Brownie cookies sandwiches filled with cookie dough

November 8, 2023Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

My favorite of all the sports postseason, is the nhl. The level of excitement in the arenas and adrenaline from the crowds, plus the stress of overtime, when if your team is not playing, can not be beat. l love football, but playoff hockey is another animal.

What better way to celebrate than with cookies that look like pucks! So I made these and filled them with cookie dough filling. You could also do peanut butter or vanilla or chocolate.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. No need to chill this dough. It doesn’t spread too badly. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp.

Brownie cookies ingredients
6 tbs butter
2 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used a combo of dark and semisweet)
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chips in 40 second increments until you can stir smooth. Blend in sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Fold in flour, baking powder and salt. Mixture will be thick. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Stagger on prepared cookie sheets.

Bake 9 to 11 minutes. Cool completely.

Filling ingredients
11 tbs butter,melted
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
3 to 4 tbs heavy cream

Directions – blend butter, powdered sugar and flour. Add vanilla. Mix in enough heavy cream to get the consistency you want. Spoon between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I wish you a day of peace, love and joy!

Mini Chocolate Chip Football sandwich cookies

February 9, 2023Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

For the final football Friday of this NFL season, I made mini chocolate chip football sandwich cookies, with vanilla frosting as a filling. I thought of also using my football helmet cookie cutter too, but the last time I brought those in, my coworkers thought they were whales. So, just football this time. And some of the finished product don’t even look like footballs.

Remember to spoon your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. Use mini chips for these. It will be too hard to use cookie cutters with full size chips in the dough. I did chill the dough for a half hour. I also preheated the oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

Ingredients
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, blend butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Chill dough for at 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. While oven preheats, sprinkle flour on your countertop. Roll out dough to desired thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on prepared sheet. Bake 8 minutes. Cool completley.

Filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
Milk (2-3 tbs)

In a bowl, cream butter and vanilla. Mix in powdered sugar gradually. Beat in 2 tbs milk. Add enough milk to get the consistency you want. Frost between 2 cookies.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Red velvet whoopie pies

October 20, 2022Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

This whoopie pie recipe is super easy. I chose red velvet, but you can use any flavor. I opted for a cream cheese filling. And I even used my whoopie pie pans. (One of many baking items I have that really don’t have more than one use, along with my churro maker -looks like a foreman grill used for burgers, and a twinkie pan.

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. You can use a cookie sheet, just line it with a nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. Also, I let the butter and cream cheese soften in a bowl on my countertop while I baked the pies, to speed up the process.

Whoopie pie ingredients
1 red velvet cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil

Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, mix cake mix, eggs and oil. Scoop out 1 1/2 tbs of dough and roll into balls. Stagger on prepared sheet. Bake 8 to 9 minutes (no longer). Cool completely.

Filling ingredients
4 tbs butter, softened
4 tbs cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Directions – cream butter and cream cheese. Blend in vanilla. Slowly, mix in powdered sugar. Spoon a generous amount between 2 whoopie pies. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I wish you a day filled with love, joy and peace. Remember to be kind!!!

Happy Opening Night of the NFL season cookies! Go Bills!

September 5, 2022Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

Tonight is a very big night – the Bills season opener, which is also the NFL season opener. 😊 To celebrate such a monumentous occasionally, I made chocolate cutouts sandwich cookies, with footballs and football helmets. I put a simple buttercream filling between 2 cookies.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking, so your oven cycles to the correct temperature. Line cookie sheets with nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Roll to desired thickness and cut. (I like mine to be on the thicker side)

On lined cookie sheets, place cookies

Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool completley.

Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla

Directions – blend butter and powdered sugar. Add cream and vanilla. Spread between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you make these, let me know how they turn out.

Devil dogs

June 27, 2022Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

Today’s recipe is devil dogs. They seem remarkably like whoopie pies, Suzy q’s or whatever other similar Hostess or Drake’s (or where I’m from – Stroemanns).. though for whoopie pies, I tend to use cake mixes and devil dogs, i opt for homemade. Anyways, I think these devil dogs came out ok.

Devil dogs ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla
4 cups flour (scooped from your bag into your measuring cup)
1 cup baking cocoa
3 tsp baking soda

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Place parchment paper on a large cookie sheet or spray a canoe/twinkie pan with baking spray. (I used both pans). Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out dough and fill canoe pans halfway full. I used a medium cake batter scoop, which is 7 tsp of dough. On the parchment paper cookie sheet, scoop out dough (7 tsp) and form a square on the parchment paper. I made mine kinda large. Bake 11 to 14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.

