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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.

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Go Bills!

May the Sabres run their winning streak to 10 treats

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For my final treat of 2025, I made lemon frosted cake mix squares.  I didn’t have a lemon cake mix, so I used a white one and added some lemon extract, along with the other ingredients.  These are for my friend rib’s birthday and as luck for the Sabres, who go for their 10th straight win tonight against the Stars, one of the best teams in the NHL.

These are super simple, don’t require a ton of ingredients or time.  You can leave them plain or frost them.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 white cake mix
  • 1 sugar cookie mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2 tsp lemon extract

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray.  In a bowl, combine mixes.   Blend in butter, then eggs and extract.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.   Bake 18 to 20 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs lemon juice

In a bowl, combine ingredients.  Frost bars.  Cut and store in covered container.

Go Sabres!!

Sugar Cookie Brownie Bars/Brownie Sugar Cookies bars (frosted and topped with M&Ms)

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To kick off NFL week 14, I decided to mix a brownie mix, with a sugar cookie mix, add some eggs, melted butter and vanilla and bring this concoction into work.  Not sure whether to call them sugar cookie brown bars or Brownie sugar cookie bars.  And I frosted them with vanilla frosting and tossed some m&ms on top.

I did not realize it was national cookie day, but these treats should suffice.

You can use whatever cookie mix flavor you want and if you find a blondie or chocolate chip bar mix, you can certainly swap out the brownie mix.  

Remember to preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie mix
  • 1 cookie mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray.  Set aside.   In a bowl, combine mixes, blend in eggs, butter and vanilla. Spread evenly into pan.  Bake 22 to 28 minutes.  (Toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs).  I don’t recommend baking these longer than 28 minutes.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • Heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

In a bowl, combine butter and powdered sugar.  Add heavy cream, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want.  Blend in vanilla.  Frost bars.  Toss some m&ms on top. 

Store in covered container

Victory Monday week 8 treats # 2 – white chocolate brownies with 🎃 sprinkles

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For all my non chocolate loving coworkers – white chocolate brownies, with Halloween sprinkles and vanilla frosting.   Super simply and easy.

I added  some of my homemade white cocoa powder to these.  You can absolutely leave it out.  

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag so you get the right amount.   Preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 8 tbs butter
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Sprinkles

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper.  Set aside.  In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and white chips in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth.   Add sugar.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in flour and salt.  Mix in sprinkles.  Spread into pan.  Bake 20 to 23 minutes (you will see light golden patches on top).  Cool completely. 

Frost with vanilla frosting if you want.  I combined 2 tbs butter, melted, 1 to 2 cups powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream

Cookie dough filled black cocoa  brownie whoopie pies

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For our MLB postseason Doubleheader- NLCS Game 3 and ALCS Game 4, I present black cocoa brownie whoopie pies with cookie dough filling.

Remember to scoop your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount and preheat your oven before baking. 

  • Brownie whoopie pie ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup black cocoa
  • 1 ts
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl,  combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds.   Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies doughs.  Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely. 

  • Cookie dough filling ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tbs brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs flour
  • 2 tbs milk
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (opt)

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add flour and salt.  Add enough milk to get consistency you want.  Mix in chips.

For assembly –

Cut cookies in half, place flat side up.

Top one half with a spoonfuls of cookie dough.

Top with other half of cookie and smush down lightly.

Store in covered container.

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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.

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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. 

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.

Dark chocolate fudge brownies with chocolate icing

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These are an amazing brownie for those of you who love chocolate – very fudgy, dense and chocolate!  Super simple to make. Do they need the icing?  Probably not.  But i say the more chocolate and sweetness,  the better.i underbaked these a bit.  I would probably bake them another 2 or  minutes next time.  But I did put them in the fridge to firm them up.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also made the icing while the brownies were cooling and frosted them while they were warm, which likely added to the gushiness!

  • Ingredients
  • 1 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cups butter
  • 1 1 /2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with aluminum foil and spray with pam.  Set aside.  in a microwave safe bowl, heat butter and 1 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips in 45 second increments in microwave until you can stir smooth.  Mix in sugar, then beat in eggs, one at a time.   Blend in dry ingredients, then chips.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Bake for 28 to 32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Remove from oven and start making the icing.

  • Icing ingredients
  • 1 1/3 cups chocolate chips
  • 5 tbs butter
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, combine chips, butter and corn syrup.  Microwave in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth.  Set aside.  In another microwave safe bowl, heat cream for 2 minutes.  Whisk into chocolate mixture.  Pour over warm brownies. Let set.  Cut and store in covered container

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