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choc chips vs morsels
I have a crowd-pleasing quick-and-easy church cookbook recipe that never
fails. Dagnabbit, today it did. Frosting recipe is: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 5 tbsp margarine or butter 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz package) Combine sugar, milk, & margarine, bring to a boil, boil 1 minute stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate chips until smooth. Pour and spread over warm bars. Cool completely. Today's problem: I inadvertently bought Nestle chocolate morsels instead of chocolate chips (they were on sale, half price), and used them. I stirred and stirred and stirred -- 20 minutes at least -- and the mixture never did get totally smooth. Little flecks of chocolate throughout. Tasted good, but looked crummy, and I was hoping to impress with this one. Any ideas about why this happened? The frosting usually stays soft and has a pleasing sheen. It goes atop the following: CHOCOLATE CHERRY BARS: 1 pkg Pillsbury Moist Supreme devil's food cake mix 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling 1 tsp almont extract 1 eggs, beaten Combine ingredients, stir until well blended, spread in greased 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan. Bake at 350 F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20-30 minutes. Frost, cool completely, and cut into bars. |
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choc chips vs morsels
"Barbara Mayo-Wells" > wrote in
: > Frosting recipe is: > > 1 cup sugar > 1/2 cup milk > 5 tbsp margarine or butter > 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz package) > > Combine sugar, milk, & margarine, bring to a boil, boil 1 minute > stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate chips until > smooth. Pour and spread over warm bars. Cool completely. > > Today's problem: I inadvertently bought Nestle chocolate morsels > instead of chocolate chips (they were on sale, half price), and used > them. I stirred and stirred and stirred -- 20 minutes at least -- and > the mixture never did get totally smooth. Little flecks of chocolate > throughout. Tasted good, but looked crummy, and I was hoping to > impress with this one. > > Any ideas about why this happened? > > The morsels seized...That is to say there was a higher % of chocolate in the morsels than in the chips and true chocolate doesn't like to boil. -- Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. -------- FIELDS, W. C. |
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"Barbara Mayo-Wells" > wrote:
>I have a crowd-pleasing quick-and-easy church cookbook recipe that never >fails. Dagnabbit, today it did. > >Frosting recipe is: > >1 cup sugar >1/2 cup milk >5 tbsp margarine or butter >1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz package) > >Combine sugar, milk, & margarine, bring to a boil, boil 1 minute stirring >constantly. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate chips until smooth. Pour >and spread over warm bars. Cool completely. > >Today's problem: I inadvertently bought Nestle chocolate morsels instead of >chocolate chips (they were on sale, half price), and used them. I stirred >and stirred and stirred -- 20 minutes at least -- and the mixture never did >get totally smooth. Little flecks of chocolate throughout. Tasted good, >but looked crummy, and I was hoping to impress with this one. > >Any ideas about why this happened? > >The frosting usually stays soft and has a pleasing sheen. It goes atop the >following: > >CHOCOLATE CHERRY BARS: >1 pkg Pillsbury Moist Supreme devil's food cake mix >1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling >1 tsp almont extract >1 eggs, beaten > >Combine ingredients, stir until well blended, spread in greased 15 x 10 x 1 >inch pan. >Bake at 350 F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about >20-30 minutes. >Frost, cool completely, and cut into bars. > I have made this recipe several time with Nestle's chocolate morsels and had no problem. Only difference is my recipe calls for butter. I also used to make the mint chocolate chip cookies with the Nestle's mint morsels and the recipe calls for melting 1/2 of the chips. Never a problem. -- Susan N. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not. |
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