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Toasted sugar, graham cracker, milk chocolate chip cookies stuffed with mallo cups

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Now that’s a cookie!

I had a bag of mallo cups and wanted to use them up, so I thought of making a s’mores related treat. 

I also have seen some articles that suggest using toasted sugar in cookie recipes, so I thought i would use the mallo cups stuffed in milk chocolate chip cookies made with toasted sugar and some finely ground graham crackers.

Stuffed with mallo cups

First about toasting the sugar- you don’t have to.. but if you want to – place the cup of sugar on a cookie sheet and spread to a relatively thin layer.  Bake in a preheated oven (350 degrees) for 15 minutes, or so, stirring every so often, until sugar is a light golden, like below.

I also used a combo of all purpose flour and bread flour.   Bread flour makes cookies a little more chewy.  You can use just all purpose flour entirely.

These are stuffed with Reese’s pb hearts (the mini chips are the marker)

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

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar, toasted (see above for directions)
  • 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • Mallo cups

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, toasted sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Add eggs and blend well.  Mix in flours, then graham cracker crumbs.  If dough seems a bit dry, add a tbs or two of water.   Scoop out 1/ cup of dough.

Divide in half and slightly flatten each half.  

  On one half, place a mallo cups.

Top with other flattened half and seal edges. 

Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 16 to 20 minutes (golden spots on top).  Cool completely.  Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by!

Chocolate cake mix cookies stuffed with cookie dough oreos!

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I found these oreos in the “aisle of shame” at aldi. 

If you are not familiar with it, it is an aisle of stuff you “probably” don’t need, but the price is great and you think “why not”?   That aisle is the best!  It is how I wound up with an electric cake pop maker and churro maker (both work like the George foreman electric plug in grill), which i have yet to use.  Each was 7$.

Use any cake mix flavor and any oreo flavor you want.  I used chocolate cake mix and cookie dough oreos today.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs
  • Oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  In a bowl, mix cake mix, oil, egg and water.  Scoop out 3 tbs dough.

Divide in half.  Flatten both.   Lay one half on a flattened surface.

Top with an oreo.

Place other flattened half on top and seal edges. 

Stagger on cookie sheet. 

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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Caramel/Milk Chocolate/ Oreo topped brownies

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Rob asked for brownies today, with some crushed oreos on top.  So I made those, cut out a few for him and wantes to make the rest a little fancy, so I topped them with  caramel frosting, melted milk chocolate chips and crushed oreos.

My caramel layer got a little thicker and harder to  than I wanted, because I went to let Gracie in and the cold air hit it and really made it too thick to spread, so I microwaved it for 30 seconds and was able to spread it.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Brownies ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 3/4 cups dark chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbs special dark cocoa
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Crushed oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.   In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and dark chocolate chips.   Mix in brown sugar and sugar.  One at a time, beat in eggs, then vanilla.  Do not overnight.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips. Evenly spread into pan.  Sprinkle crushed oreos on top.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes, about halfway down, in brownies. 

  • Caramel frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 1 3/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
  • 1/4 cup plus 3 tbs heavy cream
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar, heavy cream and salt over medium heat to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Once boiling, contstantly stir until thick (from 5 to 10 minutes).  Remove from heat and add vanilla. Wait a minute or two, then  pour over brownies.  Let set about 5 minutes.  

In a microwave safe bowl, melt 1 cups milk chocolate chips in 45 seconds until you can stir melted.  Pour over caramel layer.   Top with more crushed oreos.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Vanilla cookie dough cookies with ice cream frosting

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I wanted to make something with cookie dough, so these are a chocolate chip cookie without the chips, an ice cream frosting and edible cookie dough on top.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  After you scoop out the dough, chill them for a few hours. Preheat your oven before baking.

  • Cookie dough pieces 
  • 2 tbs  butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe container for 30 seconds)
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbs  mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar for 3 minutes.   Add vanilla and heavy cream.  Mix in flour and salt.  Blend in chips.  Scoop out tsp of dough and place in a container in freezer.

  • Cookies ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Place in a covered container and chill a few hours or overnight.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baker liners.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 11 to 15 minutes (Bottoms will be lightly browned).  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 4 tbs butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs ice cream, melted

Directions- in a bowl, blend butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.  Mix in ice cream.  Add more powdered sugar, if needed, to get the consistency you want.

Frost cookies.

Place pieces of cookie dough on top and store in covered container.

Peanut butter cookie mix /cake mix bars with Reese’s hearts

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I need to use up my Reese’s hearts so I can buy the Reese’s eggs, so I decided to use a peanut butter cookie mix,

a yellow cake mix,

some eggs, melted butter and one cup peanut butter.  Tossed in about 20  of these and made bars.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 peanut butter cookie mix
  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • Reese’s hearts, chopped into large pieces

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, mix cake and cookie mixes together.  Add eggs and melted butter.  Blend in peanut butter.  Mix in Reese’s hearts.   Evenly spread into prepared pan.   Gently press extra Reese’s hearts on top. 

Bake 19 to 24 minutes (edges will be golden).  Cool completely.   Cut into squares and store in covered container.

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Celebrating a Team usa men’s hockey win  and gameday for Team USA women’s hockey

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These are for another Team USA men’s hockey win (featuring a goal by Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson) and for gameday for the US women’s hockey team vs Sweden.

A while back, I found a recipe that had some sort of marshmallow swirl in brownies.  Of course I can’t find thst recipe, but it go me thinking of making a vanilla version of a treat with crushed golden oreos

and fluff. 

And instead of vanilla flavoring, I used cake batter extract for a different flavor.  For the frosting, I used some crushed oreos, fluff and cake extract too.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  (Same for the powdered sugar for the frosting).

  • Ingredients list
  • 3/4  butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 eggs
  • 1 tsp cake batter extract (you cam use vanilla instead)
  • 2 tbs water
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 11/2 tsp baking powder
  • 5 tbs marshmallow fluff
  • 10 golden oreos, finely crushed

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add egg and a half, water and extract.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in fluff then crushed oreos.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 13 minutes.  No longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients list
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs cream
  • 5 tbs fluff
  • 1 tsp cake batter

In a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar.  Mix in cream, fluff and extract.  Frost cookies.

  Store in covered container.

Smores cookies

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Like so many other people, we have had a brutal stretch of cold weather…. making most of us dream of summer.  And what says summer more than smores!   So I made smores cookies.   I didn’t have mini marshmallow bits, so I chopped up the marshmallow pieces from Lucky Charms cereal. 

I put some crushed graham crackers in the cookies and some milk chocolate chips.  And I topped them with melted hershey kisses and more crushed graham crackers.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I chilled these individual doughs for an hour before baking, so you don’t have to.   And preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup marshmallow bits
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions- in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar.  Add egg, water and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients.   Stir in graham cracker crumbs, then mix in marshmallow bits, and chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill an hour.  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.   I topped these with melted hershey kisses and extra graham cracker crumbs.

  Store in covered container.

Milk chocolate chip bars

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A simple mid-week treat to help heat up the house on another frigid morning – milk chocolate chip bars. I used milk chocolate, but you can use whatever flavor chips you want. 

I also had some finely ground macadamia nuts i wanted to use up, so I threw them in as well. 

These come together quickly.   Bake in 20 to 22 minutes.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Firmly packed your brown sugar into your measuring cup, and preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1 /2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, finely ground (opt)

Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.  Set aside.  In a bowl, combine oil, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.   Stir in 1 cups chips.  Evenly press into prepared pan. 

Sprinkle remaining chips on top and gently press down into dough. 

Bake 18 to 22 minutes, no longer (edges will be lightly golden).  

Cool completely.   Cut.  Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by!  Go Sabres!

Chocolate peanut butter cookies

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While trapsing through the grocery store today, I stumbled up JIF chocolate peanut butter.   So I used it in one of my peanut butter cookie recipes and topped them with melted hershey kisses.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, firmly packed your brown sugar into your measuring cup.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate peanut butter
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tbs milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions- preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   In a bowl, cream crisco, chocolate peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Mix in eggs, milk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Scoop our 1/4 cups of dough and roll tops in extra granulated sugar.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Top cookies with melted hersey kisses.

Store in covered container.

Frosted Snowball bars

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Another frigid day, so another baking day for me.  Instead of making snowball or mini chip snowball cookies, I opted for bar form.   One half contains mini chocolate chips, the other side is plain.  And I frosted them. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (same goes for the powdered sugar).  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line and 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and powdered sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Scoop out 1/2 of dough and evenly spread into one  side of the prepared pan.  Add mini chips to rest of dough.   Spread evenly into other side of pan.

Bake 25 minutes, no longer.  Remove from oven and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.  Cool completely.    I then frosted them with vanilla frosting.  

Store in covered container.