Another frigid day, so another baking day for me. Instead of making snowball or mini chip snowball cookies, I opted for bar form. One half contains mini chocolate chips, the other side is plain. And I frosted them.
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). Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line and 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and powdered sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/2 of dough and evenly spread into one side of the prepared pan. Add mini chips to rest of dough. Spread evenly into other side of pan.
Bake 25 minutes, no longer. Remove from oven and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Cool completely. I then frosted them with vanilla frosting.
How cool that not only it is Bills playoff gameday but also Sabres game day. The last time the Bills played a playoff game the same day as the Sabres had a game, both teams won. Here’s hoping for that same result!
I broke out of the box a bit with these. I have made oatmeal cookies which were well received, but felt the need to step it up because it is the Divisional round of the playoffs…. so I went with oatmeal creme pies.
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 for the frosting)
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups quick oats
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Fold in oats. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough and form tall mounds.
Stagger on cookie sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer (edges will be browned. Cool completely.
Fluff filling
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs milk
Directions – in a bowl, cream fluff and butter. Blend in powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla and milk.
Assembly directions – lay one cookie flat side up
Spoon some filling on top.
Top with another cookie flatside down.
Store in covered container. I popped these in the fridge so the top cookie wouldn’t slide off the filling.
In honor of our first road playoff win since 1992, I present extra large snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips. my stress level was through the roof. I stood the last 8 minutes, didn’t take a breath and frightened our dog when I yelled when cole bishop got the game winning interception. Yowsa. One win down 3 to go.
These really are like a Mexican wedding cake/Russian tea cake/Italian wedding cake cookies with just a few ingredients – butter, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla, water, and mini chocolate chips. Super simple. They stay puffy and are baked in no time.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups flour
2 to 3 tbs water
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Mix in salt and flour. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill for a while in the fridge. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes, no longer, bottoms of cookies with be lightly golden. Sprinkle hot cookies with powdercontainer.
These sugar cookies use vegetable oil instead of butter or crisco. I wanted to make something quick for work today and thought these would work. I did freeze the dough for a few hours before baking to keep the cookies from spreading too much. I only used 3 cups of flour, I may use a little more next time and add some cornstarch too.
I ran out of frosting so one cookie got melted hershey kisses!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag so you get the right amount. Freeze the individual doughs for an hour or so before baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees before baking. And only bake these 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.
Ingredients list
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Extra sugar
Directions – in a bowl, combine sugar and vegetable oil. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking soda and salt. Scoop out individual doughs and form tall mounds. Freeze and hiur or to. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stack cookies on sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Pop in fridge to firm up and cool, as cookies may be gushy.
Frosting ingredients
4 tbs butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Heavy cream/milk
Combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add enough heavy cream or milk to get the consistency you want. You may need to add more powdered sugar. Frost cookies.
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.
After a rough sunday in Miami, I am making a plea to the football gods for my Bills for week 11 and am doing so with this request from my husband and a copycat of the cheesecake factory oreo dream extreme cheesecake.
This does take some time, but is worth it. I used neufactel cheese, which is lower fat and lower calorie, so I added some cornstarch to help firm up the cheesecake layer.
Flourless Cake ingredients
1 cup chocolate chips
8 tbs butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees. in a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and butter in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add sugar, salt, and vanilla. Blend in eggs well. Line a 9″ round pan with parchment paper. Evenly spread batter into pan. Bake 18 to 22 minutes. Cool completely
Ganache ingredients list
2 cups chocolate chips
2 cups heavy whipping cream
Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, heat cream for 3 minutes. Add chips. Let sit for 5 minutes. Stir smooth. Place in fridge.
Cheesecake ingredients
24 oz cream cheese (I used neufactel, which is softer and lower calorie and lower fat)
1 cup sugar
2 tbs flour
6 tbs cornstarch (if you are using neufactel or low fat cream cheese)
3/4 cup greek yogurt
2 eggs
1 yolk
2 tsp vanilla
12 to 16 Oreo cookies
Directions – preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9 inch springform pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, cream cream cheese, sugar and flour (and cornstarch if you are using a lower fat cheese). Blend in Greek yogurt and vanilla. Fold in eggs and yolk. Pour 1/3 into prepared pan. Top with 6 to 8 oreos and press down gently. Top with a other third of batter and gently press 6 to 8 oreos on top. Top with remaining third of batter. Bake 55 to 60 minutes (middle jiggles a little and edges are set). Turn off oven. Crack oven and leave cheesecake in for an hour. Transfer to fridge for a few hours.
Cookies and cream mousse
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar
Crushed oreos (8 to 10)
Directions – in a bowl, whip cream amd powdered sugar to stiff peaks. Blend in crushed oreos. Put in fridge.
When ready to assemble – beat chilled ganache for a few minutes so it is spreadable. Place flourless cake on a plate. Spread a thin layer of ganache on top. Gently place cheesecake on top of ganache layer. Smooth oreo mousse on top of cheesecake layer. Use rest of ganache on top and sides. Store in fridge.
One of today’s treats are frosted Churro cookies. Basically a sugar cookie sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and topped with buttercream frosting. I actually have an electric, plug in churro maker – similar to a foreman grill. Yet I have never used it! one of several kitchen gadgets i bought but rarely use, or have ever used
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right eight amount. chilled them smushed doughs overnight to keep them thick. Preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs vegetable oil
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbs cornstarch
2 1/2 -2 3/4 cups flour
Water (might need a tbs or 2 if dough seems too dry)
Cinnamon sugar mixture
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil, powdered sugar, egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Add a tbs or 2 of water if dough seems too dry. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Spray the bottom of a drinking glass with pam. Dip bottom of glass in sugar. Slightly flatten. Sprinkle top of cookie with cinnamon sugar. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
I wanted to do a different kind of chocolate chip cookie. These use granulated sugar and powdered sugar instead of brown sugar. I used 3 kinds of chips – semisweet, white and milk chocolate.
Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from their containers into your measuring cups so you get the right amount. Also I recommend chilling the individual doughs for several hours before baking. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
5 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
1 tbs cornstarch
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup white chocolate chips
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil, sugar and powdered sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill doughs several hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Stagger cookies on sheet, like below.
Gently press extra chips on top.
Bake 8 to 11 minutes. Bottoms will be golden brown. Tops will be a little gushy, but will firm up as they cool.
These are a request from my coworker friend Rachel for her birthday. These are funfetti cookies, Halloween style. I used these Halloween sprinkles in the cookies.
And used these on top of the frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I also recommend chilling the individual doughs for a few hours before baking. And, preheat the oven before baking.
If you don’t have cake batter extract, you can substitute vanilla for it.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp cake batter extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 to 1/2 cup sprinkles
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and extracts. Fold in dry ingredients. Mix in sprinkles. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on it. Bake 11 to 13 minutes. They will likely be a little gushy on top. Pop them in the fridge to firm them up.
For the frosting i added 1/4 cup homemade white chocolate powder (ground up chocolate chips, powdered milk, powdered sugar and granulated sugar). Of course, you can leave it out.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp cake batter extract (or vanilla)
2 tbs heavy cream or milk
Combine and frost cookies. Sprinkle with sprinkles!
cookies by christine 