Senior Servings–Chocolate Snacks for one or two
- We seniors cooking in the empty nest, like to find recipes for one or two so we don’t eat left overs for a week or worse feel obligated to eat it all. A pan of lasagna can last me all week while freezing some of the portions gets lost in the freezer. But I can handle that. It is that desire for chocolate that presents a problem as I feel compelled to eat a whole cake or a pan of homemade candy without putting some aside for later.
So here are two snacks to solve that desire for a “little” bit of chocolate. The cake was sent to me as an e-mail, the other I found when I searched for a good fugde receipe on line. Now I can limit the servings but wow I can have them made in minutes.
F u d g e for O n e
In a 1 Qt. measuring cup/ or a bowl mix together:
1/3 c. sugar, 1 heaping T. Cocoa, 1T. plus 2t. milk Microwave for 1 min. Stir down the sides and microwave for 40 sec. more. Watch as it will bubble quite high.
Add 1 scant T. butter, and 1/2 t. vanilla. I added a heaping spoonful of peanut butter. Beat til thick. This really is not for one person, so be prepared to share some of your fudge.
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C h o c o l a t e C a k e aka (5min. choc. cake)
Butter the inside of large coffee mug. Stir together: 4 T. flour, 4 T. white sugar, 2 T. cocoa.
Stir together: 1 egg, 3 T. milk, 3 T. oil, Stir liquids into the flour mixture til smooth. Add 3 T. choc chips (optional) and a splash of vanilla.
Microwave 3 min. Don’t panic the cake rises above the top of the mug. ( I had to add a few more sec. til done on top). Tip out on a plate. I cut in half to make 2 servings, as it really is cake for two. Some frosting or whip cream makes a perfect snack or dessert.
Panda Picked these two chocolate recipes to satisfy our love of chocolate while making the servings small for one or two. Cooking for One
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