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Frosted brownie cookies

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These are awesome!  I used a combo of hersheys unsweetened baking cocoa and black cocoa (I could not find hersheys special dark baking cocoa,  so i tried to make my own).  I used a vanilla frosting, but use whichever flavor you want (peanut butter or chocolate would be nice options too).

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their containers into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.   I recommend chilling the individual balls of dough for a day or two.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 6 tbs butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 tbs honey
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 salt

Directions -in a bowl, combine butter, sugar, honey,  vanilla and egg whites.   Fold in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.   Chill overnight.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 7 minutes.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Vanilla

Combine ingredients, using enough milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies.

Store in covered container.

Brownies made with ice cream and hot fudge

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Game day treat # 2!

In addition to oatmeal creme pies, I decided to whip up some brownies.   These use a brownie mix,

a friendly’s individual size ice cream sundae container,

hot fudge, eggs and vegetable oil.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup hot fudge
  • 1 cup ice cream (I used a friendly’s individual sundae )

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a baking pan with baking spray.    In a bowl, combine brownie mix, eggs and oil.  Blend in ice cream and hot fudge.   Evenly spread into prepared pan.  If you use 9×13 pan, bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs ( If you use and 8×8, bake 28 to 32 minutes). Remove from oven and immediately,  gently press chocolate chips in top of brownies. 

Cool completely. Thanks for stopping by.  Go Bills!  Go Sabres!

Victory monday – wildcard version – frosted fudge brownies

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With how today’s wildcard win in Jacksonville played out,  one victory monday treat is not enough. So in addition to snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips, I made frosted fudge brownies.   Simple and sweet

  • Ingredients list
  • 10 tbs butter
  • 11/4 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup flour (scooped from flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil.  Set aside.  in a microwave safe bowl, hear butter, sugar and cocoa in 45 second increments until butter is melted.  Stir smooth.  Add vanilla and eggs.  Blend in flour and salt.  Mixture will be thick.   Spread evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 tbs corn syrup
  • 11/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream

In a bowl, combine butter and cocoa.  Add corn syrup powdered sugar and vanilla.   Stir in heavy cream.  Frost brownies. 

Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by!  Go Bills.

Fudgy Brownie cookies

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A super chocolate recipe for NFL wildcard weekend.  Fudgy brownies cookies with finely ground walnuts and mini m&ms.  

Big game for the Bills, Sunday at Jacksonville.   Everyone is counting us out, but i have faith, because we have Josh Bleeping Allen.  Go Bills.

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

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 4 oz semisweet or unsweetened chocolate
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tap baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup walnuts, finely ground
  • 1 cup mini m&ms

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate in 30 second increments until you can stir it smooth.  Add sugar and brown sugar.  Beat in eggs.   Mix in cocoa then flour.  Stir in nuts and m&ms.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.   Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Go Bills!

Ganache and mini m&m topped brownies for ALCS Game 3

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Today, I present brownies, topped with ganache and mini m&ms for my coworker friend Eric’s birthday and game 3 of the ALCS between the Blue Jays and Mariners.

What is ganache,  you ask?  Why a combo of chocolate chips and heavy cream heated and then poured over brownies that are completely cooled.  And frankly, m&ms make everything better, so that’s why I added them.

Remember to scoop your flour and cocoa from their containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amounts.   Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.  And, I made the ganache while the brownies were baking so it thickened up a little more.

  • Ganache ingredients
  • 1/4 heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, heat cream for 1 minute.  In another microwave safe bowl, heat  chips 1 minute.  Pour hot cream over chips.  Let sit for 5 minutes.   Stir until smooth and set aside.

  • Brownies ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 tbs corn syrup
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs cornstarch

 directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl. Combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and cocoa.  Blend in eggs, yolks, vanilla and corn syrup.  Stin in dry ingredients.   Batter will be thick.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.   Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.   Top with ganache.   Sprinkle with m&ms.   Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today

Week 4 victory treats – Cookies and cream cookies stuffed with brownies

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Whew!  That was a very stressful Bills win today!  But a win is a win and worthy of victory treats!

