The sun is out, so i thought i would make some lemon cake mix bars. Super easy, just a few ingredients, olus they are frosted!
Ingredients list
2 lemon cake mixes
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups mayo or miracle whip (i used a light kind)
3 tbs lemon juice
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, combine cake mixes, mayo eggs and lemon juice. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
I couldn’t resist and put a tiny bit of frosting on the warm bars. I find it makes treats even sweeter!
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
6 tbs lemon juice
In a bowl, using a hand mixer, blend well. Frost bars and store in covered container.
I wanted to go a little outside the box with incorporating candy into my treats, so i picked up some payday bars
And mini mr goodbars.
I mixed in some cut up paydays in a peanut butter cookie bar recipe, baked them and gently pressed in mini mr goodbars right after removing them from the oven. Perfectamundo, to paraphrase the Fonz, Arthur Fonzarelli.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Cut up payday bars
Mini mr goodbars, unwrapped
Directions – preheat oven yo 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, mix melted butter and peanut butter. Blend in sugar and brown sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients, then cut up paydays. Evenly press into parchment lined pan. Bake 23 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Immediately after removing from oven, gently press mini mr goodbars on top.
Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
These are cookies for when you can’t decide if you want chocolate chip or chocolate chocolate chip. This provides both for. Really easy to make too!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I recommend chilling the dough for a few hours before baking, and preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tbs vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup bread flour (or you can use entirely all purpose flour)
2 tbs flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in 3 cups flour, 1 cup bread flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Divide dough in half and place one half in separate bowls. To one half, add the 2 tbs flour and 1 cup chocolate chips. To other half, add cocoa and 1 cup chocolate chips.
Scoop out 2 tbs of chocolate chip cookie dough and 2 tbs chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. Roll into one large ball of dough, like below.
Chill individual doughs for a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet.
What’s better than a humid 90 degree day? Turning on your oven to bake cookies and heat your houseboat even more. Although these have smores cookies, which are a summer staple, so perhaps that makes it all ok.
I used chocolate graham crackers in these, but regular grahams are just fine.
These feature mini marshmallow bits. I don’t recommend mini marshmallows because I think they would get all melty during the baking process. If you don’t have or can’t find marshmallow bits, perhaps toast some marshmallows ans put them on top of cookies after baking.
I also used 1 cup of bread flour, but feel free to use entirely all purpose flour.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring. Up. And chill the individual doughs before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup bread flour
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tbs cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups crushed chocolate graham crackers
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup marshmallow bits
14 mini hershey bars, chopped
Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients then graham cracker crumbs. Fold in chips, bits and hershey bars. 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 11 to 13 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container
These are like a snowball cookie, using butter, powdered sugar, flour, but i added some vanilla ice cream and some vanilla ice cream frosting. Why? Not sure, just thought it would be neat to incorporate ice cream in some treats.
These are not overly sweet, so the frosting brings up the sweet level!
Remember to scoop you flour and powdered sugar from their respective containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I also recommend chilling the individual doughs for a few hours. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softener
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup vanilla ice cream, melted
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Directions – in a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and powdered sugar. Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly (you could also try a hand mixer). Add egg, vanilla and melted ice cream. Add chips, if using. 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 14 to 16 minutes, no longer.
Cool completely. Pop in fridge for a bit to firm them up.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs ice cream, melted
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl, combine ingredients. Frost cookies.
Store in covered container in fridge to firm cookies up.
The second treat for our game 4 win – extra large puffy peanut butter cookies rolled in sugar. Sometimes in the playoffs, the victory treat game must be stepped up.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup peanuts, finely ground
Perfectly puffy!
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and peanut butter. Add eggs and vanilla.. blend in dry ingredients then peanuts. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Roll in extra sugar. 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 14 minutes, no longer.
These are quite a concoction to honor the Sabres first playoff win in 15 years in our first playoff game in 15 years. I wondered how nervous I would be, as I would be working in studio for Sunday night baseball on espn radio. The answer – very. I was extremely antsy, much like for Bills playoff games. And for 52 minutes, I did not take a breath. We were down 2-nothing, scored 4 unanswered goals and beat Boston 4-3 in game one. What i loved seeing is all the videos of people inside Key Bank Center and at various places indoors and outdoors, watching. It was just awesome. i am not sure how far this sabres team will go, but it just feels different.
Because it was such an impressive comeback win, these treats are a doozy- chocolate chip cookie layer on the bottom, a layer of oreos, a layer of brownies, and pieces of mini hershey bars pressed into the bars immediately after taking them out of the oven.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And firmly packed brown sugar into your measuring cup. And, preheat your oven before baking.
Chocolate chip cookie layer
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 yolk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray. Place parchment paper on top of sprayed pan. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg, yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour. Mix in chips. Gently press into prepared pan.
Top with a layer of oreos.
Brownie ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chips in 45 second increments until you can stir melted. Add sugar and eggs. Blend in flour and cocoa. Drop by large spoonfuls on top of oreo layer and spread evenly.
Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
The Sabres play our first playoff game in 15 years tomorrow. As I racked my brain to determine what treat might be special enough, I put the question to my husband – what kind of cookie – smores cookies, rocky road, brownie Rockies road, twix? He settled on smores- a milk chocolate chip cookie dough with crushed graham crackers and mini marshmallow bits.
Special enough? I hope so.
Note – my parents gave me this Sabres golf ball in 1999 and I have had it on display next to our kitchen sink since we bought our house in 2001. Plenty of lean years since then, but my Fandom never left me.
I started getting nervous/ excited on my drive home from work today at 5. Not sure what i will be like tomorrow at work during Sunday night baseball. Pray for my crew.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking. I did not chill these and they puffed up nicely.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 eggs
3 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tbs cornstarch
1 /2 tsp salt
2 cups marshmallow bits
2 cups milk chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Blend in dry ingredients. Using your hands, mix in chips and marshmallow bits, like you would do with meatballs. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Stagger on prepared sheet.Bake 8 to 10 minutes, no longer (edges of bottoms will be golden brown) cool completely.
Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 pan with pam and line with parchment paper, set aside. In a bowl, combine water, oil and cocoa. Microwave 45 seconds. Let sit 2 minutes. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flourand salt. Mix in chips. Spread into pan. Bake 18 to 19 minutes, no longer.
cookies by christine 