Peanut butter cookies with crushed nutter butters and Reese hearts

Continuing in with my trend of adding finely crushed store bought cookies in my homemade cookies, I present XL  peanut butter cookies with crushed butter butters

and Reese hearts (i had to use those up so I could buy reese’s eggs)

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup so it is not packed in)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 15 nutter butters, finely ground
  • Reese’s hearts, cut up into cubes

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisci, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in ground nutter butters then cubed Reese’s.   Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, stagger cookies on sheet.

Bake 13 to 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

Lemon cookies with crushed lemon oreos and lemon frosting

For Sabres game night and MLB opening night, I made 2 treats – lemon frosted lemon brownies wuth crushed lemon oreos…and these lemon cookies with crushed lemon oreos and lemon frosted I am a huge fan of adding crushed cookies to cookie dough…. so when I saw these lemon oreos, I bought them and knew I could add them to a  lemon cookies recipe. 

I used a mix of cake flour and all purpose flour in these, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Chill the dough a few hours before baking.  And, preheat your oven before baking

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar,  firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 tsp lemon extract
  • 2 tbs lemon juice (I used bottled)
  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 16 lemon oreos, finely crushed

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg, yolk, extract and lemon juice.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in crushed oreos.   If dough seems a little dry, add a tbs or 2 of water.   Evenly divide dough into 10 tall mounds. 

Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Stagger cookies on sheet.

Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.   Cool completely. 

If you want, you can frost these.  Store in covered container. 

  • Frosting ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs lemon juice

Combine these ingredients in a bowl.  If frosting seems too thick, you could add a tsp or 2 of water. Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container

Chocolate chip cookies with crushed chips ahoy

I am a big fan of adding crushed cookies or crushed nuts to treats to take it up a notch.  These chocolate chip cookies have some finely crushed chips ahoy mixed in the cookies and sprinkled on top before baking. 

I chilled the individual mounds of dough for a few days and they stayed nice and puffy.   Remember to scoop your flour from your bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And, preheat your oven before baking

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 11/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 3/4 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups finely crushed  chips ahoy
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (I used mini in these)

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients, then crushed chips ahoy.  Stir in mini chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. 

Roll tops and sides of individual doughs  in extra crushed chips ahoy.

Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 13 to 15 minutes, no longer.  

This is what happens when you forget to set the timer and have to keep checking the bottoms of the cookies with a spatula

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Frosted chocolate chip cookies (with chips ahoy mixed in)

I have seen suggestions to add finely ground cookies or pop tarts to homemade cookies for a neat twist so I have done that with these chocolate chip cookies, adding 2 cups of finely ground chips ahoy.

Remember 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 keep them puffy.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Cookies ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 3/4 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups finely ground chips ahoy cookies (save a few tbs to sprinkle on top of frosting)
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in finely ground chips ahoy cookies.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar (scooped from your bag into measuring cup)
  • 3 tbs heavy cream

In a bowl, cream butter and vanilla.  Blend in powdered sugar.  Add enough cream to get the consistency you want. Frost cookies.  Sprinkle extra crushed chips ahoy on top.  Store in covered container.

Crushed oreo cookies stuffed with Reese’s eggs

I know it is June 1st, but I still have a boatload of Reese eggs (that’s what I get for buying the big bag from BJ’s). 

They are good for a while, but thought i would use some up by stuffing them in crushed oreo chocolate cookies.

  I left a few plain without the Reese’s eggs and covered them in m&ms, for the non peanut butter lovers at work.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   I recommend chilling the individual doughs for at least a few hours.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups crisco
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 20 oreos, finely crushed in a food processor
  • Reese’s eggs, removed from wrapper

Directions- in a bowl,  cream crisco, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients then blend in oreos.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and divide in half.  Slightly flatten each half.   Place one half on countertop.

Tops with a Reese egg.

Top with other flattened half

Seal edges so you can’t see Reese egg.

Chill a few hours or overnight.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Store in covered container.

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Golden oreo frosting

A simple frosting to put on brownies, a cake or even use as a cookie sandwich filling. 

1/2 cup crisco

3 -4  cups powdered sugar

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Golden oreos, finely crushed (i went with one cup here)

2 tbs water (or more to get the consistency you want

Directions – in a bowl combine all crisco, powdered sugar, sugar, vanilla,  and 2 tbs water. Add additional water. Ine tbs at a time, to get the consistency you want.  Blend in finely ground oreos.  You may want to add more water, depending on the consistency you want.

Crushed Golden Golden Oreo Cookies topped with Melted Hershey Kisses

Stepping up my game for NFL Divisional Playoff football friday tomorrow.  I made homemade hostess cupcakes and these crushed Golden oreo cookies.  really, it’s a basically cookie recipe with crushed Golden oreos mixed in. And I topped them with melted chocolate.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I recommend chilling these overnight to keep them puffy as they bake. Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 tbs brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 6 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 24 golden oreos, finely crushed

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar and oil. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Fold in crushed oreos. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies like below

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. They will seem a little underbaked on top, but it is ok. They will continue to bake after you remove them from oven. Cool completely. Top with melted chocolate chips or hershey kisses. Store in covered container.