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Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Instead of making a carrot cake, I thought I would make carrot cake cookies.  With mini chocolate chips.  And cream cheese frosting.   I have to be honest, I don’t make carrot cake treats too often because grating carrots is not fun, although I do have a delicious carrot cake recipe using carrot baby food.

On the topic of carrots, you must grate them.  Don’t buy the shredded carrots from the grocery store.  They won’t work in this or most carrot treat recipes.

If you want to use chocolate chips, I find  the mini ones work best.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (same for the powdered sugar in the frosting).  I recommend chilling the individual doughs for a new hours to keep them puffy.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 2 cups grated carrots

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in carrots then mini chips. Divide into 12 equal mounds of dough. Chill for a few hours.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 15 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 8 Oz  cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and  cream cheese.  Add vanilla.  Slowly blend in powdered sugar.  Frost cookies.   Store in covered container in fridge until ready to serve.

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Vanilla cake-like cookies

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For my work friends who prefer vanilla treats over chocolate and are not fans of peanut butter.  These are a soft, thick vanilla cookie, with a cake like texture and topped with vanilla frosting.  Frosting is not my strength,  as you can see.  I either make it too thin or too thick.  Regardless,  I think people will enjoy the cookies!

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 in frosting).  Also preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco (or butter, softened)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco or butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 2 tbs of dough and roll into balls.  Chill doughs  for a few hours in fridge.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies. 

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Tops will be gushy.  You can firm them up in fridge or let them firm up at room temp.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 to 4 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

In a bowl, blend powdered sugar and 2 tbs milk and vanilla.  Add more milk ,(or powdered sugar) to get the consistency you want.  Store in covered container.

Triple chip cookies

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I present a chocolate chip cookie, but with 3 kinds of chocolate chips – semisweet, milk and white.  These are one of Rob’s favorites, so I am asked to make them quite a bit.

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

These are a good size cookie, so I baked them at a higher temp – 390 degrees, but only for 9 or 10 minutes.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed Brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs water
  • 4 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup white chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Beat in eggs, water,  and vanilla.  Blendnin dry ingredients. Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. 

Freeze for an hour or chill in fridge for a few hours.  Preheat oven to 390 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on the prepared sheet. 

Bake 9 to 10 min, no longer.  (there will be golden patches on top, bottoms will be browned).  They may seem gushy,  but they will firm up.  You can also pop them in the fridge to firm them up as well.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container. 

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Frosted Mud bars

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These, dear friends, are somewhere between and brownie and a chocolate blondie.  I frosted them too!  Super simple to make!

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their respective bags into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 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.  Melt butter and place in a bowl.  Add sugar, then eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.   Mix in chips.  Spread evenly into pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a saucepan, melt butter.  Add powdered sugar, cocoa and milk.  Stirring constantly, bring to a boil.  Boil 1 minute.  Remove from heat and add vanilla.  Add more powdered sugar if you would like a thicker frosting.  Frost cooled bars.  Cut and store in covered container.

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Frosted Sugar cookies

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Part 3 of my hat trick of cookies for work tomorrow.  Frosted sugar cookies.  Easy to make and the frosting is simple too. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also slightly flattened the individual doughs and recommend freezing them for a half hour or chilling them for a few hours before baking.  And, as always,  preheat your oven before baking

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter crisco and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Scoop our 1/4 cups of dough, slightly flatten and sprinkle with sugar.  Freeze a half hour or chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 9 to 11 minutes.  They will be a little gushy on top.   You can chill them in the fridge to firm them up.

  • Frosting
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 to 2 tbs milk

In a bowl, combine ingredients.  You may need to add more powdered sugar/milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies.  Store in covered container.

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Mini chip chocolate chip cookies

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It has been rainy and cold here for what seems like forever.. so much so, that I turned our heat back on today.  I had turned it off for the season, not so much because of money, but because it is May!  Thanks climate change!  Anyways…..

