smell of certain foods as you’re walking down the street, the sight of certain foods you see on TV, magazines, or billboards, can all elicit some sort of a response deep down from the limbic system in your brain. When you eat certain foods, it may remind you of a special occasion or bring back certain memories.

Maybe it was the first time you tried something and liked it. Maybe it brought you back to your childhood. Maybe it reminded you of mom’s home cooking. Maybe you got really sick after eating it and never wanted to eat it again. Maybe you ate that same thing for three weeks in a row and would be totally fine if you’d never see that food for the rest of your life.

…you get the idea. What I’m basically saying is that food has the power to transport us back to a place and time, which is exactly what happened when I took the first bite of today’s recipe.

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The Taiwanese beef noodle soup is something the Taiwanese is proud of. Along with bubble tea, it was originally created in Taiwan, and is often named in the top 5 things people need to try when visiting the country. It’s so popular that it has its own festival! Other famous items from the island include stinky tofu, oyster omelet, braised pork rice, shaved ice, pineapple cake…… I can go on and on, but I know that’s not why you’re here (but if you’re interested, you can get a list of must-eats here, here, and here).

Many older generations of Taiwanese people do not eat beef. The reason behind it is because Taiwan used to be a big farming country, and oxen and water buffalo were the main farm animals that helped the farmers with their crops every year. Naturally, many farming families found it wrong to eat the meat from those who had a hand in helping them grow crops, subsequently helping them put food on their tables.

Growing up, all my grandparents didn’t eat beef. My mom (until this day), also strongly insists that we don’t eat beef at all. My sister, my dad, and I have never been able to eat beef whenever we are out with my mom. It’s just how it is – no ifs, ands, or buts.

Even though my dad grew up with parents who didn’t eat beef, as he grew older, he would occasionally eat beef every once in a blue moon when the craving came. My dad, who knows me best in our family, always knew that I would also have cravings for beef that were often left unfulfilled because of our “house rules”.

I remember back in middle school, I would always stop by his work to head home together for the day. We would walk down the bustling busy city streets in the hot humid summer evenings together, his briefcase strap over his shoulder, and he would put his arm around my shoulder and say, “why don’t we go get some beef noodle soup for dinner?”

It was like a secret between the two of us – we would secretly go out for beef noodle soup, and we would never tell mom. This usually happened when my mom wasn’t able to make it home in time for dinner – whenever she asked what we had for dinner, we would always tell her, “oh, we just had some noodles, that’s all.” We were sneaky like that, and he was my partner in crime… we were little rebels who broke mom’s rules together.

I’m pretty sure my mom never found out about our rule-breaking behaviors… I guess she does now – sorry mom!

Anyway, the whole point of walking dragging you down memory lane is to tell you that this noodle soup is divine. The moment I took that first sip of the broth, I was transported back to 10 years ago, secretly eating beef noodle soup at some mom-and-pop shop with my dad. This recipe is spot-on on flavor… I was in heaven.

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The broth is nice and salty, the beef is tender with just the right amount of fat on it, and the noodles are nice and chewy. It really is the perfect combination! The ginger, garlic, peppercorns, star anise, soy sauce and the doubanjiang are the base for the broth that you slowly cook your beef in for the next 2.5 hours – the smell will make your mouth water, but it’s 110% worth the wait!

I chose to cook the noodle in a separate pot. I also cooked some baby bok choy to go with it as well. If you can’t get your hands on baby bok choy, some spinach or napa cabbage would work too. Once everything is ready to be served, then place the noodles in a large bowl, and ladle the beef and broth into the bowl. Top with your veggies, and you’ve got yourself a bowl of authentic Taiwanese beef noodle soup!

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Next time my parents come visit, I’m going to make this to share with my dad… behind my mom’s back, of course :)