I feel like I haven’t made stuffed cookies in a while, so I decided to whip some up.  These are a cookies and cream cookies, with crushed oreos and milk chocolate chips stuffed with brownies.  

You can use your favorite brownie recipe or a mix for these.  After they are completely cooled, I recommend cutting them in squares and putting them in the fridge.  

When baking the cookies – remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Also, after assembling the cookie dough stuffed with a brownie, chill the doughs a few hours.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 3/4 cup crisco
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs  sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tbs flour
  • 1 cup plus 2 tbs cake flour
  • 2  tsp cornstarch
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 15 oreos, chopped into pieces
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • Brownie squares

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, brown sugar and sugar.  Blend in egg, yolks and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.   Fold in chopped oreos and chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.

Divide in two pieces and flatten each. 

Top with a brownie square

Place other flattened half on top

Seal edges, completely covering brownie.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 10 to 14 minutes.  Cool completely..

store in covered container

Brown sugar brownies

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Stunningly, I am out of sugar.  I have no idea how that happened.  I am usually so on top of things.  But, when I went to bake brownies for Rob, I had no granulated sugar, so i had to use  brown sugar instead.  These are easy to make,  and fudgy and soft.  I will rectify the grave sugar error tomorrow and buy a huge bag from BJs.

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.  I used an 8×11 Corning ware pan, so these bake in about 22 minutes.  If you use an 8×8 or 9×9, they will take longer.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into your measuring cup
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 8×11 pan with baking sprat and set aside.  Place butter, brown sugar and chocolate chips in  a microwave safe bowl.  Place in microwave for 1 minutes.  Stir until chips are completely melted.  You may have to continue to heat in additional 15 second increments to completely melt mixture. Add 2 eggs and vanilla.  Blend in flour.   Evenly spread into pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container. 

Oreo brookies

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Our selection committee list yesterday was all about best desserts.   One of our callers mentioned oreo brookies, which are a layer of tollhouse bars, a layer of oreos and a layer of  brownies.  They also have a pg-13 name, but i won’t go into it here.

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.

Someone was a little eager and cut these while they were still hot!
  • Chocolate chip layer
  • 7 tbs butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with pam.  Set aside.  In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Fold in chips.  Press into prepared pan.

Layer with oreos

  • Brownie layer ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Extra chips

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, heat 1 cup chocolaye chips and butter in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth.  Set aside.  In another bowl, mix eggs, vanilla and sugar.  Add chocolate mixture.   Blend in dry ingredients.   Drop by spoonfuls on top of oreo layer and spread evenly. 

Sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top.  Bake 350 degrees 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. 

Cool completely. 

Store in covered container.

Fudge brownies cookies with 3 kinds of chips (and special colored M&MS)

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These are a chocolate brownie cookies.  Some have peanut butter chips, some have milk chocolate and others have semisweet.  To differentiate between the milk and semisweet, I placed one red M&M and one blue M&M on the semisweet ones.   You guys guess why I chose red and blue.  🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, after your scoop out your dough, gently press the chips around the cookie instead of mixing them in with the batter.  Chill the individual doughs for a few hours to prevent spreading.  And, preheat your oven before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 2/3 cup butter crisco
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Chips!

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco and sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time, and blend well.  Mix in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Gently press chips on top and sides.  Chill a few hours.  line  a cookie sheet with parchment and stagger cookies (I fit 6 or 8 per sheet, depending on size of the sheet) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

Peanut butter frosted brownies

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  • Brownies ingredients
  • 10 tbs butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbs corn syrup
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 baking pan with tin foil and spray with pam.  Set aside.   In a bowl, combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar.  Add eggs and yolk.  Blend well.  Fold in dry ingredients. Spread into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.

  • Peanut butter frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 2- 2 1/2 cups cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – In a bowl, cream butter and peanut butter.  Blend in powdered sugar slowly.  Add vanilla and  enough milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost brownies.