Homemade Meals

  Walnut cookies (Bulgarian- Style Recipe) It may seem strange, but growing up in Bulgaria, we didn't have chocolate chip cookies or oatmeal cookies, which are so famous here in America. We had different type of cookies, and the walnut ones were probably my favorite. So that's why I decided to share :)  P.S. The Bulgarian name is Orehovki (Oreh means walnut) Ingredients:  3 egg whites (or 1/4 cup if you are using a carton of egg whites) 1 1/4 cup walnuts  1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract a few dark chocolate baking ships (less than 1/4 cup). The baking chips are optional, and if using, use a little less than 1 cup of sugar. Preparation: 1. Finely chop/grind the walnuts- I use a mortar to grind them because I like some walnut pieces, but you can use a spice/coffee grinder if you prefer the walnuts finely grinded 2. I place a cooking pan with water on the stove, medium- low heat. I place a smaller size pan with the egg whites. Using a hand mixer, when t...

  Chocolate Chip cookies They are simply delicious! I love dark chocolate, so for this recipe I use dark chocolate (63% cacao) baking chips. Ingredients: 2 cups dark or semi-sweet chocolate baking chips (340g) 3/4 cup sugar,  1/2 tsp. salt 6 tbsp. butter at room temperature 2 eggs at room temperature 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour mixed with 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Preparation: 1)      Preheat oven to 375F Degrees. 2)     If you like more chocolate chips in your cookies, you can melt 1 cups of chips instead of 1 ½ cup.  Set aside. 3)   Cream the following ingredients in a large bowl until light       4) Add the following to the mix                                5)    Add the melted Chocolate, 1 ¼ cup all-purpose fl...