You may want to schedule an extra workout session, run or walk before eating one of THESE chocolate chip cookies to burn off the extra calories. To say they are large is an understatement! Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, so instead of having two or 3, just have one of these and call it a day! These use a mix of cake flour and all purpose flour. If you don’t have cake flour, you can make it by sifting 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour with 1 1/2 tbs cornstarch. Also, I was in a rush and only had cold butter to work with, so I used a cheese grater to shred it so I could work with it quickly.
Ingredients
1 cup butter, cold, grated with a cheese grater
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 yolks
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 tbs cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – cream grated cold butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs and yolks. Fold in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Divide dough evenly into thirds. Then divide each third in half. Then, divide each remaining dough pieces in half. There are your 12 cookies., pile dough into mounds. Chill at least a few hours. Preheat oven to 400 degrees fpr 20 minutes. On a cookie sheet lined with nonstick baking liners, bake 10 to 12 minutes. There will be light golden spots on top. Cool on sheets completely. Do not be like my husband and grab one while it is still hot. 😳 store in covered container.
With the news that ESPN is getting back the NHL, I felt I needed to celebrate with an extra special treat. So I decided on chocolate brownie cookies. Stuffed with Hershey Kisses. Topped with melted milk chocolate AND mini M&Ms. Does that give you an indication about how happy I am the NHL is back?😁😁
Chocolate chocolate chocolate!
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp chocolate extract (opt)
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
2 cups flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
Directions – cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs and extract. Mix in melted chocolate chips. Fold in,dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Divide in half. Slightly flatten each half.
On one half of dough, place a Hershey kiss.
Top with second flattened half.
Seal edges.
Chill cookies a few hours. Preheat an oven to 350 for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies. Bake 9 to 12 minutes. Cool completely.
Topping ingredients and instructions – in a microwave safe bowl melt 2 cups of milk chocolate chips in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add 1 tbs vegetable oil. Spoon on top on cookies. Sprinkle with m&ms. Store in covered container.
These are what I call panic treats – something that I whip up quickly when I fear the original amount of treats I have made to bring somewhere are not enough. (It’s a sickness, I know. But, I can’t be the only one who does this). I would rather bring too much, rather than too little. So these are Graham cracker sugar bar Smores. I wanted some wow factor, so I went beyond my sugar cookie mix. I tossed in some graham crackers, and topped the bars with marshmallow fluff and melted chocolate chips. Treats #4 for tomorrow for ESPN Radio
Ingredients
1 sugar cookie mix
1 cup crushed Graham crackers
1 cup butter, melted
Marshmallow fluff
1 cup chocolate chips
1 tbs vegetable oil
Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil. In a bowl, combine cookie mix, butter and Graham crackers. Press into bottom of the lined pan. Bake 15 to 17 minutes (edges will be lightly golden). Spoon some fluff on top of warm bars. In a microwave safe bowl, melt chips and oil in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Spread on top,of fluff layer and swirl together. Cut before chocolate layer hardens. Cool completley. Store in covered container.
A sugar-chocolate chip-brownie-peanut butter cookie cake with marshmallow fluff frosting
Yup, you read that right. Quadruple layer cookie cake. It was what I had planned to make if the Bills were in the Super Bowl. And even though they came up a game short, I made this cake anyways because it is the Super Bowl. The NFL is the one sport that managed to get through it’s entire season without a single cancelled game. For this treat, I went with a peanut butter cookie layer, flourless brownie layer, chocolate chip cookie layer and a sugar cookie layer. I used a marshmallow fluff frosting. I actually make the peanut butter, sugar and chocolate chip cookie doughs the day before and took them out of the fridge about an hour before baking to get them to room temperature so they were easier to press into the pans. If you use a 9 inch cake pan, your baking time will be less. Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before you start baking. And make sure you don’t overbake your cookie cakes. This cake is quite heavy, so make sure your container is sturdy. You may have to hold it from the bottom when transporting it, or cut the cake ahead of time.
