Buttercream Icing

Simple to make and delicious to eat. This icing is great for cupcakes or cake or anything else your heart desires. Whip it up and eat it up.

Ingredients:
              1/4 cup vegetable shortening
              1/4 cup butter
              2 tsp vanilla
              2 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
              2 tbs half and half

Add everything to a mixing bowl and blend together with electric or hand mixer

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Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

If your a chocolate lover, this recipe is for you. These delicious cupcakes are moist when finished cooking, and even after we stored them in the fridge overnight they were still moist the next day. If you want a delicious spongey cupcake this is it.

Ingredients:
              1/4 cup chocolate chips
              3/4 cup hot brewed coffee
              1 1/2 cup sugar
              1 1/4 cup flour
              3/4 cup coco powder
              1 tsp baking soda
              1/2 tsp baking powder
              1 tsp salt
              2 eggs
              1/2 cup vegetable oil
              3/4 cup buttermilk
              1 tsp vanilla

Add to mixing bowl and let it melt

              1/4 cup chocolate chips
              3/4 cup hot brewed coffee

In large bowl mix together

              1 1/2 cup sugar
              1 1/4 cup flour
              3/4 cup coco powder
              1 tsp baking soda
              1/2 tsp baking powder
              1 tsp salt

In another bowl (electric mixer if possible, if not use a hand mixer) beat together 2 eggs

Slowly add to eggs

              1/2 cup vegetable oil
              3/4 cup buttermilk
              1 tsp vanilla

Continue to add chocolate mixture beating until well combined

Add a quarter of the dry mixture then blend until incorporated, then add another quarter and repeat, etc

Pour batter into prepared cupcake tins lined with cupcake liners

Bake 300 for 28-32 minutes (usually done at about 28)

Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies

Personally, one of my favorite recipes, this one is a great tasting cooking that always comes out soft when made. And the flavor combination between chocolate and butterscotch is something you will not regret.

Ingredients:
              1 stick butter
              1/4 cup sugar
              1/3 cup brown sugar
              1 egg
              1 tsp + 1/2 tsp vanilla
              1/2 tsp baking soda
              1 tsp hot water
              1/4 tsp salt
              1 1/2 cup flour
              1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips + butterscotch chips

Cream together in a large bowl using pastry blender

              1 stick butter
              1/4 cup sugar
              1/3 cup brown sugar

Whisk together slightly in a small bowl

              1 egg
              1 tsp + 1/2 tsp vanilla

Add the egg mixture to the butter

In a glass measuring cup mix together

              1/2 tsp baking soda
              1 tsp hot water

Add baking soda mixture to butter/egg mixture

In a medium bowl mix together

              1/4 tsp salt
              1 1/2 cup flour

Add flour mixture last

Stir in
              1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips + butterscotch chips

Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet

Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes