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Another chocolate chip cookie recipe (this one with condensed milk)

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It’s 90 and humid out, so why not turn on the oven and bake cookies?  These are another chocolate chip cookie recipe.  I made them with condensed milk, an ingredient  I have seen used in various brownie recipes.  so i tried it here!   I froze the individual cookie doughs before baking bc I was hoping it would help avoid having them spread.  It did.  These are pretty big and perhaps a little gushy.   I will pop them in the fridge to help them firm up.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend chilling the individual doughs for a few hours at least.  And as always, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup condensed milk (almost all of a 14 oz can)
  • 4 1/3 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Blend in condensed milk.  Slowly fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill or freeze a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger chilled/frozen cookie doughs on prepared sheet like below.. 

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Tops will be gushy,  but bottoms will be browned.   Cool completely.  Chill to firm up if you want.  store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I wish you a day of joy and peace. 

Sheet pan Blondies -Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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What’s better a batch of Blondies/Chocolate Chip cookie bars?  A sheet pan batch!   Because a sheet pan recipe makes so much more.  And if you are going to bake when it’s 100 degrees and humid, you may as well make it worth your while!

Also I wonder what makes a treat a blondie as opposed to chocolate chip?  Perhaps melted butter or extra brown sugar. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted and cooled 15 minutes
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 yolks
  • 2 tbs milk/water
  • 3 1/2 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet (13×18 inches) with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.  In a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, yolks, vanilla and milk.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Fold in chips.  Evenly press into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly golden on top.  Be careful not to overbake or they will dry out. If you feel they are undercooked, just let them cool completley and pop them in your fridge for a while to firm them up.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Wishing you a day of peace, love and joy!

Hot Cocoa Brownies

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A while back, I bought some hot cocoa packets to bake with.   I never really used them, so I thought tonight I would use some of them up.  So I made these hot cocoa brownies.  Very easy to make.  I put some mini marshmallow bits in them and topped them with milk chocolate chips as soon as they came out of the oven.

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

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup hot cocoa mix
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup mini marshmallow bits
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil.  Spray with baking spray.  In a bowl, combine butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients then marshmallow bits.  Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.  Upon removing from oven, Sprinkle with chips.  Cool completely.  Cut and store in covered container.

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Celebrating the NHL and NBA postseasons with a classic!

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When it comes to the playoffs, bigger is better.  That is my thought process with these cookies.  They are beyond large – 6 inches in diameter when baked.  I made 6 or 7 of these and plan on cutting them into quarters after they cool.  I also will be storing them in the fridge for a few hours to help them firm up a bit.

This is what happens when a certain someone does not let the cookie cool!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Chill the individual mounds of dough a few hours or overnight.  Preheat oven to 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, cold and cubed into tiny squares
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 3/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 extra cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips.

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients.  Fold in 2 cups chips.  Divide dough evenly into 7 pieces.  In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup remaining chocolate chips and mini chips.  Roll tops and sides  of cookie doughs into chips mixture. 

This is how the doughs look after dipped in the chocolate chip mixture

Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Place cookies on sheet, leaving plenty of room bc these spread.  Bake 20 minutes, no longer.  Cool completley.  Store in a covered container in the fridge to firm up cookies. 

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Sugar cookie sandwiches

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I needed a part 2 for my treats to bring to work today, so I went with sugar cookie sandwiches.   I meant to color the frosting blue but accidentally grabbed the green tube.  Not that it matters!

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 2 tsp baking powder

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.    In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.   Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in flour and baking powder.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough and roll into a ball.  Stagger onto prepared sheets.  These spread out a little.  Slightly flatten each.  Bake 10 minutes.   Tops will be a little underbaked.   It is ok.  Let them cool 10 minutes and then pop them in a Tupperware container and put in fridge to cool completely.  

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softene#
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 to 2 tbs milk

In a bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.  Add milk.  Add more powdered sugar, if needed to get the consistency you want.  Frost between 2 cookies.  I cut the sandwiches in half.  Store in fridge for a few hours. Store in covered container.