Peanut butter cookie ingredients
1/2 cup Crisco or butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbs milk
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Directions – line an 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Ina bowl, cream crisco/butter and peanut butter. Mix in brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes (will be lightly golden around the edges). Cool completely
Flourless Brownie cookie layer
6 tbs butter
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
3 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – line a round 8 inch cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Melt butter and chocolate chips in 40 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add eggs and sugar. Blend in cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes (toothpick inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs). Cool completlely
Chocolate chip cookie layer
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup Crisco
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 yolk
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp Cornstarch
1 2/3 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – line an 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. cream butter, Crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 23 minutes (will be dark golden on top. May seem a little doughy, but will firm up. You can also firm it up by popping it in the fridge too for a bit. Cool completely.
Sugar cookie layer ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tbs vanilla
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 1/4 cups flour
Directions – line an 8 inch round pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. mix butter, oil, sugar and powdered sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes. (Will be light golden around the edges.) Cool completley.
Frosting/filling ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups marshmallow fluff
4 cups powdered sugar
Heavy cream or milk
Directions – cream butter and fluff. Slowly blend in powdered sugar. Add enough milk or cream to get the consistency you want. Assembly instructions below.
Place a cookie layer on a plateApread a thin layer of frosting on topTop with another cookie layerSpread a thin layer of frosting on topTop with a third cookie cake layerSpread a thin layer of frosting on topTop with your final cookie layerFrost top layer
You can leave the cake as it is above, or frost the entire thing. I opted to frost the entire thing. 😁. Store in covered container.
Today’s treat is in advance of the Bills AFC divisional playoff game vs the Ravens. A Saturday night game! I have all day to get nervous! I really need them to keep winning. They’ve been a needed distraction to this crapbag of a start to 2021. Maybe we’re getting all the bad stuff out of the way early.
These feature a Graham cracker sugar cookie base, followed by a layer of melted chocolate chips and topped with marshmallow fluff frosting. Of course, I got impatient and frosted them while they were still warm, so the frosting got mixed in with the melted milk chocolate. These are pretty easy and use sugar cookie mixes as part of the base.
2 sugar cookie mixes
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups butter, melted
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Combine sugar cookie mixes and graham cracker crumbs. Mix in melted butter. Press into an ungreased 9×13 pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (will be light golden on top). Sprinkle chocolate chips. Let sit 5 minutes. Spread smooth. Let cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup marshmallow fluff
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 tbs milk
Directions – cream butter and fluff. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Blend in enough milk to get desired consistency., frost bars. Cut and store in covered container.
This magical season for the Bills continued with their first playoff win in 25 years! Was it easy? No! Was it stressful? yes! Did someone yell and scare the dog, over the late fumble that wasn’t? Also yes, but it was not me. The yeller in question did request victory chocolate chip cookies bars, so here they are. I have to add that I love having playoff football both days this weekend, all day. After a terrible week, having sports as a distraction is wonderful for a few hours
😋
Ingredients
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 yolk
1 tbs vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips, plus extra for sprinkling on top
Directions – preheat oven to 350 for 20 minutes. Cover an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, yolk and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Add chocolate chips. Press into pan. Sprinkle extra chips,on top and lightly press in. Bake 30 minutes. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
These are just wonderful. They smell amazing and taste amazing! I can not decorate, so I made them into sandwich cookies. The best thing about the gingerbread cookie cutter – you can turn them into reindeer, just flip ’em upside down and perhaps place a red hot for a Rudolph nose.
Gingerbread reindeer
Ingredients
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup molasses
2-3 tbs water
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Directions – cream butter and sugar. Add egg, molasses and water, stire in dry ingredients. Chill a few hours or overnight. Remove from,fridge an hour or two before baking to soften up dough. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes., on a floured surface, roll to desired thickness and cut. On a cookie sheet lined with nonstick baking liners, stagger cookies. Sprinkle sugar on top. Bake 8 minutes. Cool completely.
Quick frosting filling – combine 2 melted butter, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, and enough milk to get the desired consistency. Spread between two cookies. Store in covered container.
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