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Ingredients
  1. 3 tablespoons EVOO, divided
  2. 2-2.5 lbs boneless beef chuck, cut into 1" cubes
  3. 6 large slices of ginger
  4. 6 cloves of garlic, smashed
  5. 2 medium plum tomatoes, finely diced
  6. 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  7. 1 tablespoon Sichuan chili bean paste (doubanjiang - I found mine at the local Asian grocery store)
  8. 1 cup Chinese rice wine
  9. 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
  10. 2 whole star anise cloves
  11. 3/4 cup soy sauce
  12. 2 and 1/2 quarts water
  13. 2 lbs Asian wheat noodles, cooked
  14. A handful of baby bok choy, spinach, or napa cabbage, if desired
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon of EVOO in a large, heavy-bottomed pot (I used a Dutch oven) over medium-high heat. Add the beef to the pot in a single layer and cook undisturbed for 3-4 minutes until browned. Then stir and cook until all the sides are nicely browned. Transfer to a plate and repeat the process again with 1 tablespoon of EVOO and the remaining beef. Transfer beef to the plate and set aside.
  2. Add the remaining tablespoon of EVOO to the same pot and heat over medium-high heat. Add in the sliced ginger and garlic cloves, stirring frequently until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Add in the diced tomatoes and stir for another minute. Then add in the sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Finally, add in the chili bean paste (doubanjiang) and stir until the mixture starts to bubble.
  3. Add the beef back to the pot, then add the rice wine and cook for 1 minute. This would be a good time to scrape up all the yummy brown bits crusted on the bottom of the pot. Add in the star anise, peppercorns, soy sauce, and water. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 2.5 hours, or until the beef is tender.
  4. Using tongs, remove the all the beef cubes from the broth and set aside. Carefully strain the soup over a mesh strainer into another similarly sized pot to catch the ginger, garlic, star anise, etc. Pick up any small beef cubes from the strained mixture, then return the beef cubes back into the broth.
  5. If desired, heat the soup back up over medium heat and wilt some greens with the soup.
  6. When ready to serve, place noodles on the bottom of individual serving bowls. Ladle the soup and beef chunks into bowls. Serve immediately.
  7. Serves 4-6 people
Adapted from Serious Eats
Adapted from Serious Eats
Simple Everyday Food https://www.simpleeverydayfood.com/
Recipe adapted from Serious Eats

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A few weeks ago, the temperature here in the Twin Cities Metro area dropped all the way down to -20 degrees (-35 with the windchill factor). If you follow me on Instagram, you were probably sick of seeing me post pictures of how cold it was.

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(note the -61 degree F wind chill factor)

Needless to say, I was not at all thrilled.

All I craved were something sweet and decadent for breakfast, hot steaming coffees throughout the day, and hearty soups and warm comforting casseroles for dinner. That’s when I decided cinnamon rolls sounded like the perfect breakfast idea for a cold snowy morning.

These cinnamon rolls can easily be make the night before. You let it sit on the counter to rise overnight, place it in the oven for 30 minutes the next morning, and voila! Warm steamy gooey cinnamon rolls drenched in a sweet sticky glaze, ready to be devoured. You can also make these the morning of, but let’s face it – why get up early to make breakfast when you can get it ready the night before and spend an extra hour or two curled up in warm blankets the next morning?!

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I know a lot of people are afraid of working with yeast – I’ll admit it, I was too… until now. I’ve always felt like yeast is a tricky little thing to bake with. It just seemed like a very sensitive ingredient… if you don’t pay enough attention to it, your whole plan might fail. However, these cinnamon rolls are suuuuuper easy! Even I, a making-anything-with-yeast-rookie was able to successfully execute this recipe – which means that there’s not excuse you won’t be able to!

I think my favorite part of my first-ever-cinnamon-roll-making-experience was the smell of these rolls before and during the baking process. I absolutely loved waking up to the sweet smell of rising yeasty dough, and the fact that it made my house smell like a Cinnabon factory while they cooked in the oven.

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Hot, gooey, pillowy, soft, melt-in-your-mouth goodness, complete with a sweet vanilla glaze that will have you licking every single one of your fingers afterwards!

