S'mores in a Cup

Over the Christmas holidays, my cousins came and spent the night at our new home, and we had a blast! I had found this delectable hot chocolate recipe on Our Best Bites and I knew I had to make it. Here is the recipe:

serves 4

4 cups whole milk

2, 4oz Hershey’s chocolate bars

2 Tbs butter, melted

2 graham crackers, crushed

8 large marshmallows

Chocolate syrup

4 mugs or 8 espresso sized mugs 

Place melted butter in a small, shallow dish that’s as large around as your mug. Place crushed graham crackers in another dish of the same size. Flip your mugs upside-down and dip the rim first in melted butter and then in the crushed graham crackers.

Break the chocolate into pieces and place one half bar in each mug. Heat milk to a simmer and then pour one cup into each mug over the chocolate. Set aside.

Place marshmallows on a parchment lined baking sheet. Place under the broiler in the oven on low heat. Watch constantly and remove from oven when toasted and browned.

Stir hot milk mixture to distribute melted chocolate. Top each mug with 2-3 toasted marshmallows and drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Amazing!!

 

Pizza Extravaganza!

My former roommate, Adair, and I made homemade pizza last night! Adair and I have been friends since we were little, and she is one of my favorite people on earth. We also lived together for 4 years in college, talk about a lasting friendship! I wanted to make sure I posted pictures of our endeavor, so I hope you appreciate our cooking expertise :)

Making the dough from scratch:

It was nice having a stand-alone mixer to mix the dough

Then we rolled the dough into a ball (it was extremely sticky)

We then stretched it out and added toppings (BBQ sauce, fresh mozzarella, onions, BBQ chicken)

Sooo good

The chefs!

Bon apetit!

Pizza Crust

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 12

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Instant Or Active Dry Yeast
• 1-½ cup Warm Water
• 4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• ⅓ cups Olive Oil

Preparation Instructions

Sprinkle yeast over 1 1/2 cups warm (not lukewarm) water.
In a mixer, combine flour and salt. With the mixer running on low speed (with paddle attachment), drizzle in olive oil until combined with flour. Next, pour in yeast/water mixture and mix until just combined.
Coat a separate mixing bowl with a light drizzle of olive oil, and form the dough into a ball. Toss to coat dough in olive oil, then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and store in the fridge until you need it.
***It’s best to make the dough at least 24 hours in advance, and 3 or 4 days is even better.
***Makes 2 crusts.