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Frosted Snowball bars

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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.  

Store in covered container.

Victory monday, wildcard version- XL snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips

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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.

Cool completely.   Store in covered containee.

Thanks for stopping by today!   Go Bills!

Brownie stuffed snowball cookies

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I made a large pan of brownies, Rob had one (per usual 😀), so I needed not one, but two kinds of cookie doughs to stuff them in.  These are snowballs – similar to Italian/Mexican wedding cakes or Russian tea cakes.  Very soft cookies because powdered sugar is used instead of granulated sugar.  

A couple of notes : Scoop your flour and powdered sugar into the measuring cup so you get the right amount.   I also chilled my dough overnight to prevent spreading.  Preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.  Do not bake cookies longer than 12 minutes, or else the bottoms will burn.

  • Ingredients list
  • Batch of brownies, cut into 2 inch squares
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tbs butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and  vanilla.  Blend in powdered sugar.  Mix  in flour and salt.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough and divide in half.  slightly flatten each half.  Place brownie piece between the halves and seal edges.   Chill a few hours or overnight.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes (no longer).  Dust warm cookies with powdered sugar.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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