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Nfl week 2 Sunday – hostess cupcake cookies

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Well, I get to enjoy a stress free NFL Sunday,  as my Bills played and beat the Lions on Thursday night.  Josh Allen and the offense have looked pretty good.   Defense needs to be better, but as New DC Jim Leonard pointed out this summer – new defensive scheme, some new faces, it’ll take some time.  So i will go along with our new DC.

Rob asked for a hostess cupcake type of treat.   I suggested cookies instead of cupcakes and he was on board with that.  They are topped with a marshmallow fluff filling, chocolate frosting, and a squiggle,  that is more of a line bc I can’t decorate worth squat.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
  • 1/2 cup bread flour
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tbs malted milk powder
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Dirsctions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs. Vanilla and corn syrup or honey.  Blend in dry ingredients..  scoop put 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds.   Bake 11 to 13 minutes,  no longer.  Cool comoletely.

  • Marshmallow fluff filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup fluff
  • 2 -3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Milk

In a bowl, combine, butter and fluff, blend in powdered sugar.   Mix in vanilla and enough milk to get consistency you want.

  • Chocolate frosting ingredients
  • 1/3 cup butter melted
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 to 2 tbs milk

Directions – in a bowl, comnbine melted butter and cocoa.  Blend in powdered sugar and enough milk to get the consistency you want.  You may need to add more powdered sugar and/or milk.

  • Squiggle ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (or more)
  • 2 to 3 tsp milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar.  Add 2 tsp milk and vanilla. You may need to add more powered sugar and/or milk to get the consistency you want.  Blemd well.  Scoop into a zip lock sandwich bag and cut out a small triangle in one of the bottom corners.  I placed the bag in the fridge for a half hour to help it firm up.

Assembly !

Top one cookie with fluff filling

Gently top with chocolate frosting

Top with a squiggle.

Store in covered container.

Go Bills.

Week one victory monday cookies (for a tuesday)

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So i asked Rob to choose the victory Monday treats, which i made today and will be brought into work tomorrow because I am off today.  He chose blondies with 3 kinds of chips – white, milk and semisweet.

It was a good win by the Bills, but a heart stopper, for sure.  I was at work and needed to not look at the game constantly in the final 2 minutes because of the stress, and, oh yeah, I needed to focus on my job.  I look up at one point, Houston is marching toward the end zone and there are 36 seconds left.  I look away and assume the game is done and there are… 30 seconds left.  Whenever one of my team is leading, the clock just stops, or seems to go backwards.  Yeesh.  Anyways.  1-0 is 1-0. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Firmly pack your brown sugar into your measuring cup.   And preheat your oven before baking.   I think i may have taken these out a little too soon, but didn’t want them to wind up dry by overbaking by a minute or two, so i popped em in the fridge to firm up.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted and cooled 5 to 10 minutes (so your chips don’t melt)
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line and 8×8 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, yolk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in chips.  Evenly press into prepared pan.   Bake 30 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  If bars seems gushy, pop them in fridge for a few hours to firm up.  Store in covered container.

Go Bills.

Perfectly puffy M&M  cookies

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These are perfectly, puffy, soft and sweet m&m cookies.   I am always looking for ways to tweak recipes so I am not always baking the same thing, so for these, I added a box of instant pudding mix to the dough. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Firmly pack your brown sugar into your measuring cup.  Chill individual doughs for a few hours.  Preheat your oven before baking. Only bake these for 10 to 11 minutes so the bottoms do not burn

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup crisco
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3.4 oz box instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour (you can use entirely all purpose if that is what you have on hand)
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups m&ms

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and brown sugar.  Add egg, yolk, and vanilla.  Mix in puding mix, baking soda and salt.  Blend in flour.  Fold in m&ms.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Form tall fat cylinders.  Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 10 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

NFL week one – Double chocolate, triple chip cookies

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For week one of the NFL season, i present – double chocolate, triple chip cookies.  If you love chocolate, you will love these.  They are a chocolate cookie dough with a box of instant pudding mix added, 3 kinds of chips – semisweet,

milk

and dark chocolate. 

I used bread flour and all purpose flour, but you can just use all AP if you want.   I recommend chilling these for a few hours before baking to help keep them puffy. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar,  firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 3.4 oz box  instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in pudding mix and cocoa.  Stir in flour,  aking soda and salt.  Mix in chipsm. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Form into tall cylinders.  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.

Lemon Frosted Lemon Cookies

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I went with a doubleheader of lemon treats today.  These are lemon cookies with lemon frosting.  Simple and puffy and tangy/sweet. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   I used 1 cup of bread flour and 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, but you can use entirely AP flour if you want.   Also form doughs into high mounds and chill a few hours before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco (i used butter flavor)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbs lemon juice
  • 11/2 tsp lemon extract
  • 3.4 oz instant lemon pudding mix
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, lemon juice and extract.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall cylinders.  Chill in fridge in a covered container for a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.  

Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs lemon juice

Directions – in a bowl, blend ingredients.  Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container.

Brownie chunk cookies

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While trying to come up with a treat idea, I thought of chocolate chip cookies stuffed with brownies.  But instead of stuffing the cookies with brownies, I cut a batch of baked brownies into small squares and pressed chocolate chips in the top of each cookie before baking.

I used a browni mix and spread the batter into a 18×13 pan so the brownies would be thin and easier to incorporate into the dough as cubes.  If you don’t have any bread flour, use entirely all purpose flour.  I recommend chilling the individual doughs for several hours before baking

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie batch, baked as directed and completely cooled.  Cut unto small cubes (i used a mix and baked the batter in a 13×18 pan at 325 degrees for 15 or so minutes.
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Gently fold in brownie cubes.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Gently press chocolate chips into tops.  Chill several hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookie doughs on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 15 minutes, no longer. 

Cool completely and store in covered container.

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Funfetti cookie dough pie

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Last month, I made a cookie dough pie with edible chocolate chip cookie dough on a golden oreo crust.   Today, I made a version with edible funfetti cookie dough on a combo oreo-chocolate teddy graham  crust.  (I did not have enough oreos, so i made up with them with chocolate teddy grams)

A really nice treat for a very warm summer day.

  • Edible funfetti cookie dough
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tbs milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1 1/2 cups flour, heat treated (heated in a microwave safe plate, stirred after 30 seconds.  Heat  another 30 seconds and stir again
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • A few tbs sprinkles

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add milk and extracts.  Blend in flour and salt.  Mix in sprinkles. 

Scoop out tbs of dough and place in freezer.

  • Crust ingredients
  • 20 oreo cookies, finely crushed
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted

Directions – line a pie pan with parchment paper.  In a bowl, mix crumbs and butter.  Press into prepared pan and freeze.

  • Filling
  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 8 oz cool whip, thawed

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Fold in cool whip.  Keep out 8 funfetti balls of dough and set aside.  Mix rest in filling.  Spread in prepared crust.  Add remaining doughs on top.  Freeze at least an hour.   

Store, covered, in freezer or fridge (will be much softer in fridge)

Brown sugar snowball cookies with chocolate covered cookie dough bites

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I have a bunch of different snowball recipes.  Today is the brown sugar variety.  With chocolate covered cookie dough bites.  Not sure they were needed.  We will find out tomorrow when I bring them into work.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend freezing the individual doughs after you scoop them out.  Keep them frozen right up until they are baked. And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 2 cups bread flour (scooped into measuring cup)  can use entirely all purpose flour if you don’t have bread flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 oz cookie dough bites, placed in freezer for a few hours)
  • Powdered sugar
Cookie dough bites!

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in flour(s), baking soda and salt.   Mix in cookie dough bites with hands.   Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.

Roll in powdered sugar.

Place in covered container in freezer.

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   In a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 12 to 14 minutes.  Remove from oven and sprinkle hot cookies with more powdered sugar. 

Cool completely and store in covered container.

Happy National chocolate chip cookie day!

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In honor of national chocolate chip cookie day, we will be celebrating at ESPN Radio with these chocolate chip cookies.  They are made with browned butter and bread flour.  I was in a hurry today,  so i needed a recipe with melted butter.  No time to chill, so bread flour helps with the cookies from spreading too much.

Spoon your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar,  firmly packed into measuring cups
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.  place  butter in pan and cook over low-medium heat until you see brown specs.  it will look like this.

Cool in a bowl in fridge for 5 minutes.  Remove from fridge and mix in sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs,vanilla and cream.  Blend in dry ingredients,  then chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough and stagger on prepared cookie sheets. 

Bake 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely. 

Store in covered container.

No bake cookie dough pie

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Another super simple, super sweet treat.  This no bake pie is kind of like a cheesecake, with cream cheese cook whip, sugar and brown sugar in the filling.  A golden oreo crust.  And eggless cookie dough in the filling and on top.

  • Crust ingredients
  • 20 golden oreos (or regular), finely ground
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted

Directions – line a pie plate with tin foil.  Set aside.  In a bowl, combine oreos and butter.  Evenly press into pan.  Place in freezer.

  • Cookie dough pieces
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour, heated on a microwave safe plate on microwave for 20 seconds, then stir on plate
  • 1 tsp milk
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

In a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add flour and milk.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/2 tbs dough and roll into balls.  Place in freezer while you make the filling.

  • Filling ingredients
  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 8 oz container cool whip, thawed
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup

Directions – in a bowl, cream cream cheese, sugar and brown sugar.  Blend in cool whip.  set a few frozen cookie doughs aside, place rest in filling. 

Assembly – remove crust from freezer.  Evenly spread filling over.  Place extra cookie doughs on top.  Freeze at least an hour.  Store in covered container.

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