Mexican Wedding Cookies

This is a recipe from Kelly Ripa:


3/4 cup butter                                                          

    1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract                                               

      1 1/2 cup flour

3/4 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Mix together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla, flour, and pecans, mixing well.  Roll dough in 3/4 inch balls.  Place on baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.  Let cool.  Dust with sugar.

Pizookie

24 to 30 oz Cookie dough, any kind                          3 scoops of vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 475 degrees.  Squeeze out cookie dough and press into a 9 inch pan.  Bake for 15 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown.  Top with ice cream.  Serves 2 to 3 people.  

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake:

My favorite dessert from Carnival Cruise Lines.

8 oz semisweet chocolate                
1 cup butter

7 eggs                                                           
6 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Melt chocolate and butter.  Cool 10 minutes.  In separate bowl, mix four eggs with sugar.  Whisk.  Add flour and whisk.  Add remaining three eggs.  Add egg mixture to chocolate mixture.  Pour in individual Ramekins.  Bake until just done, about 15 to 20 minutes.  The interior will be melting.  Serve with vanilla ice cream.  

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

One of my favorite desserts from Carnival Cruise Lines:

5 large eggs                                         1/4 lb butter

1 cup heavy cream                              2 cups milk

1 loaf white bread                               1 1/4 lb white chocolate

3/4 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 360 degrees.  Remove the crust from the bread and soak the crust in the heated milk and cream.  Beat the mixture by hand or in a mixer until the pieces of bread are reduced to the size you want.  Melt the chocolate and butter in a double broiler and incorporate into bread mixture.  In a separate mixing bowl,  beat eggs and sugar until creamy.  Add egg mixture to bread mixture and stir until uniform.  Transfer the batter to a buttered pan in a larger pan of hot water in the oven.  Bake for 45 minutes or until center is set (Start checking on it after a half an hour).