Filling ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup marshmallow fluff
3 cups powdered sugar

Directions – blend butter and fluff. Mix in powdered sugar. If filling seems stiff, add a little milk to get the consistency you want.

Assembly – slice canoe/twinkie devil dogs in half horizontally. Spoon filling between the two pieces. Or spoon filling between two of them pieces that were baked on the cookie sheet with parchment paper. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today. I wish you a day of peace, love and joy. And remember to be kind. The world needs your kindness

Yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting and a squiggle

March 18, 2022Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

This weekend’s treat request from my chief taste tester was a yellow cupcake with a fluff filling, chocolate frosting, and a squiggle. I can’t master the look of the squiggle like Hostess, so really mine is a long blobby of a line. I used jumbo cupcake liners because larger cupcakes are easier for me to fill with filling. I used fat free free yogurt. You can use another type of greek yogurt or sour cream,if you prefer

Reminder – preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking, so it cycles to the right temp.

Ingredients for cupcakes
1 cake mix
3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
3 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1 3/4 cups Greek yogurt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. line large muffin tins with large/jumbo cupcake liners. In a bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, water, oil. Blend in Greek yogurt. Mixture will be thick. Scoop out 1/2 cup of batter into lined muffin tins. (I used a large cupcake scoop from Bed, Bath and Beyond). Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in top comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.

Filling ingredients.
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup marshmallow fluff
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk or cream
Blend butter and fluff. Mix in powdered sugar. Add enough milk (1 tsp at a time) to get desired consistency

Chocolate frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter soft
1/4 cup baking cocoa
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Mix well. You may need to add more heavy cream or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want

Squiggle ingredients
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Heavy cream
Blend butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add cream, a tsp at a time, to get the consistency you want. It will be a little on the thicker side

Now the assembly!

Cut out a cone of cupcake, saving the cut out part

Gently press cut out cone on top of filling

Store finished cupcakes in a covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I wish you much love, happiness and joy today. And remember to be kind. A small act of kindness can make a big difference in someone’s life

Whoopie pies!!!!

September 17, 2021Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

I am not sure if the melted milk chocolate on top is necessary

I needed to bake something for our block party tomorrow, so I thought whoopie pies would be good. They gave me a chance to use whoopie pie pans (one of many baking items I have that are for one thing only, like my twinkie pan and churros maker). These are easy – they use a cake mix and a few other ingredients. The filling is marshmallow fluff based and I topped them with melted milk chocolate because… Well, why not?

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so that it heats up properly (a tip from an LG tech).

Ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
3 eggs
1 tbs vanilla

Two might be a bit much to eat in one sitting!

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. I used a whoopie pie pan that I sprayed with baking spray. You can also line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, combine cake mix and baking powder. Add oil, water,eggs and vanilla. Batter will be on the thick side. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and spread to edge of each whoopie pie cavity… Or scoop out 2 tbs and place on parchment paper and spread into a 3 inch circle. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center basically comes out with a few crumbs. Cool completely.

Frosting
1 cup butter softened
1 1/3 cups marshmallow fluff
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Water

Directions – combine butter and fluff. Blend in powdered sugar and vanilla. You can add water, a tsp at a time, if you want to thin it out a little. Place a dollop between two whoopie pies. Store in covered contaner.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I wish you peace, happiness and joy. And remember to be kind. We all need more kindness.

Chocolate chip cookie brownie sandwiches

May 31, 2021Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

Why have a brownie or a cookie when you can have both?

I was looking to whip up something for work tomorrow, as Rob, Gracie and I watch Islanders-Bruins game 2 and Maple Leafs-Canadiens game 7. So I settled on this treat. Quite simply put, are a chocolate chip cookie “sandwich” with a filling of a brownie. I have seen different versions of this, using reese’s peanut butter cups, mallo cups and brownies as the filling. I went with brownies this time. Although I am partial to puffy cookies probably a flatter cookie wouls be a better option next time. You can use any cookie and brownie recipe you want. I actually put a ganache on the brownies, thinking it might help the cookies stay on the brownie, but I think I just made it messier!

Couple of notes -remember to scoop your flour from you container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes to get the right temp. And make the cookie dough as your brownies bake bc they both are baked at 350.

Brownies ingredients
3/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 yolk
1 tsp chocolate extract
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbs water
1 cup chocolate chips (opt)

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk and chocolate extract. Mix in baking cocoa, salt and flour. Add chips. Spread into pan evenly (mixture is thick). Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center cones out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Cut into 2 inch squares. Set aside.

