Instead of making cutout cookies, I opted for sugar cookie bars. The recipe is easy, it makes thick bars, with the texture of a fudgy brownie. A simple vanilla frosting, with unicorn graffiti sprinkles in the bars and on top of the frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven before baking.
Bars ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
Unicorn graffiti
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Stir in unicorn graffiti. Even spread into prepared pan. Bake 15 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1,/4 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
2 to 4 tbs milk
In a bowl, cream butter and vanilla. Blend in powdered sugar. Add enough milk to get the consistency you want. Sprinkle unicorn graffiti on top.
Store in covered container. Thanks so much for stopping by.
It’s been a week that’s felt like a year. From the Bills’ season ending loss to Sean getting fired to the team’s press conference that got everyone all kinds of worked up. And it is Sabres gameday, which is a beacon of light. So I present quadruple chip cookies. These are made with browned butter, all purpose and bread flour, and four kinds of chips – semisweet, dark, mini and milk chocolate.
Scoop your flour from your four containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Firmly packed brown sugar into measuring cups. And preheat oven before baking. Don’t bake longer than 13 minutes.
Ingredients list
11/4 cups butter, browned
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
2 tbs water
1 1/3 cups bread flour
11/3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrres. Place butter in a fry pan and cook over medium heat until brown specs appear, likely 7 to 10 minutes. Place in fridge for 20 minutes to cool. In a bowl, mix butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, water, vanilla and salt. Blend in flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix in chips. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Stagger on prepared sheets. Bake 13 min, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
How cool that not only it is Bills playoff gameday but also Sabres game day. The last time the Bills played a playoff game the same day as the Sabres had a game, both teams won. Here’s hoping for that same result!
I broke out of the box a bit with these. I have made oatmeal cookies which were well received, but felt the need to step it up because it is the Divisional round of the playoffs…. so I went with oatmeal creme pies.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. (Same goes for the powdered sugar for the frosting)
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups quick oats
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Fold in oats. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough and form tall mounds.
Stagger on cookie sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer (edges will be browned. Cool completely.
Fluff filling
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs milk
Directions – in a bowl, cream fluff and butter. Blend in powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla and milk.
Assembly directions – lay one cookie flat side up
Spoon some filling on top.
Top with another cookie flatside down.
Store in covered container. I popped these in the fridge so the top cookie wouldn’t slide off the filling.
Tonight, the Sabres are celebrating the 2005-06 team, which was quite a team. If not for all those injuries to defenseman, I believe we would have beaten Carolina in the East final and Edmonton in the Stanley Cup final. I loved those 05-06 and 06-07 squads (as well as 97-98 and 98-99), so tonight’s festivities will be fun to watch. So these cookies are celebrating them and the current Sabres team, which is playing great 🏒!
These use a combo and bread flour and all purpose flour. I like the thicker texture bread flour gives to cookies. But you can use all AP flour if you want. just remember to scoop it from your flour bag to your measuring cup so you get the right amount.
And these feature 3 types of chips!
I also froze the dough for about a half hour before baking
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla
2 tbs water
2 cups bread flour
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup white chocolate chips
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Extra chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, water and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. (I used my hands here near the end to get dough to come together). Divide dough equally into 12 pieces. Roll into balls and slightly flatten. Chill or freeze for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on it.
Bake 16 to 18 minutes, no longer. Remove from oven and press extra chips on top.
Cool completely.
Store in covered container. Thanks so much for stopping by today! Go Sabres!
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.
In honor of our first road playoff win since 1992, I present extra large snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips. my stress level was through the roof. I stood the last 8 minutes, didn’t take a breath and frightened our dog when I yelled when cole bishop got the game winning interception. Yowsa. One win down 3 to go.
These really are like a Mexican wedding cake/Russian tea cake/Italian wedding cake cookies with just a few ingredients – butter, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla, water, and mini chocolate chips. Super simple. They stay puffy and are baked in no time.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups flour
2 to 3 tbs water
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Mix in salt and flour. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill for a while in the fridge. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes, no longer, bottoms of cookies with be lightly golden. Sprinkle hot cookies with powdercontainer.
Since I made fudge brownie cookies, I felt these sugar crusted peanut butter cookies would be a perfect companion. Because peanut butter and chocolate are a perfect combo.. just ask the folks at Reese’s!
These are a typical peanut butter cookie, except i added finely ground peanuts, which i did in my food processor
and rolled the cookies in sugar before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, partially melted (I put a cold stick in microwave in 2, 30 second increments
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 tbs vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup peanuts, finely ground
Directions – in a bowl, mix peanut butter, butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in ground peanuts. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Roll tops in sugar. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 14 to 16 minutes. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
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.
For NFL week 18 and the final regular season home game at the place i have always called Rich Stadium, I present cinnamon sugar football cutout sandwiches with brown butter filling. I love my football cutout.
I have not been to a game there in a long time, but have a lot of wonderful memories. I went to my first game at age 7 with my family. I think we went to about a game a year until 8th grade. From Olean, we traveled up 16 through all the small towns. We stopped once so my dad could buy my brother a football so they could play catch in the parking lot. That little plaza is still there. My dad, who passed away in 2013, is the reason I love the Bills as much as I do. He would really enjoy these Josh teams. It would have been fun to dissect games with him. He will have a great seat in heaven when we win the Super Bowl. A lot of people pooh pooh the Bills and have no faith. I prefer to keep it positive. I acknowledge weaknesses and acting like Eyeore is not fun. Fandom is much more enjoyable.
I think that unless you grew up a Bills fan or married into it, it is hard to understand the connection with the team and even that building.
Anyways, onto the cookies….
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. If you chill the dough, take it out a few hours before baking because that butter chills it up firm. Next time I might not chill the dough at all.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. If dough seems dry, add a tbs or two of water. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Lightly flour a flat surface and roll dough to desired thickness (I like mine on the thick side). Cut out footballs. Stagger on prepared sheet.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Brown butter frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk
Directions – place butter in a fry pan and cook over medium heat until brown specs appear.
Place browned butter in bowl. Mix in powdered sugar, then vanilla. Add enough milk to get the consistency you want. Place a scoop between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.
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.
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