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Brownie cookies sandwiches filled with cookie dough

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My favorite of all the sports postseason, is the nhl.  The level of excitement in the arenas and adrenaline from the crowds, plus the stress of overtime,  when if your team is not playing, can not be beat. l love football, but  playoff hockey is another animal.

What better way to celebrate than with cookies that look like pucks!  So I made these and filled them with cookie dough filling.  You could also do peanut butter or vanilla or chocolate.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. No need to chill this dough. It doesn’t spread too badly. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Brownie cookies ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used a combo of dark and semisweet)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chips in 40 second increments until you can stir smooth. Blend in sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Fold in flour, baking powder and salt. Mixture will be thick. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Stagger on prepared cookie sheets.

Bake 9 to 11 minutes. Cool completely.

  • Filling ingredients
  • 11 tbs butter,melted
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 to 4 tbs heavy cream

Directions – blend butter, powdered sugar and flour. Add vanilla. Mix in enough heavy cream to get the consistency you want. Spoon between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.

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

When friends hand you leftover Halloween candy, you make cookies!

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We wound up giving out our Halloweeen candy this week and had none leftover.. luckily, friends and work hand soem leftover, so I swiped the m&ms and made cookies with them on a football friday. They are very flat and very soft. I am not happy they came out that way, but my work friends seem to enjoy them.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also chill the individual doughs for a few hours to avoid too much spreading. And preheat the oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter flavor crisco
  • 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 4 tbs milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 2 cups m&ms

Directions – in a bowl, cream criaco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla. Add eggs. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in m&ms. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right amount. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies – a row of 2, a row of one, another row of two, another row of one. Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Cool completely. Mine were quite gushy, so I chilled them in the fridge to firm them up. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by. Go Bills!

Frosted brownie cookies

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These are my delayed celebration cookies for the Bills win Thursday night. I do not tempt the football gods with premature celebration treats, so I always wait until the win is completed. And Thursday’s game ended after 11 p.m., and I was not going to start baking then, hence, the brownie cookies recipe now.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 tbs cornstarch or honey
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup baking cocoa

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Blend in eggs, corn syrup and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Stagger on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 11 to 13 minutes (no longer). Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs milk (perhaps more)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – mix well. Frost cooled cookies. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today. ❤️❤️

What the Puck? It’s NHL Opening Night! Happy Hockey!

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In honor of NHL opening night tomorrow (Tuesday), I made flourless brownie “pucks” covered in melted chocolate. I baked flourless brownies in a 9×13 pan. Let them cool, used the top of a glass to cut out pucks, then used scraps of the remaining dough to form mini pucks and topped them with melted chocolate. Happy hockey!

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 10 tbs butter
  • 2 cups dark chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 tbs baking cocoa
  • 6 tbs cornstarch

Directions- line a 9×13 baking pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. In a microwave safe bowl, combine chips and butter and microwave in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Fold in cocoa and cornstarch. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes – toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Spray the rim of a round glass with Pam and cut out pucks.

Top with melted chocolate. Let set. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by! Go Sabres!

You know what would make things better right now?

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Does a cookie solve all problems?

That was the question my husband asked me after I got home from work and after the Bills lost by 5 in London and both lineback Matt Milano and defensive lineman Da’Quan Jones left with injuries. And they could both be out a while. Rob’s answer to all this was “chocolate chip cookies.” As soon as he said cookies, Gracie ran in and sat at my feet, like the good pup she is, as if to say “yes, mama, cookies make everything better. I do not agree, but I did make cookies. And yes,chocolate chip ones. Honestly, I am still mad about the loss, but someone will enjoy these damn cookies.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Freeze the dough for an hour or chill for a few hours to prevent spreading. And preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so the oven cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter flavor crisco
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup bread flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter flavor crisco, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall cylinders. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies. Bake 14 to 16 minutes. Edges will be golden. Middle may be soft,but remove from oven. Cool completley. Chill in fridge to help cookies firm up. Store in covered container.

