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Tweaked tollhouse cookies

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The tollhouse cookies recipe for me, like for most people, was the first ever chocolate chip cookie recipe made.  Lots of great memories of making them with my mom,  but the cookies always came out super flat, which isn’t how I want my cookies to turn out.  So I took the classic recipe on the nestle chocolate chips bag and tweaked it.  These are the result.  Not as puffy as I want,  but not flat like pancakes.  Perhaps I add a little more flour next time. 

I used a combo of all purpose and bread flour in these.  If you do entirely all purpose flour, I would go with 3 cups.  And if dough seems dry before adding chocolate chips, add a tbs or 2 of water.  Also, scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. 

Also freeze the individual doughs before baking and bake these directly from the freezer.   Also preheat your ovem to 325 degrees before baking. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted and cooled at room temp until it solidifies
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (i used a mix of semisweet, milk and white)

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg, yolk and vanilla.   Mix in dry ingredients.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Form into tall cylinders. 

Chill or freeze several hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 12 to 15 minutes. 

Tops will be gushy, but bottoms will be golden brown.  I let these cool and then popped them in the fridge to firm up. 

Store in covered container.

Sugar cookie yellow cake mix (blue and gold version)

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I recently bought extra large cake pan and wanted the first thing I baked in it to be a  cookie cake.  

I though I would make one using a yellow cake mix,  sugar cookie mix, some eggs, melted butter, vanilla and top it with a simple vanilla buttercream frosting and sprinkle it with yellow and blue colored sugar (Go Sabres).

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 1 sugar cookie mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tbs vanilla

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a large round cookie pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside. 

In a bowl, combine cake and cookie mixes.   Blend in eggs, one at a time, then butter and vanilla.  Press evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 18 minites, no longer. Cool completely.

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

Directions – in a bowl,  mix butter and powdered sugar.   Blend in milk and vanilla.  You can add more milk and/or powdered sugar to get the desired consistency.  Frost cooled cookies. 

  I sprinkled colored sugar on top.

Cut and storte in covered container.

Melted butter sugar cookies

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I needed to bake something for my non chocolate loving,  non peanut butter loving friends.  So a sugar cookie is perfect.  Plus everyone loves a sugar cookie.  With or without frosting.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, mix sugar and melted butter.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.    If dough seems too dry, add a tbs or two.  Scoop out 3 tbs of dough,  roll into balls then in extra sugar. Chill a few hours.    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake 7 to 9 minutes.  Cool completely.

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

Frost and store in covered container.

Carrot cake snickerdoodle bars with mini chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting

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I noticed a carrot cake mix and a snickerdoodle cookie mix and thought they’d be perfect together in bar form, with some mini chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting.   Super easy recipe for the bars  just 5 ingredients! 

A perfect treat for Sabres game day as we go for a 6th straight win!

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 carrot cake mix
  • 1 snickerdoodle mix (minus the cinnamon sugar packet)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips (opt)

Directions – line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a bowl, blend cookie and cake mixes.  Mix in eggs and melted butter.  Stir in chips.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Bake 18 to 22  minutes (no longer).  Cool completely.  

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar (scooped from container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and cream cheese.  Slowly blend in powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla and cream.  Frost bars. 

  Cut and store in covered container in fridge

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Brownie cookies with ice cream frosting and chocolate chip chip cookie dough

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I had a lot of leftover chocolate chip cookie dough from my cookie dough cookies, so I made some brownie cookies to help use it up!  I also used ice cream frosting on top.  You can use any flavor ice cream (i used cookie dough), or you can use a vanilla buttercream.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup  so you get the right amount.  After you scoop out the individual doughs, chill a few hours or overnight.   And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Cookie dough ingredients
  • 2 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe container for 30 seconds)
  • 2 tbs mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar for 3 minutes.  Add vanilla and cream.  Mix in flour.  Blend in chips.  Scoop out tsp of dough and freeze. 

