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Recipe Thursday | Chocolate Steamed Pudding

Chocolate Steamed Pudding by DeDe Smith
Chocolate Steamed Pudding by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Chocolate Steamed Pudding by DeDe Smith
My Grandpa & Grandma Sorensen lived next to us growing up and we saw them everyday. They were a big part of my life. I miss them. Anyway, I’ve been thinking a lot about them lately and one of my greatest memories was Sunday dinners. We always had Sunday Dinner at their house and my Grandma was a good cook. One of the things that I loved best was when she would make Steamed Pudding. I don’t have her recipe and I’ve really been wanting to try it again. Many people that I mentioned this to had never even heard of steamed pudding. It is like a very moist cake that has a pudding like sauce at the bottom. So I started looking on the internet and I came across a Chocolate Pudding Cake that sounded just about like the one my Grandma made. Now I was young the last time I had this from my Grandma (and I seem to remember her using a special bundt pan for hers), but it tasted heavenly and I’m pretty sure it was close to my Grandma’s recipe.I combined and adjusted a few recipes to come up with this one. It definitely looks like a mess, especially after you pour the boiling water over the top. But it totally cooks to perfection – I promise and its so easy! It’s definitely very rich, but with ice cream and whipped cream – its just divine. And I love that since it is so rich, a little goes a long way! I made this on a Sunday and we had it for dessert for several days. We liked it best warm, but it could be served cold or at room temperature if you prefer.

A scoop of chocolately heaven! Try it – you won’t regret it!
 



 

DeDe Smith

Chocolate Steamed Pudding

A scoop of chocolately heaven!

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 4 oz unsweetened chocolate
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 1/2 cups boiling water
  • Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Whipped Cream Topping
  • Chocolate & Carmel Topping
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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 baking pan.

Combine flour, half of the brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined very well making sure there are no lumps of brown sugar. Stir in chocolate chips.

Melt the butter and chocolate together over medium-low heat. A double boiler really works great for this. You want to keep stirring so that it doesn’t stick and burn.

Heat the buttermilk over low heat until barely warmed and then remove from heat. You don’t want this to boil-make sure it is just warmed.

Remove chocolate and butter mixture from heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour mixture over dry ingredients. Add the buttermilk and stir until mixed well. Spread into the prepared pan.

Take the rest of the brown sugar and combine with the cocoa until smooth. Sprinkle mixture evenly over the batter.

Pour the boiling water slowly and evenly over the batter in the pan. (Don’t mix)

Bake in oven for 40 minutes. Serve with Ice Cream and Whipped Cream and use the extra sauce in the pan to spread on top, along with additional Chocolate and Carmel Topping.

Keep any leftovers in the refrigerator and just warm each serving up in the microwave for a few seconds.

Nutrition

Calories

369 cal

Fat

2 g

Carbs

70 g

Protein

14 g
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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

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Recipe Thursday | Chocolate Pudding Puffs

Chocolate Pudding Puffs by DeDe Smith
Chocolate Pudding Puffs by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Chocolate Steamed Pudding by DeDe Smith
When I was growing up, we had a tradition in my family that every Sunday night we had pudding. My mom and my sisters and I would make Instant Chocolate Pudding and Cooked Vanilla pudding. To this day, I LOVE my pudding – especially chocolate. Occasionally, my older sister would make a batch of cream puffs to go with the pudding. We never actually filled the puffs the traditional way – we always just stuck them in a bowl and topped them with the pudding. Less work and still delicious!

It’s Pudding Night made perfect!



 

DeDe Smith

Chocolate Pudding Puffs

It's Pudding Night made perfect!

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Ingredients

    Puffs
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 8 eggs
  • Pudding
  • 1 large box of instant chocolate pudding
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • Whipped Cream
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Instructions

Bring water and butter to a boil in a saucepan. Sprinkle salt over butter/water mixture and mix together. Add in flour and stir until it forms a ball. Turn heat down to low and stir in 1 egg at a time until all eggs are blended very well. Remove from heat. Roll scoops of the puff mixture into balls and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.

While puffs are baking, whisk the chocolate pudding with the milk in a large mixing bowl and then set in refrigerator to cool and set-up.

After taking puffs from the oven, let cool for about 5-10 minutes. Then take each puff and cut in half. Place a scoop of pudding in between like a sandwich and then top with a dollop of whipped cream.