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

Cookies to celebrate a Bills win and National Homemade Cookies Day

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I was alerted on Twitter that today is National homemade cookies day.. which is certainly a day to be celebrated… it was also a Bills victory day, something to be even more celebrated. Nothing to fancy, just browned butter chocolate chip cookies. You know what else, Bills win Christine is so much better than Bills lose Christine. (Just ask my hubby)

These candles below were given to me by my dear college friend, Patty. The Bills are 3-0 when I light them on game day. Just saying 😉

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, chill the cookies for a few hours or flash chill them (I stuck em in the freezer for an hour to speed up the process). Preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, browned
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 3 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a pan, heat butter over low-medium heat, stirring occasionally until there are little brown specs in the bottom (it might take 10 minutes or so). Cool 10 minutes. Pour in a bowl, add sugar and brown sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies. Bake 12 to 13 minutes. They will be a little gushy on top. They will firm up as they cool. Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Peanut butter oreo cookies

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I had some extra crushed oreos leftover from my oreo topped chocolate chip cookie recipe, so I needed to make another treat to use them up. I figured peanut butter cookies was a good option.

Melted chocolate on the bottom

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also chill the individual mounds of dough for a few hours to keep the cookies from spreading. And, preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before making so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 cup crushed oreos

Directions – cream crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in crushed oreos. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies. Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Cool completely. I felt the bottoms of the cookies were a little too dark, so covered them in melted milk chocolate and let the chocolate set. Store in covered container.

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Oreo topped chocolate chip cookies

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It is a rainy dreary Friday, so seems like a good time to bake cookies. These are chocolate chip cookies topped with crushed oreos. I made the cookies, formed them into mounds and them rolled the tops in crushed oreos. I chilled them for a few hours, then baked them.

These use a mix of regular all purpose flour and bread flour. Remember to scoop the flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I also used some cornstarch to keep them from flattening too much.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 10 to 12 oreos, finely crushed

Directions – cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg, yolk and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Roll tops in crushed oreos. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp. On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies, as shown below.

Bake at 350 degrees for 13 to 15 minutes (the edges will be golden). The middle may be a little gushy, but will firm up as the cookies cool. Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today. I wish you a day of peace, love and joy. And, Go Bills!

Perfectly puffy triple chip cookies

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I know most people don’t love cooler weather, but honestly, I am ok with it because the puffy cookies are back! (Also my hair is less of a battle to straighten). Today, I present puffy triple chip cookies, featuring semisweet, milk chocolate and white chocolate chips.

I used butter flavor crisco in this recipe, as well as cornstarch.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Chill the mounds of dough for at least an hour to prevent spreading. And preheat your oven for 20 minutes, so it cycles to the right temp.

  • 1 cup butter flavor crisco
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3.4 oz instant pudding mix
  • 2 1/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour container into your measuring cup)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, cream butter crisco, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs. Mix in vanilla and pudding mix. Blend in flour, baking powder, baking soda and cornstarch. Blend in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form into mounds. Chill at least an hour in the fridge. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 11 to 13 minutes. The bottoms will be lightly browned. The tops will be a little gushy, but will firm up as they cool and set overnight.

Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today! Go Bills!

Happy NFL Opening night

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For opening night in the NFL tomorrow, I present smores cookies. They are a graham cracker cookie, topped with a fluff frosting and melted hershey kisses. These cookies spread out more than I wanted because I didn’t have time to chill them. The graham cracker cookie is really a chocolate chip cookie without the chips. I also took out a little flour and added crushed graham crackers. I used a range for the flour because I think adding a little more could prevent the spreading.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Pouring the flour directly from the bag packs it in. It’s too much flour, and you get a dry cookie. Also preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Cookies ingredients
  • 3/4 cup butter, cold, and shredded or cubed
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 -2 cups flour (
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in rest in ingredients. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and form tall mounds. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes vefore baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 12 to 14 minutes. They will seem a little underbaked on top, but they will be fine. Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar
  • Milk (enough to get the consistency you want)

Frost cookies and store in covered container.

Now to figure out what I make for the Bills opener Monday!