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homemade overnight cinnamon rolls
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For the rolls
  1. 2 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  2. 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
  3. 1 teaspoon salt
  4. 1 package of active dry yeast
  5. 1/2 cup water
  6. 1/4 cup milk
  7. 2 and 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  8. 1 egg, at room temperature
For the filling
  1. 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  2. 1 and 1/2 heaping tablespoons ground cinnamon
  3. 1/4 cup granulated sugar
For the glaze
  1. 1 cup powdered sugar
  2. 1-2 tablespoons milk
  3. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Set aside 1/2 cup flour. In the bowl for an electric mixer, combine the remaining flour, sugar, salt, and yeast together. Stir until combined. Attach the dough hook attachment onto your mixer.
  2. In a medium microwave-safe bowl, heat the water, milk, and butter together in the microwave until the mixture is hot to touch and the butter is melted. Pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture and stir on medium speed. Then add the egg and only enough of the reserved flour to make the dough. I used the entire 1/2 cup, but you may not use it all. You'll know you've added enough when the dough is soft, pulls away from the sides of the bowl, and is no longer sticky.
  3. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for 5 minutes. Place the dough ball in a lightly greased bowl, making sure all surfaces of the dough ball is lightly greased. Let sit for 10 minutes.
  4. While your dough rises, make the filling by tossing the ground cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl.
  5. After the 10 minutes, roll out your dough into roughly a 14"x8" rectangle. Spread the softened butter all over. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture on top - be generous! Add more if needed.
  6. Roll up the dough tightly and cut into 10 even pieces, about 1.5" each. Place into a lightly greased 9" pie pan, making sure you leave enough room between each roll for it to rise.
  7. Loosely cover the pan with aluminum foil and let it sit overnight, up to 12 hours, at room temperature. The rolls should have doubled in size when you check on them the next morning.
  8. When you're ready to bake them the next morning, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 25-27 minutes, covering the top with aluminum foil 15 minutes into baking to prevent excessive browning on top.
  9. While the rolls are baking, make the glaze by mixing the powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon of milk, and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Add more milk if the glaze is too thick.
  10. When the rolls are done baking, remove from oven and drizzle them generously with the glaze. Rolls are best served warm and on the same day, even though they can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
  11. Makes 10 rolls
Adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction
Simple Everyday Food https://www.simpleeverydayfood.com/
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Now that I have conquered my fear of baking with yeast, don’t be surprised if you see more bread, pizza dough, and sweet rolls recipes on here in the future :)

Recipe adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction

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Just because the holiday season was sooooo last year, doesn’t mean that we should wait another 11 months to start making anything involving peppermint and chocolate. I have stocked up enough Andes peppermint baking chips and Hershey’s mint chocolate chips to last for the next 3-4 months.. so don’t be surprised if you see a post or two (or three… or four) about mint chocolate desserts on SEF this spring!

Remember these amazingly decadent gooey bars I made a while back? Well, today I have created a cookie version of those bars, and they’re equally as delicious! It’s a chocolate cookie base with tons of crunchy peppermint chips sprinkled throughout, so you’re guaranteed plenty of crunchy minty chocolatey goodness in each bite!

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I also added extra semi-sweet chocolate chips into the batter simply because, well, you just can’t have too much chocolate in a cookie! Although it’s not required, it is highly recommended since it makes the chocolate flavor even more pronounced (read: even more amazing).

Soft, chewy chocolate cookies with bits of mint crunchiness in each bite – I bet you won’t be able to eat just one!

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Just like all my other cookie recipes, I took these out 2 minutes prior to the regular recommended baking time, gently pressed the tops with the back of a fork, and put them back in the oven to cook for another 1-2 minutes. I do this a lot for cookies that don’t naturally spread out a whole lot during their time in the oven, just to achieve a nice crinkly cracked top in the end. I have tried just pressing them down after removing them from the oven completely, but I realized that they the end results aren’t as nice as taking them out after cooking them for 80% of the recommended time.

peppermint chocolate pudding cookies
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Ingredients
  1. 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  2. 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  3. 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  4. 2 eggs, at room temperature
  5. 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  6. 1 teaspoon salt
  7. 1 teaspoons baking soda
  8. 1 tablespoon hot water
  9. 2 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  10. 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
  11. 3.9 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
  12. 1 cup Andes peppermint baking chips
  13. 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon baking mats.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, cocoa powder, and pudding mix. Gently mix with a spatula and set aside.
  3. Using an electric mixer, beat the butter on medium high speed until smooth. Add in the sugars and beat until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between additions.
  4. In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Add the baking soda mixture to the butter mixture. Then add in the vanilla. Mix well.
  5. Slowly add in the dry ingredients into the mixer bowl. Mix under medium speed until combined. Add in the baking chips and chocolate chips and mix some more.
  6. In heaping tablespoons, scoop the cookie dough on the baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes, slightly press the tops with a spoon or a fork, and bake for another 1-2 minutes. Remove cookie sheets from oven and let cool for at least 5 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
  7. Makes about 40 cookies
Adapted from Something Swanky
Adapted from Something Swanky
Simple Everyday Food https://www.simpleeverydayfood.com/
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I actually decided to freeze half the batch of cookie dough balls for later – not only would they be readily available when I’m craving cookies at a later date, I was hoping it will limit how many cookies I eat a day… note to self for next time: if Amy wants to eat 10 cookies a day, Amy will eat 10 cookies a day, regardless if there are 10 or 20 cookies laying around the house.

Well, at least I have enough peppermint baking chips for a few more batches!

Recipe adapted from Something Swanky

© Simple Everyday Food. All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use any of my images without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words, or kindly link back to this post for the recipe.

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