Chocolate Chip Recipes

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon finely grated orange peel

In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine egg, milk, and oil. Add all at once to dry mixture and stir. Do not beat muffin mixture - it should be a little lumpy. Fold in chocolate chips. Add grated orange peel for a little zest.

Grease muffin tray and fill with mixture to about 2/3 full. Bake in a 400F (200C) degree oven for about 20 minutes until golden.


Scrumptious Chocolate Chip Pancakes

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons raw sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup butter
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
vegetable oil

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl then add sugar. In a separate bowl add eggs, milk, and melted butter. Add to dry ingredients. Stir just enough to combine ingredients. Set aside a small bowlful of batter.Next fold chocolate chips into the large mixing bowl of batter.

Heat fry pan and add some oil. Spoon about two large spoonfuls of chocolate chip batter into the fry pan. Take some of the regular batter and spoon over top of pancake to coverchocolate chips (this will keep the chocolate from burning). Cook over medium heat until the pancake bubbles up. Carefully turn pancakes over and cook on other side.

Drizzle with maple syrup. Add a dollop of whipped cream and fresh strawberries.


Hello Dolly Cookie Bars

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup (15 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

Melt butter. Mix in Graham cracker crumbs. Pat mixture in a 9 X 12" baking pan. Sprinkle the remaining ingredients in ordergiven above. Do not stir. Bake at 350F (180C) degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.


This is one of my favorite recipes from when I was a kid.

Poncho Squares

1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup walnuts or pecans
1 6-ounce package chocolate chips

Melt butter. While hot add brown sugar and stir. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Sift in dry ingredients and mix in nuts and chocolate chips. Spread in greased 9 x 13" pan. Bake at 350F (180C) degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cut into squares when cool.


Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
24 ounce package chocolate chips
1 8 ounce Hershey chocolate bar, grated
3 cups chopped nuts

Cream together butter,sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and baking soda and add to mixture. For oatmeal, put small amounts into blender until it turns to powder. Measure first, then blend. Add final ingredients and mix together.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheets. Make golf-ball sized cookies and place them on cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake at 375F degrees for 6 minutes.
*This recipe was contributed by J Thomas.