I found this box of hot cocoa instant oatmeal while trapsing through price rite and thought “how magical this would be to make cookies with.”
So i opted for oatmeal sandwich cookies with special dark cocoa marshmallow fluff filling.
And these celebrate another Sabres victory. This season has been so amazing and unexpected to this point. For me it feels like the 2020 nfl season for the Bills. And what a rush that was.
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 a few hours before baking. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 tbs milk
1 tsp chocolate extract (or vanilla)
1 egg
1 cup flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup)
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
6 pkts instant oatmeal (i used hot cocoa flavored)
Directions,- in a bowl, cream butter, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Add egg, milk and extract. Fold in flour, then oat packets. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough.
Chill a few hours.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 11 to 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
6 tbs special dark cocoa
2 tbs vegetable oil
1/4 cup butter crisco
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp anilla.
1 cup marshmallow fluff
Heavy cream
In a bowl, combine cocoa and oil. Add butter crisco and fluff. Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla. Add enough heavy cream to get the consistency you want, start with a tbs or 2.
In honor of the US women’s Olympic hockey team winning the gold medal and our men’s team taking on Canada for gold Sunday, I really wanted to step up my dessert game. I saw Costco has this new chocolate chip cookie bar cake – a chocolate cake layer, creamy filling with pieces of edible cookie dough, chocolate chip cookie cake, topped with a thin layer of chocolate frosting. I think next time, I would put the cookie cake layer on the bottom (because it is kind of heavy) or make a yellow layer and add chocolate chips to it. It took a while to make, but the weather is not great, so why not try this?
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cups so you get the right amount. Same goes for your powdered sugar and baking cocoa. And, preheat your oven before baking.
Before you start this process, take out 4 and 1/2 sticks of butter and set aside, so they soften.
Also take out 3/4 cup ice cream and put in a cup before baking, in the fridge, so it melts.
I used chocolate chip cookie dough
I didn’t want to make this using 9×13 pans, so I found these 8×10 at the dollar tree.
Fudgy chocolate cake layer ingredients
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 /4 cup plus 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
1/2 tso baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup hot water
Directions -Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×10 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Pour in water and just stir until batter evenly blended. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
Chocolate chip cookie cake ingredients
1 cup butter, melted and cooled 5 minutes
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips (plus 1/2 cup)
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×10 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, blend butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, yolk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Mix in 1 cup chips. Press into prepared pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup chips on top. Gently press down gently. Bake 30 minutes (edges will be golden). Cool completely.
Ice cream flavored filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup ice cream, melted
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Milk
Directions – in a bowl, using a hand mixer, blend butter and melted ice cream smooth. Slowly, blend in powdered sugar and enough milk to get the consistency you want.
Edible cookie dough ingredients
2 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe bowl for 60 seconds for safety purposes)
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, using a hand mixer, beat brown sugar and butter for 2 minutes. Add vanilla. Mix in flour then mini chips. Scoop out tsp of dough. Set aside.
Chocolate frosting ingredients
2 tbs butter, melted
2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs milk
Directions – in a bowl, blend butter and cocoa. Mix in powdered sugar. Add enough milk to get the consistency you want.
Now it’s time to assemble this monstrosity! I am putting this together like Costco does… but next time, I think I will put the chocolate chip cookie cake layer on the bottom, perhaps leave out the cookie dough pieces from the filling and maybe skip the frosting, or drizzle melted chocolate chips.
A simple sweet treat – cake mix whoopie pies. I used yellow today, but any flavor works. I used a simple white frosting filling recipe.
Ingredients list
1 cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine ingredients. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough and stagger each one on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 9 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
Milk or heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Combine ingredients. Add a little more powdered sugar if you want a little thinner consistency. Spread between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.
Last year, I tried to make the keebler magic middles cookies. They were a shortbread cookies with mini chocolate chips, filled with a gushy fudge filling. Last year, they were more like a stuffed chocolate chip cookie. Today, I went for a more shortbread cookie, like a Mexican wedding cake. I froze the fudge filling and cookies before baking. Next time, I may just fill the cookies with a piece of chocolate baking bar.
It is important to freeze the fudge filling if that is what you want to stuff the cookies with. Then once you atuff them in the cookie dough, freeze the doughs before baking. My goal is to not have the filling spill out of the cookie.
Also, 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.
Fudge filling ingredients list
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – in a pan, heat cream to a boil. Remove from heat and add chips. Let sit for 5 minutes. Stir smooth and put in fridge for an hour to firm up. After an hour, scoop out teaspoons of dough, place on a paper plate in freezer for a few hours.
Cookies Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 to 2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla. Mix in salt, flour and baking powder. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Divide in half and flatten each half. Place a frozen scoop of filling on top.
