Guys could cooking be the Valentine’s Day gift for your love? You’ve all heard the good old adage about the path to a man’s heart is by way of his stomach-and for many men that remains true still today. This doesn’t mean that a woman will not discover a man with cooking skills sexy. A man who can cook-or possibly bake!-is a big draw for a female.
Because this goes both ways, I am going to offer you some superb recipes that are tried and true as well as your companion is going to really like that you took the time to create something for them. In many ways, a homemade gift-whether it’s a card or even some Valentine’s Day chocolate candy coated strawberries-is the way to someone’s heart. The idea demonstrates to them that you truly care sufficiently to put in the effort as well as the work to provide them with a portion of yourself. How would that ever be a bad thing?
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
12-14 large, luscious strawberries and 8 oz. of good quality milk chocolate or white chocolate.
You can carry out this one of two ways; melt the chocolate in a double boiler on the stove, as well as melt this in a bowl inside the microwave. Most prefer the microwave since it’s faster. Clean and dry the berries. Once the chocolate is melted, dip the strwberries into the chocolate almost 2/3 of the way up. Put aside on wax paper to set. Delicious & A Romantic Valentines Day Gift!
Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies
Not every person wants to bake, however if you do enjoy taking the time to construct edible art-these might be the cookies for you! These cookies will be huge hit each and every year. Hint: put in a bit additional vanilla than may be called for and that seems to make them all the better!
You will need the following ingredients:
· 1 cup butter, softened
· 3 eggs
· 3 ½ cups flour
· 1 teaspoon baking soda
· 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
· 1 teaspoon vanilla (more is better!)
· 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
· ½ teaspoon salt
Blend ingredients together until finally consistent. Chill dough for One hour. Roll out on to a lightly floured surface and use a heart formed cookie cutter to create the shapes. Bake at 375 for about 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake!
After they are cooled you might frost them and dip them into melted chocolate to get a more elegant and tasty treat.
Applesauce Muffins
Why not present your loved one a special breakfast treat? These types of muffins can be simple to create and they are delicious!
· 2 cups bisquick mix
· ½ cup sugar
· 1 teaspoon cinnamon
· 1 cup of applesauce
· 1 egg
· 2 tablespoons oil
Combine all ingredients and pour into muffin papers. Bake at 400 for about 20-25 minutes. When still hot from the oven, roll tops in melted butter next dip into a cinnamon and sugar mixture. Makes 12 muffins
Chocolate Raspberry Decadence
Nothing at all goes better with chocolate more than raspberries (plus a little love of course!) Here’s a cake that has more calories than a little village in the Himalayas consumes in 1 week-but it’s worth it!
Filling:
· 12 oz. of cream cheese
· 1/3 cup sugar
· 1 cup chocolate chips
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
· 1 ½ cups raspberries
Cake:
· 1 cup melted margarine
· 2 eggs
· 2 cups sugar
· 1 cup milk
· 1 cup water
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
· 3 cups flour
· ¾ cup cocoa
· ¼ teaspoon salt
Grease a bundt pan. Mix filling except for raspberries then set aside. Blend up cake ingredients. Pour 1 / 2 of the batter in the pan, then drop the filling in spoonfuls on top of the batter, cover with raspberries then pour the remaining batter over the top. Bake at 375 degrees for almost an hour and 15 minutes. let cool and dust with powdered sugar, garnish with raspberries.
Chocolate Fondue
What is more deliciously sensual more than dipping things in chocolate? Melt chocolate in a fondue pot plus have a variety of foods ready to be dipped. You might use chunks of angel food cake, strawberries, bananas and even pineapple.
Everything tastes better when it’s got chocolate on it!
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