Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies For Nik

Friday May 9th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

Nikki’s only request from me while she was stuck in the hospital trying to hold in her baby this week were some soft chocolate chip cookies she could enjoy while she’s on bed rest. I actually only have crispy chocolate chip cookie recipes (’cause that’s how I like ‘em), so I searched allrecipes.com for a soft cookie recipe and found this highly rated one. I went through page after page of the comments, reading up on all the suggestions .. so at the bottom of this post you’ll find my modified version. I did the research so you don’t have to
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Mom’s Sour Cream Walnut Coffee Cake

Saturday August 18th, 2007 at 11:15 am

Mom’s coffee cake is our favorite breakfast cake for holidays. We usually treat ourselves to a slice or two as we open our stockings and enjoy the first cups of coffee on Christmas morning I’m not a big fan of the walnuts .. but if you dont chop them up too much they’re easily picked out.

¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp soda
½ tsp salt
1 pint commercial sour cream
¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Powdered Sugar Glaze

Combine butter and sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

Combine flour, baking powered, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, missing well after each addition.

Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts, mixing well. Spoon about one-third of batter into a greased and floured (Pam works) 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan; sprinkle with one third of nut mixture. Repeat layers twice; bake at 350 for 1 hour or until done. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from pan. Place on serving dish, and drizzle with glaze.

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