Marbled Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1 cup(2 sticks) buter or margarine,softened

-1 cup sugar
-1\2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

-2 egg

-2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

-1 teaspoon baking soda

-1\2 teaspoon salt
-1\4 cup baking cocoa

-1 cup oats(quick or old fashioned, uncooked),divided

-1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, divided

Instructions:

1.In a large bowl beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat well.

2.In a seperate bowl combine 2 cups of flour, the baking soda, and the salt, mixing well. Stir the dry mixture into the bowl.

3. Divide the dough evenly between 2 bowls. Mix the baking cocoa into one batch and the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour into the other. Stir 1\2 cup of oats and 1\2 cup of chocolate morsels into each batch. Then cover and chill both doughs 2 hours overnight.

4. heat the oven 375 degrees. To shape the cookies, combine 1 tablespoon of each dough into a golf ball-size ball, twisting or smoothing the doughs together. Place the balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 10 to 11 minutes or until light-colored dough is golden brown. Allow the cookies to cool 2 minnutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely. Store leftovers in a tightly coverd container. Makes about 2 dozen.

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Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe

Ingredient:

-1\2-4 ounce bar good quality semi-sweet chocolate, 1\4 cup chips

-1\2 stick softened butter, 1\4 cup

-1\3 cup packed dark brown sugar

-2 large eggs

-1\4 cup sourcream

-3\4 cup self-rising flour

-1 teaspoon dried cranberries, tossed in a little self-rising flour to coat

-2 teaspoons red food coloring

Frosting:

-2 vanilla beans

-2 sticks(1cup)softened butter

-8 ounces cream cheese,in brick form,not whipped

-4 cups sieved confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400f. Line the cups of a muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of just simmering water,stirring occasionally. Put the remaining ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer and mix together until just combined,then add the melted chocolate.

2. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan. bake for 20 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch. Let cool in the pan for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

3. To make the frosting,scrape the vanilla seeds from the beans into a bowl,then add the butter and crean cheese. Beat well,then gradually add the confectioners' sugar 1\4 at a time until the icing is smooth.

4. Once the cake are cool,pipe the frosting on top of the cake using a large star tip.

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