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Frosted Cake mix/Brownie mix cookies

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I used the same recipe for 2 different kinds of cookies.  One used a brownie mix,

the other a french vanilla cake mix. 

And I frosted them. 

A two-fer tuesday treat.

I put funfetti sprinkles in the vanilla ones.

  And I forgot to add chips to the chocolate ones! Hence, the frosting.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake or brownie mix
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Chocolate chips (1/2 cup) or sprinkles

Directions  – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   combine ingredients in a bowl.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. 

stagger on prepared sheet. 

Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 to 4 tbs heavy cream

Directions – Blend ingredients in a bowl and frost cookies.

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Frosted Lemon cake mix bars

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The sun is out, so i thought i would make some lemon cake mix bars.   Super easy, just a few ingredients, olus they are frosted!

  • Ingredients list
  • 2 lemon cake mixes
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/3 cups mayo or miracle whip (i used a light kind)
  • 3 tbs lemon juice

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, combine cake mixes, mayo eggs and lemon juice.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  

I couldn’t resist and put a tiny bit of frosting on the warm bars.  I find it makes treats even sweeter!

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 6 tbs lemon juice

In a bowl, using a hand mixer, blend well.  Frost bars and store in covered container. 

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Frosted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with crushed iced oatmeal cookies

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I love to put crushed cookies in cookies, like oreos in chocolate cookies, chips ahoy in chocolate chip cookies, etc.  So I saw some iced oatmeal cookies and thought they would be perfect in frosted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

These probably didn’t need frosting!

I used all purpose and bread flour in these, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want.  Just scoop it from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Chill individual doughs before baking, and preheat oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 1/2 cups quick oats
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 16 iced oatmeal cookies, crushed
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients and oats.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out  1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger doughs on sheet.  

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbs ice cream, melted (or 2 tbs milk)

Directions – in a bowl,  combine ingredients.  If needed add a little more milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container.

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Black cocoa crushed oreo cookies with milk chocolate chips

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Chocoholics will rejoice with this treat.  Chocolate cookies made with black cocoa, crushed oreos and milk chocolate chips!

I used a mix of all purpose and bread flour, but you can use entirely all purpose flour.  Either way, spoon it from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend chilling individual doughs for a few hours before baking and preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, soft
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp chocolate extract (or vanilla)
  • 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1/2 cup black cocoa
  • 6 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 16 oreos, crushed
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and extract.   Blend in dry ingredients.   Fold in crushed oreos, then chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.  

Browned butter mini chip snowball cookies

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I have done a lot of brown butter versions of recipes, so today I thought i would try it in mini chip snowball cookies.

Remember to scoop your powdered sugar and flour from your containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Freeze  the individual doughs for a half hour.  And preheat oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, browned, and chilled in fridge for 30 minutes.
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1cup mini chocolate chips

Directions- in a bowl, combine butter and powdered sugar.   Add vanilla.  Blend in flour and salt, then chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough.  Roll into ball and slighly flatten to make thick discs.  Freeze 30 minutes.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.  Bake 20 to 22 minutes, no longer.  Sprinkle more powdered sugar on warm cookies.  And rolled completely cooled cookies in powdered sugar.  Store in covered container.

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Snowball cookies (granulated sugar)

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  • Ingredients list
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 tap vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2  tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.  in a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add vanilla.  Mix in flour and salt.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough.  Place on cookie sheet.  Bake 13 to 17 minutes (bottoms will be lightly browned).  Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar.   Cool completely and sprinkle with more powdered sugar.   Store in covered container

Payday peanut butter cookie bars topped with mini Mr. Goodbars

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I wanted to go a little outside the box with incorporating candy into my treats, so i picked up some payday bars

And mini mr goodbars. 

I mixed in some cut up  paydays in a peanut butter cookie bar recipe, baked them and gently pressed in mini mr goodbars right after removing them from the oven. Perfectamundo, to paraphrase the Fonz, Arthur Fonzarelli.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown  sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Cut up payday bars
  • Mini mr goodbars,  unwrapped

Directions – preheat oven yo 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, mix melted butter and peanut butter.  Blend in sugar and brown sugar.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients, then cut up paydays. Evenly press into parchment lined pan.  Bake 23 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Immediately after removing from oven, gently press mini mr goodbars on top. 

Cool completely.   Cut and store in covered container.

Brookie Cookies

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These are cookies for when you can’t decide if you want chocolate chip or chocolate chocolate chip.  This provides both for.   Really easy to make too!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend chilling the dough for a few hours before baking, and preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour (or you can use entirely all purpose flour)
  • 2 tbs flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in 3 cups flour, 1 cup bread flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Divide dough in half and place one half  in separate bowls.  To one half, add the 2 tbs flour and 1 cup chocolate chips.  To other half, add cocoa and 1 cup chocolate chips.

Scoop out 2 tbs of chocolate chip cookie dough and 2 tbs chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough.   Roll into one large ball of dough, like below.

Chill individual doughs for a few hours.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.

Bake 13 to 15 minutes,  no longer. 

Cool completely and store in covered container.

Chocolate s’mores cookies

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What’s better than a humid 90 degree day?  Turning on your oven to bake cookies and heat your houseboat even more.   Although these have smores cookies, which are a summer staple, so perhaps that makes it all ok. 

I used chocolate graham crackers in these, but regular grahams are just fine.

These feature mini marshmallow bits.  I don’t recommend mini marshmallows because I think they would get all melty during the baking process.  If you don’t have or can’t find marshmallow bits, perhaps toast some marshmallows ans put them on top of cookies after baking.

I also used 1 cup of bread flour, but feel free to use entirely all purpose flour.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring. Up.  And chill the individual doughs before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups crushed chocolate graham crackers
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup marshmallow bits
  • 14 mini hershey bars, chopped

Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients then graham cracker crumbs.    Fold in chips, bits and hershey bars.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Store in covered container

.

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Round 2, game 6 victory treats – melted ice cream brownies stuffed in melted ice cream chocolate chip cookies

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I really had to step up these Sabres victory treats, we came back from a 3-1 deficit in Montreal, in a must win last night and won 8-3.  Yowsa.  It was awesome!  So i thought what can I do here?   I decided to make melted ice cream brownies and stuff them inside melted ice cream cookies.  Boom!

  • Brownies ingredients lost
  • 1 cup chocolate ice cream, melted
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   In a bowl, combine butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients then ice cream.  Evenly spread into pan.  Bake 22 to 27 minues, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  Then cut in small squares.

For the chocolate chip cookies, I used a mix of vanilla and chocolate ice cream.  I also used a combo of all purpose and bread flour, but you can just use all purpose flour.  I used milk chocolate chips, but again, whatever chip is fine.

  • Chocolate chip cookie dough ingredients
  • 1 cup ice cream, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

In a bowl, cream crisco and sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients,  then ice cream.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and divide in half.  Flatten each half.  On one half, place a brownie square.

Top with another half.

Seal edges. 

I recommend chilling these for a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 12 to 15 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Store in covered container

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