In a fun way to also heat up the house, I made mini chip chocolate chip cookies.  They came out nice and puffy…  a little gooey, but the bottoms were browned, so I popped them in the fridge to firm them up.

I recommend scooping your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, chill the individual mounds of dough for a few hours or overnight to keep them puffy.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tbs sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups plus 2 tbs flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in baking soda and salt.  Fold in flour.   Blend in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours or overnight.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 11 to 13 minutes,  no longer.  If cookies are gushy, pop them in the fridge a few hours to firm them up.  Store in covered container.

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Chocolate sugar cookie cake mix bars with fudge frosting

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This is a twist on a previous recipe -sugar cookie cake mix bars.   This time, I used all chocolate crinkle cookie mix and devils food cake mix.  Super simply and easy.  I opted for a fudge frosting. But you can use whatever flavor you want.  Sprinkling powdered sugar on to would be good too, I think. 

You can use whatever flavor cookie and cake mix you want.

Remember to preheat your oven so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 cookie mix
  • 2 sticks of butter, melted
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 sheet with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside.  In a bowl, combine all five ingredients, beat on low-medium speed with a mixer just until blended  (Mixture will be thick).  Spread evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 23 minutes.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1/2 to 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a pan, over low-medium heat, melt butter.   Turn off heat, leaving pan on burner.  Add chips, cocoa, powdered sugar, cream and vanilla.  Stir until melted.  Chill 15 to 20 minutes.   Frost cooled bars. 

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Black cocoa oreo cookies stuffed with chocolate chip cookies

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I made some chocolate chip cookies that did not turn out acceptable (the_ were very gooey, yet browned on the bottoms), so I decided to stuff them in another treat.  I whipped up some black cocoa cookies with crushed oreos, cut the chocolate chip cookies in half, formed them into a square and stuffed them in the black cocoa cookies.  You don’t have to stuff them with anything, or could use candy.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (same goes for the black cocoa)

After the cookie dough is stuffed. I recommend chilling them for a few hours.  Remember to preheat your oven before baking

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup black cocoa (if you don’t have any, use unsweetened cocoa)
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 25 finely crushed oreos
  • Candy, brownies or whatever you are stuffing the cookies with

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in crushed oreos.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Divide in half and flattened each half.   Place a smushed up piece of cookie. 

Top with other flattened half. 

Seal edges.  

Chill individual stuff doughs for a few hours.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 14 minutes.  Cool completely.

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Frosted lemon cookies

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Another lemon flavored treat for work today – lemon cookies with lemon frosting.  I actually used fresh squeezed lemon in the cookie. But opted for bottled juice for the frosting  (I needed to save some time).

I recommend chilling the dough for a few hours.   Also scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  (Do the same for the powdered sugar). And,  preheat your oven.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbs lemon juice (fresh or bottle)
  • 1 tbs lemon zest (not a fun thing to do, honestly)
  • 1 tsp lemon extract (opt)
  • 3.4 Oz package instant lemon pudding
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2  tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, zest, lemon juice and extract.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 12 to 13 minutes (no longer).   Cookies will be gushy.  Pop in fridge for a bit to firm up.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs lemon juice

Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients.  Frost cooled cookies.  Store in covered container

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Brownies with chocolate chip cookies baked in

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I did not have time to make for the first round of the NFL draft, so I made up for it for rounds 2 and 3 – brownies with chocolate chip cookies baked in.

BTW, I loved the Bills pick of Maxwell Hairston last night.  Filled a need… and, ow cool was it to see him congratulate everyone who was drafted before him?  He will fit right in with Bills Mafia. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Chocolate chip cookie ingredients list
  • 1/3 cup butter softened
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • Egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add yolk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out tbs of dough and roll into balls.  Freeze them as you make the brownie batter.

  • Brownies ingredients
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside. in a microwave safe bowl, heat butter and chips in 45 second increments until you cam stir them melted.   Blend in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Gently press cookie dough mounds into top of brownie dough.  Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted in brownie batter comes out with a few mois crumbs.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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