NFL Draft Day 2024 cookies

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To celebrate the start of the NFL draft tomorrow, I made chocolate chip cookies with some ground up chips ahoy mixed in and frosting some of them.  All of them are not frosted because I either make too much or too little frosting.   And tonight, I made too little.  I think the unfrosted ones will still be well-received.

 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also chilled the individual dough overnight to try and keep the cookies from spreading too thin.  

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 cups crushed chips ahoy
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Fold in ground chips ahoy.  Mix in chips.  scoop out 1/4 cups dough.   Chill, in covered container, overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger on cookie sheet.  Leave some room.  These do spread.  Bake 10 to 11 minutes (no longer).  Cool completely. 

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter, melted
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • Heavy cream or milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter and powdered sugar.  Add cream or milk, 1 tbs at a time, to get the consistency you want.  Stir in vanilla.  Frost cookies.  Store in covered container.

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Go Bills!!!

My team gave up 5 goals in the first period cookies

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This has not been a good night for my Sabres.  In the blink of an eye, we were down 1-0.  I grab my coat so we can walk Gracie and bam!    We return from our walk, and it’s 3-0 Ottawa.   The Senators stretch their lead to 5 nothing after the first period.  What treat could possibly help one cope with such a debacle.  Super large triple chip cookies.   It is now 5-2 Ottawa. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 9 tbs crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions- in a bowl, cream crisco,  sugar and brown sugar.  Blend in egg and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips.  Divide dough into 8 even mounds.  Freeze a half hour.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger 4 cookie mounds.  Bake 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Football season can NOT start soon enough. 

Peanut butter frosted Peanut butter bars

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For part 2 of the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament and the opening day of the women’s tournament,  I present peanut butter bars with peanut butter frosting and topped with some mini m&ms.  

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients
  • 2/3 cup crisco
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  In a bowl, cream crisco, brown sugar, peanut butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Bake 22 to 26 minutes ( no longer).  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs  butter
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1-2 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2m3 cups powdered sugar

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and peanut butter 45 seconds to 1 minutes.  Add milk and vanilla.  Blend in powdered sugar.  Add more milk if you want a thinner consistency.    Frost bars.  Cut and store in covered container.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I wish you a day of peace, happiness and love

Bounceback Triple Chip Cookies

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The triple chip cookie I made yesterday were a complete disaster.  So flat I found them unacceptable.  So I mashed them up, added a few tbs of melted butter and pressed them in a bottom of a pan, added a double recipe of brownies and will bring them to work tomorrow.

Anyway, I needed to bounce back with the triple chips.  These came out perfect.  A couple of things- you need all-purpose flour and bread flour.  You need to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   The dough needs to be frozen for 90 minutes and then bake it frozen. 

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, cold and shredded with a cheese grater or cubed into small pieces
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tbs flour
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tbs bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2/3 cup mini chocolate chips (or semisweet)
  • 2/3 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl cream cold, cubed butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add egg, yolk and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Blend in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Freeze 90 minutes.  Cookie dough is baked directly from freezer.   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on prepared sheet.  Bake 13 minutes.  Tops will be a little doughy.  Cool completley.   Put in fridge for an hour to firm up.  Theb, remove from fridge and store in covered container. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Wishing a day of peace, joy and love!  Remember to be kind!

Cutout sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day

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This cookie is my all-time favorite to make, and I use it all throughout the year because I have a billion cookie cutters for each season.  Plus, it brings back many memories of baking with my mom and they were my dad’s favorite cookie. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also recommend chilling the dough for a few hours or overnight.  And most importantly, remember to use plenty of flour on your countertop when rolling out the dough so it doesn’t stick when you use your cookie cutters.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups crisco
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tbs vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl,  cream crisco and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients.  Cover and store for a few hours or overnight.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Sprinkle plenty of flour on the  surface you will roll out the dough.   I like the cookies on the thicker side.  Roll out dough and cut.  Bake 6 to 8 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

Frosting – combine 1/2 cup softened butter, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and 1 to 4 tbs milk.  You may add more or less powdered sugar to get the consistency you want.  Color as desired.  Frost cookies. Store in covered container.

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