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Oreo Brookie brownies

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An oreo layer on the left, nutter butter on the right

I could not decide between making brownies or chocolate chip cookies, so I combined them and put a layer of oreos in between them and baked them up. I thought of putting melted chocolate on top, but decided that would be too much. 😀

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Also, scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Do the same drill with your baking cocoa.

  • Brownie ingredients
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup baking cocoa
  • Oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine sugar, oil, and milk. Beat in eggs and vanilla. fold in dry ingredients. The mixture will be thick. Spread into bottom of prepared pan. Layer with oreos. Set aside

  • Chocolate chip layer
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/4 cup butter flavor crisco
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. I grabbed handfuls of dough and flattened them like a pancake and placed them on top of oreo layer.

Bake in 350 degrees in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Cover with tin foil to keep edges from getting too brown. Bake another 20 to 25 minutes (or possibly longer). Try not to let the edges get too brown. I would rather underbake than overbake. If you feel it is underbaked after you cut brownies up, you can chill them overnight in the fridge. That helps firm them up.

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Browned butter chocolate chip bars

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Tuesday is the annual day of giving, which encourages people to do good. Tuesday is also the start of V Week at ESPN to raise money for cancer research. If you can help, go to v.org to donate.

For part of my effort to put good into the world, I made browned butter chocolate chip bars. Very easy to make. Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.

Some decided to cut into the bars

To brown your butter, put it in a pan and melt over low heat, keep cooking it until you see light brown specs. Then immediately remove from heat.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, browned and cooled 10 minutes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – line and 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combined browned butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Fold in chips. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes (no longer). Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today. Remember to put some good out into the world.

Week 11 victory cookies

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A classic cookie is what I opted to bake for my week 11 Bills victory cookies – chocolate chip.  This has not been a season for as many victory cookies as past years, but I take wins when we get ’em.  So I baked cookies at 830 tonight.  Yikes!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount,  chill your individual cookie dough a few hours before baking.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so oven cycles to the right temp before baking.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tep salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and vegetable oil. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on prepared sheets. Bake 9 to 11 minutes. Cookies will be a little undercooked on top, but bottoms will be browned. Cool completely. Chill in fridge to help cookies firm up. Store in covered container.

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

Mini M&M chocolate chip cookies for football Friday #11

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I was a little short on time tonight, so I made mini M&M chocolate chip cookies, using crisco and butter crisco. By using crisco instead of butter, I did not need to chill the dough to keep them puffy.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup butter crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbs water
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini m&ms
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, cream crisco, butter crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips and m&ms. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough and form tall cylinders. Stagger on prepared cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 11 minutes. Bottoms will be golden. Cookies will be a little undone on top, but will firm up as they cool. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by! Remember to be kind because everyone is fighting some sort of battle. Go Bills!

Frosted and cookie dough topped vanilla cookies

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These are a simple vanilla cookie, frosted with a white chocolate frosting and topped with eggless/edible cookie dough.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Chill the dough for a few hours before baking. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Cookie ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter crisco
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Directions- cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and egg white. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop put 1/4 cups 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 14 minutes (no longer or else they will dry out) cool completely.

  • White chocolate frosting
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 2/3 cup white chocolate chips, melted
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs flour
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 to 3 tbs milk

Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add melted white chocolate. Blend in flour and powdered sugar. Add milk. (Might need to add more milk to get the consistency you want). Frost cooled cookies.

  • Cookie dough
  • 2 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1-2 tbs heavy cream
  • 3 tbs mini chocolate chips

Cream butter and brown sugar. Add vanilla. Stir in flour then cream. Mix in chips. Scoop out dough and place on frosted cookies. Store in covered container.

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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.

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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.