  • 6 tbs butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup baking cocoa (I used rodelle dark)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, mix butter, and sugar.  Add egg whites, vanilla and corn syrup.  Blend in dry ingredients.  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 nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies on sheet.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting list
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs ice cream, melted

In a bowl, blend butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.  Blend in ice cream.  Add more powdered sugar if you want a thicker consistency.

Frost cookies.

Top with cookie dough bites and store in covered container

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Peanut butter cookie mix /cake mix bars with Reese’s hearts

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I need to use up my Reese’s hearts so I can buy the Reese’s eggs, so I decided to use a peanut butter cookie mix,

a yellow cake mix,

some eggs, melted butter and one cup peanut butter.  Tossed in about 20  of these and made bars.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 peanut butter cookie mix
  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • Reese’s hearts, chopped into large pieces

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, mix cake and cookie mixes together.  Add eggs and melted butter.  Blend in peanut butter.  Mix in Reese’s hearts.   Evenly spread into prepared pan.   Gently press extra Reese’s hearts on top. 

Bake 19 to 24 minutes (edges will be golden).  Cool completely.   Cut into squares and store in covered container.

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Melted butter, no chill sugar cookies

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I wanted to bake a treat for my non peanut butter, non chocolate loving work friends.  And I needed to make them quickly after running errands, so I opted for sugar cookies using melted butter.  The dough does not need chilling.  The cookies come out nice and soft and thick.

I used a combo of all purpose flour and bread flour.  You can entirely use all purpose flour.  Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs flour
  • 1/4 cup bread flour
  • 1/2 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  In a bowl, mix melted butter and sugar.  Blend in yolk and vanilla.  Stir in dry ingredients.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Roll into balls and slightly flatten.  Stagger on prepared cookie sheet.  Sprinkle tops with extra sugar.  Bake 11 to 14 minutes, no longer.  (Bottoms will be light golden).  Cool completely.  Frost with a simple vanilla frosting, if desired.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 tbs butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Heavy cream or milk

In a bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.  Add enough milk or cream to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies.  Store in covered container.

Melted butter sugar cookie valentine’s cutouts

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Another option to use my heart shaped cookie cutters on – melted butter sugar cookies.

  Another tweak after making some cookies with softened butter and another batch with crisco.  These come together quickly and are super soft.

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

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs water
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, combine butter and sugar.  Add egg, water  and vanilla.  I added some red food color here to make the cookie dough pink.  (Totally optional step)

Mix in dry ingredients. If dough seems a little dry, add another tbs or two of water.  Sprinkle flour on a flat surface to desired thickness.  Cut out cookies.

Place on prepared sheet. Bake 7 to 10 minutes.

These look remarkably similar after baking!

Cool completely.  Frost with vanilla frosting. 

Store in covered container.  Thanks so much for stopping by

Frosted brownie cookies

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These are awesome!  I used a combo of hersheys unsweetened baking cocoa and black cocoa (I could not find hersheys special dark baking cocoa,  so i tried to make my own).  I used a vanilla frosting, but use whichever flavor you want (peanut butter or chocolate would be nice options too).

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their containers into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.   I recommend chilling the individual balls of dough for a day or two.  And, preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 6 tbs butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 tbs honey
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 salt

Directions -in a bowl, combine butter, sugar, honey,  vanilla and egg whites.   Fold in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.   Chill overnight.   When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 7 minutes.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Vanilla

Combine ingredients, using enough milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies.

Store in covered container.

Blizzard day chocolate chip cookies

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Another very cold day, so I decided to heat up the house a bit by baking more cookies.  Rob asked for chocolate chip cookies.   (I have so many to choose from).  These use melted butter and a mix of all purpose and bread flour.  And I also pressed extra chips into the tops of the cookies as soon as they came out of the oven.

Remember to scoop you flour from your flour bag into  your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   I chilled the individual doughs for a few hours to help keep them puffy while baking.  And, preheat your oven before baking the cookies.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 11/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add water,  eggs and vanilla.  Stir in baking soda and salt.   Mix in both flours.   Fold in chips.   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 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Stay safe and warm!