Cookies ingredients
1 cup Crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla
4 cups flour
1 tbs cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp water
1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Cream Crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients then watwr. If you feel dough is too dry, add another tsp or so of water. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1 1/2 tbs of dough. Slightly flatten. Staggee on prepared sheets. Bake 8 to 9 minutes (light golden patches on top) cool 20 minutes. Now let’s assemble

Top with a second cookie flatside down and gently press down.

Thank you for stopping by today. If you make these, let me know how they turn out. And, remember to be kind. We are all fighting some battle. And don’t forget, there is greatness in all of us., and YOU matter and are loved. Wishing you happiness and joy.

Hostess cupcake-like Whoopie pies

May 1, 2021Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

Dear friends, I was a baking fiend today. I made a small yellow cake with chocolate frosting for my mother in law. Then, I made XL cupcakes with various frostings, and then, I made these hostess cupcake-like whoopie pies. And I used cake mixes for all of them! But the frosting, fillings and squiggles are all homemade. Rob wanted hostess cupcakes, but those are such a disaster for me, who can not decorate at all, I went whoopie pie instead. Still has the fluff filling, chocolate frosting and squiggle. I would say with less mess, but not really. I ended up with chocolate cake batter on the elbow of my Josh Allen Bills hoodie. Now, I am sitting on the deck with Gracie and Rob, still with chocolate on my elbow. Listening to the birds.. And I swear one sounds like he is singing “Derek Jeter”

A reminder to take your butter put an hour or so for the fluff filling and squiggle so it softens up. Also preheat your oven for 20 minutes for baking so you get the right temp.

Whoopie pie ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. combine ingredients and mix well. Dough is thick. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Scoop out either 1 1/2 tbs of dough or 3 tbs (I did both sizes). Stagger on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 6 to 8 minutes for smaller cookies, 7 to 9 for larger ones. Cool completely.

Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup marshmallow fluff
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk

Directions – combine fluff and butter. Blend in powdered sugar. Add vanilla. If mixture is too thick, add a little milk.

Chocolate frosting ingredients
1/4 cup baking cocoa
2 tbs butter, melted
2 -3 cups powdered sugar
Milk

Directions – combine butter and cocoa. Add powdered sugar. Blend in enough milk to get the consistency you want.

Squiggle ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk

Directions – combine butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla, then enough milk to get the consistency you want for your squiggle! Scoop into a sandwich baggie and cut out a small corner. Now put the whole thing together

Add your squiggle, or in my case, a blob!

Store in covered container.

Remember to be kind because everyone is battling through something. Also know that you matter and you are loved.

Big wheels/Ding Dongs/Ring Dings

March 6, 2021Christine Lisi Uncategorized Leave a comment

These treats were a request from my husband, Rob. They have different names – big wheels/Ding dongs/Ring dings, but seem to be basically the same thing, made by Hostess. He asked if I could make “Big Wheels.” Honestly, I never heard of them. The only Big Wheels I knew of where the bike we all had as little kids! Anyways, I learned Big Wheels by Hostess, were a bigger version of Ding Dongs, which seem to be remarkably like ring dings. Just an individual chocolate cake, filled with a fluff filling and covered In melted chocolate. In my hometown, I remember Stroehmanns seemed to be the king in stores, and they had a lot of the same type of treats as Hostess. My favorites were the Sno balls, especially the pink ones. Anyways, here is the recipe for Big Wheels. I made them with a homemade chocolate cake recipe, but next time I would use a cake mix because it would be easier and faster..and frankly, cake is cake. They are a little messy in the pictures, but my ESPN Radio work family will like them on Monday. (And I didn’t waste the leftover cake after the cutouts! I smooshed it all together and formed whoopie pies! )

Ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix, baked in round pans and cooled completely
1/4 cup butter softened
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Heavy cream/milk

Directions – invert cooled cakes onto parchment paper. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out circles. In a bowl, mix butter, fluff and powdered sugar. Add enough heavy cream or milk to get thr consistency you want.

Cut out a cone of each individual cake and save it.

Fill the hole with a spoon of filling

Replace the cone of cake over the hole,and gently press in.

Cover with melted chocolate and store in covered container.

cookies by christine

recipe blog

Tag Archives: filling

Red velvet whoopie pies

Devil dogs

Yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting and a squiggle

Whoopie pies!!!!

Hostess cupcake-like Whoopie pies

Big wheels/Ding Dongs/Ring Dings

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: