The Witches Journal

 

Chocolate Mousse

How much fun it is to make chocolate mousse for, well, any occasion.

This four-ingredient recipe involves beating heavy cream and sugar with an electric mixer, stirring your favorite dark or milk chocolate and hot cream, and then folding the two mixes together. 

Ingredients

for 2 servings

1 cup heavy cream

3 tablespoons sugar

2 oz chocolate, milk or dark, broken into small pieces

¼ cup heavy cream, hot

6 strawberries or raspberries, to garnish

Whipped cream is a great topping 

Tube cookies to garnish works well as well

A few mint leaves to finish your masterpiece 

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine the heavy cream and the sugar, beating with an electric mixer until soft peaks form when lifted from the bowl. 

Set aside two large spoonfuls of the whipped cream to garnish with at the end.

Whisk the chocolate and hot cream in a separate bowl until smooth, then fold in the mixture into the cream with a spatula until no streaks remain.

Split the chocolate cream mixture evenly between two dessert glasses, then chill for at least 1 hour.

Garnish with a spoonful of whipped cream, the tube cookies, strawberries or raspberries and mint.

Holiday Banana Peanut Butter Dog Treats

Making holiday dog treats shouldn’t take all day. 

These 4 ingredient biscuits are done from start to finish in about 30 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY HOMEMADE DOG TREATS

Making treats for your dog is no more difficult than a batch of holiday cookies. 

Plus, there are so many options when you make them yourself.

It’s a great gift for your dogs, they will think Santa brought these especially for them.

PREP TIME

5 minutes

COOK TIME

18 minutes

TOTAL TIME

23 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups old-fashioned oats (not quick cooking)
• 1 banana
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp flour, if necessary

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat, set aside.
2. Add oats to the bowl of a food processor.
3. Let machine run for 2 - 3 minutes, until oats are almost flour consistency with a few big pieces left.
4. Add peanut butter, banana and egg to food processor.
5. Mix until dough looks uniform.
6. Turn the dough out onto the countertop.
7. If the dough is too sticky to work with - sprinkle the countertop with a tablespoon or two of flour, and work some of the flour from the counter into the dough until it is no longer sticky.
8. Roll the dough out to roughly 1/8" thick.
9. Cut treats out with cookie cutter and place on baking sheet. Bake for 16 - 18 minutes, rotate trays halfway through.
10. Cool completely before giving to your dog.

DOGS WITH DENTAL ISSUES OR SENIOR DOGS

You can bake treats for 14 - 16 minutes for a softer treat. Make sure treats are baked all the way through before removing tray from oven.

You can use the smallest cookie cutter in the set (2") and the recipe will make 90. 

If you use a larger cutter, you will obviously have fewer treats.

Anyone With Cats…

Anyone with cats will understand this…