Comfort Foods Part 2 - Hot Chocolate & Cookies

It’s rainy and windy, it’s my time of the year! I love cuddling up under the blankets and being comfy cozy while watching a good movie or reading a book. In keeping with the comfort food theme, we are going to share a decadent hot chocolate recipe and a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. Both are perfect for the cold rainy days that we have ahead of us this Fall/Winter.

This is my favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I make this all of the time. I could probably make it blindfolded. We have made the plain recipe for a Back to School post in the past, but today we are going to make it with some yummy oats in it. 

You will need...

1 cup of brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 cup of margarine

2 eggs

2 tsp. of vanilla

2 ¼ cups of flour

1 tsp. baking soda

2 cups of chocolate chips

2 ½ cups of oats

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. I usually do about two.

Cream the softened  margarine and the sugar. Then add the vanilla and the eggs.  

Mix the flour and the baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet gradually. Once it’s all mixed, then add the oats and then stir in the chocolate chips. 

Using two teaspoons, scoop the dough onto the cookie sheets. You want average sized dough scoops, not too big, not too small. 

Cook one sheet at a time for about 7-8 minutes each. 

This hot chocolate recipe was good, but it was very rich and super sweet, so you can dilute it a bit with extra milk or hot water. This makes enough for two.

Gather your ingredients...

2 cups of milk  

2/3 cups of cream

2/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips/shavings

¼ cups milk chocolate chips/shavings

¼ tsp. cinnamon

Pinch of salt

Warm 2/3 cup of the milk in a pan over medium heat. Stir in the chocolate. Stir the chocolate in until it is completely melted and then whisk in the rest of the milk and the cream. If you don’t want the cream, you can use more milk if you want to; that’s what we did. 

Continue to heat until the mixture is hot but be careful not to boil it. Add the cinnamon and the salt and then pour into cups.  Top with whipped cream or with marshmallows if you want a real sugar rush!

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jan/12/how-to-make-perfect-hot-chocolate

So there you have some perfect hibernating day treats!