Place other flattened dough half on top and seal.
Freeze for a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Edges will be golden. Cool completely. Place in fridge to keep filling firm
To celebrate our win over the Bengals (which was pretty stressful), I present gingerbread men/reindeer cookie sandwiches. One way they are gingerbread men,
flip them upside down and they are reindeer.
I colored the filling green for a little holiday pop.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. After you cut out the cookies, i recommend chilling them in for a few hours. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
6 tbs butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into cup
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
Water
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/4 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
Directions – in a bowl, combine butter and brown sugar. Add molasses, egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Dough will be crumbly. You may need to add a few tbs of water to make dough easier to use with. Roll ans cut. Chill doughs a few hours. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 8 to 18 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling
1 stick butter, partially melted
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
Green food color (optional)
Combine butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Add food color, if using. Spread between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.
I loved pop tarts as a kid, specifically the chocolate frosted ones. I saw that Taylor Swift made a homemade version of pop tarts, so I thought, “why not”? It was funny, my chocoholic husband asked for a brown sugar version. Those will be on the way soon.
Remember to scoop your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also freeze the uncooked bars for 30 minutes before baking to keep the fudge filling in place. And, preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Fudge filling list
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1 tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, combine chips and cocoa. heat cream to a boil. Pour over chips. Add butter, stir until melted. Mix in vanilla. Set aside.
Bar ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp salt
Directions – line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper. Set aside. in a bowl, combine butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Press half of dough every into prepared pan. Spread fudge filling on top. Evenly press remaining dough on top of filling. Freeze 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely
Frosting ingredients
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs baking cocoa
2 tbs water
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips melted
Directions- in a bowl,combine powdered sugar, cocoa, water and vanilla. Blend in melted chips. Frost cooled bars. Store in covered container.
Chiefs- Bills, Mahomes-Allen round 10! Stressful as always, josh played great and Mahomes worked his impossible magic, as usual. I stood the last 5 minutes of the game and am pretty sure I did not breathe. Anyways, to celebrate i made football theme chocolate cutout cookie sandwiches – a football, a helmet and a jersey. And i used a vanilla buttercream for the filling.
Remember to scoop your flour and cocoa from their containers into your measuring up so you get the correct amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 before baking.
Cookie ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Sprinkle some flour on a clean, flat surface. Roll dough to desired thickness and cut (i prefer mine on the thick side). Place on prepared cookie sheet. They don’t spread a ton, but don’t crowd them on the sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk
In a bowl, combine butter and vanilla. Mix in powdered sugar. Add milk, a tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Place a spoonfuls between two cookies.
For our MLB postseason Doubleheader- NLCS Game 3 and ALCS Game 4, I present black cocoa brownie whoopie pies with cookie dough filling.
Remember to scoop your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount and preheat your oven before baking.
Brownie whoopie pie ingredients
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup black cocoa
1 ts
1 tbs cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, stagger cookies doughs. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Cookie dough filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup plus 2 tbs brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup plus 2 tbs flour
2 tbs milk
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (opt)
Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add flour and salt. Add enough milk to get consistency you want. Mix in chips.
For assembly –
Cut cookies in half, place flat side up.
Top one half with a spoonfuls of cookie dough.
Top with other half of cookie and smush down lightly.
The hat trick of treats for the Bills victory Monday- brownie cookie sandwiches. These start with a brownie mix, also use some hot fudge. And the filling is a basic buttercream.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, no need to chill the dough.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
5 tbs water
1/4 ,cup hot fudge (room temp)
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, combine brownie mix, flour, oil, egg and water. Blend in hot fudge. Fold in chips. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Line cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger on sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs heavy cream
In a bowl, blend powdered sugar and butter well. Add vanilla and heavy cream. Spoon between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.
I haven’t made funfetti cookies in quite a while, so I felt I was due to bake up a batch. I baked them when it was a little humid, so they came out a little flatter than I preferred, so I made each one into a cookie sandwich. I think next time, I may add a little more flour, perhaps 1/4 cup more.
I recommend scooping the 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. Preheat your ovent to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.
Funfetti cookie ingredients
1 cup of butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp almond extract (or you can omit this if you don’t have it)
3 to 3 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sprinkles
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and extracts. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in sprinkles. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and form tall mounds. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet – alternating a row of 2, then a row of one. These spread so leave some room. Bake 10 to 11 minutes. they will be a little gushy. Cool completely. you can also pop them in the fridge to firm them up a bit.
Filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter soft
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
Directions- in a bowl cream butter and powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla.
Assembly – cut each cookie in half. Spread some filling between 2 halves. Store in fridge for a few hours.
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