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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

December 26, 2017 by It's Cooking With Magda

Festive, decadent and easy to make, these cookies are great for the holidays! Rich chocolate cookies loaded with pieces of chocolate and a hint of peppermint are a great treat for the holidays. They are easy to make and will satisfy every chocoholic! Today’s recipe is a slight variation on the classic chocolate chip recipe posted here. In this recipe part of the flour is replaced by cocoa powder to give the cookies their rich chocolate flavor. I like them […]

Categories: Cookies, Dessert • Tags: chip, chocolate, cookies, dessert, sweets

Apple Galette with Spiced Caramel Sauce

November 23, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Super easy and delicious! This quick version of apple pie is festive enough to grace your Thanksgiving table! Thanksgiving is in two short days and there is so much still to do! I finally got the turkey yesterday and I’m thinking of trying Alton Brown’s recipe this year. Do you brine your turkey or not? His recipe calls for it and even though I typically don’t brine the bird, I think I will try it this year. Early on, when I […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert, Thanksgiving • Tags: Apple pie, caramel sauce, dessert, Fall, food photography, galette, Thanksgiving

Homemade Spiced Caramel Sauce

November 20, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Homemade Spiced Caramel Sauce is a must this holiday season with any apple dessert, pumpkin cheesecake or to be drizzled over ice cream. It’s a perfect gift as well! It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week! I have to admit that I got caught off guard a bit but I think it’s safe to say I wasn’t the only one this year. Since California is a very Democratic state, the blow of losing the election was and still […]

Categories: Dessert, Snack Time, Thanksgiving • Tags: caramel sauce, dessert, spices, sugar

gooey brownies on a plate decorated with raspberries

Amazing Gooey Brownies

September 16, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

These brownies are gooey, chewy, and full of chocolate. Better make a double batch because they will be gone before you know it! People can be divided into those who love gooey brownies and those who don’t. Just like chocolate chip cookies, some like them chewy, some like them crispy. I love gooey, chewy, soft cookies and brownies! Ian, who is a big fan of gooey brownies, and I have been trying different recipes and making some adjustments to find the […]

Categories: Dessert, Valentine's Day • Tags: brownies, chocolate, dessert, gooey, Katharine Hepburn

Ricotta Blueberry Muffins

June 22, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Breakfast muffins with lots of juicy blueberries, aromatic zest, ricotta cheese and flaxseed meal will make you look forward to your morning a bit more! The summer has officially arrived! We just returned from our week-long visit to San Diego. For the first time we used Airbnb to find a place and it worked out really well. We stayed in El Cajon, which is located about 20 minutes away from the San Diego Zoo. During our stay we visited the […]

Categories: Breakfast, Dessert, Muffins • Tags: blueberries, lemon zest, muffins, ricotta cheese

Lemon Ricotta Cookies

March 3, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

These Lemon Ricotta Cookies are light and fluffy like a cake. The lemon glaze compliments and enriches the lemon flavor. Delightfull! Several years ago Giada De Laurentiis was visiting San Jose while promoting her newest cookbook “Giada’s Kitchen”. Back then, our older son was maybe 7-8 months old and I was on my way to meet with some friends, almost all of them new moms, too. We met through our husbands, who were all working at Yahoo! at that time and […]

Categories: Cookies, Dessert • Tags: cookies, glaze, lemon, ricotta cheese, zest

Chocolate Orange Cake with Buckwheat flour

Buckwheat Chocolate Cake with Oranges

February 11, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Celebrate the upcoming Valentine’s Day with this decadent, yet healthy chocolate cake. Your loved one will really like it. And remember that chocolate is, after all, a well known aphrodisiac. Did you guys watch the Super Bowl? Did your team win? My boys were rooting for Panthers so I had no choice but to root for Broncos. The Super Bowl 50 took place in Santa Clara but most of the activities happened in San Francisco. Levi’s Stadium is only 15 […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: blood orange, buckwheat flour, cake, chocolate, dessert, gluten free, healthy, pomegranate, Valentine's Day

Chocolate Peppermint Bark

January 5, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Chocolate Bark is very festive, easy to make and can be made with endless combinations.Hello 2016! I was hoping this post would make it here during the holiday season but things just got a bit crazy and I wasn’t able to write it. Anyway, I hope everyone had a great time spent with family and friends in a loving atmosphere filled with joy and laughter. How many of you make New Year resolutions? I typically don’t, so I don’t feel […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert • Tags: bark, candy canes, chocolate, food photography, peppermint

vanilla and peppermint marshmallows on red plates decorated with candy canes

Homemade Marshmallows

December 21, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Homemade marshmallows- light, fluffy, easy to make and delicious!One of the benefits of having a culinary blog is the experience that comes from trying new recipes. I started working on my blog a year ago (but didn’t hit “publish” until February) and before that I never thought I would try making marshmallows at home. I guess I wasn’t very interested in it and it seemed like a very complicated and difficult process. And I don’t even like marshmallows that much. […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert • Tags: Christmas, homemade, marshamllows, peppermint, raspberry, vanilla

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

December 17, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes can be a great addition to any December Party, whether it’s a birthday or Christmas.My husband’s birthday happens in December and one of his favorite things is peppermint bark. So I always get him a box of some good quality peppermint flavored chocolate. Since he, obviously, likes chocolate too, I decided to combine his two faves and surprise him with a birthday dessert. Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting sprinkled with crushed candy canes on top. […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert • Tags: birthday, candy canes, chocolate, Christmas, cupcakes, peppermint