Nutrition

Calories

393 cal

Fat

7 g

Carbs

59 g

Protein

21 g
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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, cream puffs, pudding

Recipe Thursday | Chocolate-Dipped & Cheesecake-Filled Strawberries

Chocolate-Dipped, Cheesecake-filled Strawberries by DeDe Smith
Chocolate-Dipped, Cheesecake-filled Strawberries by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Chocolate-Dipped & Cheesecake-Filled Strawberries by DeDe Smith
Basically these are large bites of heaven! Strawberries, cheesecake and chocolate are just the perfect combination!

An elegant YUMMY spin on Chocolate-dipped Strawberries!



DeDe Smith

Chocolate-dipped & Cheesecake-filled Strawberries

An elegant YUMMY spin on Chocolate-dipped Strawberries!

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Ingredients

  • 24 large strawberries
  • 8 ounce cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 package chocolate chips
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Instructions

Wash strawberries, remove the tops, and cut out a cone shape from inside the middle of each strawberry with a paring knife.

Put the insides of the strawberry into a small bowl.

Mix together the cream cheese, whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until smooth, thick, and creamy.

Add the strawberry insides to the mixture and mix until smooth.

Melt Chocolate chips until smooth.

Dip bottom of each strawberry into chocolate mixture and then sprinkle graham crackers onto the chocolate. Let harden.

Fill a ziploc bag or pastry bag with the cream cheese mixture. Squeeze filling into each strawberry and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs.

Nutrition

Calories

41 cal

Fat

3 g

Carbs

1 g

Protein

1 g
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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: cheesecake, chocolate, graham crackers, strawberries, strawberry

Recipe Thursday | Chocolate Crinkles

Chocolate Crinkles by DeDe Smith
Chocolate Crinkles by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Chocolate Crinkles by DeDe Smith
Chocolately goodness in a cookie! We love these!

Out of the ordinary chocolate cookies!



DeDe Smith

Chocolate Crinkles

Out of the ordinary chocolate cookies!

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/3 cup flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • powdered sugar for rolling
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Instructions

Combine sugar, oil and cocoa in a large bowl. Beat until well blended.

Beat in eggs and vanilla.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add to cocoa mixture, beating well.

Cover and refrigerate dough until it is firm enough to handle. If you are wanting them to firm up faster, like me, stick the covered dough in the freezer until firm enough to handle.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a cookie sheet.

Roll dough into 1-inch balls then roll them in powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart from each other.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories

317 cal

Fat

1 g

Carbs

60 g

Protein

13 g
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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, cookie, cookies, crinkle

Recipe Thursday | Pretzel Turtles

Pretzel Turtles by DeDe Smith
Pretzel Turtles by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | Pretzel Turtles by DeDe Smith
Ready for the perfect QUICK treat to take to neighbors/friends? This is it. Don’t forget to make some for yourself. So good!

Quick and easy treat for the holidays!



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Pretzel Turtles by DeDe Smith

Quick and easy treat for the holidays!

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Ingredients

  • Rolo chocolate candies
  • Mini pretzels
  • Nuts – cashews/ pecans/almonds/hazelnuts/walnuts
  • M&Ms
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Instructions

Place pretzels on baking sheet. Top with a Rolo. Bake in 350 degree oven for 3-5 minutes, until the chocolate just begins to melt. The Rolo should be soft but not completely melted.

Remove from oven, place on cooling rack and immediately squish the chocolate with a nut or M&M. Eat immediately while warm – yummy. Or let them cool to give to friends!

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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

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Recipe Thursday | 4-Layer Bars

4-Layer Bars by DeDe Smith
4-Layer Bars by DeDe Smith
This week’s Recipe | 4-Layer Bars by DeDe Smith
These are one of my husband’s very favorite treats. Gooey and yummy!

Perfect dessert bars!
 



 

DeDe Smith

4-Layer Bars

Perfect dessert bars!

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Ingredients

  • 1 cube of butter
  • 2 cups crushed graham crackers
  • 1 bag chocolate chips
  • 2 cups shredded coconut
  • 2 cups chopped walnuts
  • 1 can condensed milk
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Instructions

In a 8×8 glass pan or a glass brownie pan – melt butter in microwave. Add the graham crackers and press into the button of the pan. Then add the following in evenly spread layers in this order: chocolate chips, coconut, walnuts. Then pour condensed milk over the top. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories

407 cal

Fat

35 g

Carbs

17 g

Protein

12 g
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On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

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