Recipes from HERSHEY'S

If you are a chocolate lover, a newbie baker (in search of basic recipes) or if you're bored looking for something to do (heehee), here are some simple and quick dessert recipes from a HERSHEY'S booklet (which came with the Chocolate Chips I bought) I got hold of.  I haven't gotten the chance to try them out though.  But they look easy to do (something that would appeal to non-bakers like me, haha!) so I'm posting them in this blog to share with everyone else. 

Happy Baking!


Double Chip Brownies

Image from the HERSHEY'S booklet

Prep Time: 8 minutes

Ingredients:
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and divided
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips
1 cup REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips

Directions
1. Heat oven to 350deg F.  Grease 13 X 9 X 2-inch baking pan.

2. Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl; stir in 1/3 cup butter.
    Add boiling water; stir until mixture thickens.
    Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup butter; stir until smooth.
    Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend thoroughly.
   Stir in milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
   Spread in prepared pan.

3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
    Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
    Cut into squares.  About 36 brownies.



Doubly Chocolate Cookies

Image from the HERSHEY'S booklet

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups (12 ox pkg)
        HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips
        HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
        or 2  cups (11.5 oz pkg) HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)

Directions
1. Heat oven to 350deg F

2. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
    Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy.
    Gradually add flour mixture, beating well.
    Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired.
   Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until set.
    Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
    Cool completely.  About 4-1/2 dozen cookies.