I Got This
Page 17
Ingredients
3½ oz ready-to-eat vanilla pudding, about 1 cup
3 cups Cool Whip Whipped Topping Lite, aerosol, or similar product
9 oz Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, or similar product (should be about 3 inches in diameter each)
1 oz bittersweet chocolate, shavings
Instructions
Line bottom and sides of a 13- to 14-inch-long pan with plastic wrap, making sure you use a big enough piece so that you have enough extra wrap to cover prepared cake.
In a medium bowl, gently fold pudding into whipped topping.
Take a wafer and spread about 1½ tablespoons of cream mixture over cookie surface. Top with another wafer and spread about 1½ tablespoons of cream mixture over second cookie; repeat to form a stack of about 6 cookies and cream. Carefully turn stack on its side and place in pan so cookies are standing on their sides. Repeat with remaining cookies until you create 1 long row of cookies and cream in pan. (Reserve any broken cookies to crumble over top as a garnish.)
When cake assembly is complete, use a spatula to scoop up any cream that has oozed out of sides of cookies and place back on top of cake.
Wrap plastic tightly around cake in pan and freeze immediately for a minimum of 2 hours.
Slice cake on a diagonal into 12 pieces and sprinkle each piece with shaved chocolate. Yields 1 slice per serving.
Notes
Feel free to swap chocolate pudding for the vanilla, if desired.
Mini Chocolate-Chip
Cookies
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Course: Desserts
PointsPlus® Value: 1
Servings: 48
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 6 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Go ahead and grab a few of these bite-size cookies. They might be little, but they pack a big chocolate punch.
Ingredients
2 Tbsp butter, softened
2 tsp canola oil
½ cup packed brown sugar, dark variety
1 tsp vanilla extract
tsp table salt
1 large egg white
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¼ tsp baking soda
3 oz semisweet chocolate chips, about ½ cup
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
In a medium bowl, cream together butter, oil, and sugar. Add vanilla, salt, and egg white; mix thoroughly to combine.
In a small bowl, mix together flour and baking soda; stir into batter. Add chocolate chips to batter; stir to distribute evenly throughout.
Drop 48 half-teaspoons of dough onto one or two large nonstick baking sheets, leaving a small amount of space between each cookie. Bake cookies until golden around edges, about 4 to 6 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Yields 1 cookie per serving.
Notes
Indulge your craving for an intense chocolate experience. Buy a 3-ounce bar of fine chocolate with a percentage of 75 or higher on the label. The percentage indicates the combined amount of cocoa bean and added cocoa butter in the chocolate. The higher the percentage, the greater the chocolate taste and the less sweet the product. Chop up the bar and use it instead of the chocolate chips (could affect PointsPlus® values).
Me at age seven—I was always tall for my age.
The picture says it all!
Walter and me at prom.
Prom night with Walter. Big brother was definitely watching.
$25 a song … now that was a bargain!
My dramatic velvet and silver gown from my talent show days.
Walter Williams III
On the football field in Atlanta waiting for my first American Idol audition.
Walter Williams III
Ready to rock my first
American Idol audition.
Walter Williams III
Feeding my face!
Waiting to audition for the judges—do you like my big hair?
American Idol Season 3 top 24 contestants, Ashley Thomas, me, Fantasia Barrino, and
Diana DeGarmo.
With Mama touring L.A.
Dreaming of someday having my own star—still waiting!
My sister Julia and me.
Walter Williams III
Celebrating my win for Dreamgirls at the Golden Globes.
David and me
in Boston.
Backstage at the Staples Center for Michael Jackson’s memorial service with Usher, Stevie Wonder, and Magic Johnson.
Derek Blanks
David and me shortly before the birth of our son.
My baby and me.
Derek Blanks
At David Jr.’s christening—a blessing for all of us.
Clive Davis and me.
Something about this picture reminds me of Twiggy.
Thomas Blue
Walter and me now. We’ve come a long way together.
On the beach in the Hamptons, enjoying a rare day off.
I loved my Versace gown that I wore to the 2011 Oscars.
Ready to rock the Grammys.
I think I look hot!
Getting ready for the Met Ball, wearing a Vera Wang gown.