Molten Chocolate Cake...

This is a richer version of our famous chocolate souffle.  We ate it instead of dinner one night this weekend:). You have to refrigerate the "dough" for 1 hour before putting it in the oven, so this recipe takes a bit of time, but it is well worth it.

Ingredients:
6 oz. semi sweet chocolate
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate
3/4 cup unsalted butter
3 egg yolks
3 whole eggs
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup all purpose flour

Directions - Butter 8 six-oz. ceramic ramekins and dust with flour.  In a bowl over a double-boiler, melt butter and chocolate, set aside and let cool.  In a mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine eggs and sugar until pale yellow batter holds shape and forms ribbon on beaters.  Blend flour into egg-sugar mixture with the mixer for 3 minutes.  Add chocolate mixture, being careful to incorporate everything; mix for 2 more minutes.  Pour about 6 oz. of batter into each ramekin and refrigerate for 1 hour.  In an oven preheated to 475F, bake ramekins on a cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes, or until they are puffed up and don't jiggle when moved.  Remove from oven and serve immediately.  Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

*Note: We made this recipe in one large ramekin (chocolate souffle dish), and it was wonderful, but it would be better in smaller ramekins.  The molten part in the middle was large and overwhelming - it would be more balanced with the cake outside/molten center if it was separated into individual ramekins.

Posted by Stephanie

Apple Crisp

This recipe is from allrecipes.com - we recommend making a little more topping then the recipe calls for - it is amazing!

Ingredients

• 4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons butter, diced
• 1 pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Place apples in a pie pan and dust with cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
3. In a food processor chop nuts with a few short pulses. Pour in sugar and flour and process to combine. Add butter and salt and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle topping over apples.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.