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Chocolate Brownie Brittle {Recipe}

Bars & Squares, Cookies

Chocolate Brownie Brittle | Lil Miss Cakes

I have really missed sharing recipes with you, I guess that’s why I’m on a roll lately. This recipe is for the chocolate lover in your life. The brownie brittle  is just like it sounds, super crispy with just a bit of chewiness. The chocolate chips add some decadence and creaminess. This recipe comes together so quickly and is made from pantry ingredients, no specialty items! I would even dare to say it’s a bit healthy-using egg whites; not whole eggs, and only 1/4 cup oil. The best part is that this recipe is dairy-free and it freezes perfectly! But I wouldn’t worry about that-these crispy brownie bites are totally addictive!

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Chocolate Brownie Brittle {Recipe}
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Serves: 48
 
Ingredients
  • 2 egg whites
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ cup flour
  • 3 Tbs. cocoa powder
  • ¼ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. Line a half sheet pan (11x16 inch) with parchment paper and set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, pour in the egg whites.
  4. Whisk the egg whites on high until frothy, about 1 minute.
  5. Using the whisk attachment or paddle attachment, or mixing by hand, add in the sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
  6. Add in the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine.
  7. Add in the oil and stir to combine.
  8. Pour the batter onto the parchment lined baking sheet and spread as thin as possible, almost all the way to the edges of the baking sheet. Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly all over the brownie batter and press down. The chips will be sticking up out of the batter.
  9. Bake for 15 minutes.
  10. Remove from oven and carefully cut the brittle into squares. I cut mine 8x6 yielding 48 pieces.
  11. Return to oven for 5 more minutes to finish baking.
  12. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Once cool, break the brittle into squares. The brittle should break evenly on the cuts you made earlier.

Mustache and Lips Cookie Straws

Cookies

Mustache and Lip Cookie Straw Gift Package | Lil Miss Cakes

There is a fun Jewish holiday that falls around February or March each year. During the holiday of Purim it is customary to give cute packages of food to family and friends. It becomes a bit of a challenge to come up with creative ideas each year. I like to keep my packages small which in itself is a challenge. The past few years I have been pretty proud of my creativity! I made these cute popcorn cupcakes, fun ice cream scoop cookies, and gumball machine cupcakes that take a bit more planning. This year I made some cute mustache and lip sugar cookie straws to go with a cookies and milk concept.

Mustache and Lip Sugar Cookies | Lil Miss Cakes

Here is what I did. I baked my perfect sugar cookies and used mustache and lips cookie cutters to cut out cute shapes. After the cookies were baked, I iced them with white royal icing. Then for the lips, I mixed up some hot pink icing and using a small piping tip, I made some tiny dots to form the lips shape. Then I connected those lines to create a scribble scrabble look. While the icing was still wet, I dipped them in pink sparking sugar and let them dry. The mustaches were a similar concept. I used black royal icing and outlined the mustaches. Then I filled each side in with 2 lines of icing and dipped them in black sparkling sugar. Once the icing was dry I flipped the cookies over and attached them to these fun paper straws I found at the craft store. I piped a big dab of stiff royal icing on the center back of each cookie and pressed a straw into the icing. I wanted to be able to use the straws with the cookies attached so I attached them a few inches down the straw but if you wanted these for photo booth props, you could just as easily attach them to the highest point of the straw. Once the cookies were dry I placed them in these fun milk jars I found at the craft store and filled them with white chocolate candies. To gift these, I placed them in large cellophane gift bags and tied them up with metallic silver twist ties. Easy and cute!

Cookie Collage | Lil Miss Cakes

My son and I had fun modeling these cookies, but he couldn’t wait to bite into one!

Funfetti Passover Cookies

Cookies, Passover

Funfetti Passover Cookies | Lil Miss CakesI couldn’t let Passover go without another funfetti recipe (see my funfetti coconut macaroons), because it’s pretty much everywhere. While doing some Passover ingredient shopping I spotted rainbow sprinkles and knew needed to use them! I took my famous Passover chocolate chip cookie recipe and replaced the chips with sprinkles. I also worked on relpacing the margarine with oil. Passover margarine is very expensive, hard to come by, and not the healthiest option. I had to bake and toss 3 batches of cookies until I got the oil just right. It was annoying, but worth it! Now I will say, these taste a bit more Kosher for Passover than the chocolate chip option because you are missing the delicious chocolate goodness, but this is a great option for people who don’t like chocolate. Or are allergic. I’ll just go with allergic, since I will never understand how people can prefer cookies without chocolate chips! Happy funfetti Passover! Here is the printable dairy free and margarine free recipe.

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Funfetti Passover Cookies
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Serves: About 4 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup matzoh cake meal
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • 1 pkg. vanilla pudding mix (instant or regular)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • ½-1 cup rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the oil, brown sugar and sugar until combined.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined.
  4. With the mixer on low speed add in the matzoh cake meal, potato starch, vanilla pudding, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined.
  5. Add in the vanilla and sprinkles.
  6. Using a 2 tsp. size cookie scoop, drop the dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are slightly brown for a soft and chewy cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes for a crispy and crunchy cookie.
  7. Allow to cool before transferring, these cookies are very soft and delicate when hot.
These cookies freeze well.
1 cup margarine or butter can be used in place of the oil.