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.
My hockey team’s won 8 in a row ans to celebrate, I made these chocolate snowball cookies that resemble pucks, but are soft and sweet. Only a few ingredients and a piece of cake to make.
Go Sabres!
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbs cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbs hershey syrup
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
Directions- in a bowl, combine butter and sugar. Add remaining ingredients. If dough seems a little dry, add more hershey syrup. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake 10 to 15 minutes. After removing from oven, sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar.
I am a big fan of adding crushed cookies or crushed nuts to treats to take it up a notch. These chocolate chip cookies have some finely crushed chips ahoy mixed in the cookies and sprinkled on top before baking.
I chilled the individual mounds of dough for a few days and they stayed nice and puffy. Remember to scoop your flour from your bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And, preheat your oven before baking
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
3/4 cup sugar
11/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups finely crushed chips ahoy
1 cup chocolate chips (I used mini in these)
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients, then crushed chips ahoy. Stir in mini chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.
Roll tops and sides of individual doughs in extra crushed chips ahoy.
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 13 to 15 minutes, no longer.
This is what happens when you forget to set the timer and have to keep checking the bottoms of the cookies with a spatula
Rob asked for brownies today, with some crushed oreos on top. So I made those, cut out a few for him and wantes to make the rest a little fancy, so I topped them with caramel frosting, melted milk chocolate chips and crushed oreos.
My caramel layer got a little thicker and harder to than I wanted, because I went to let Gracie in and the cold air hit it and really made it too thick to spread, so I microwaved it for 30 seconds and was able to spread it.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Brownies ingredients
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cups dark chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
5 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbs special dark cocoa
1 cup chocolate chips
Crushed oreos
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and dark chocolate chips. Mix in brown sugar and sugar. One at a time, beat in eggs, then vanilla. Do not overnight. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Evenly spread into pan. Sprinkle crushed oreos on top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes, about halfway down, in brownies.
Caramel frosting ingredients
6 tbs butter
1 3/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
1/4 cup plus 3 tbs heavy cream
Pinch of salt
2 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar, heavy cream and salt over medium heat to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once boiling, contstantly stir until thick (from 5 to 10 minutes). Remove from heat and add vanilla. Wait a minute or two, then pour over brownies. Let set about 5 minutes.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt 1 cups milk chocolate chips in 45 seconds until you can stir melted. Pour over caramel layer. Top with more crushed oreos.
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
I wanted to make something with cookie dough, so these are a chocolate chip cookie without the chips, an ice cream frosting and edible cookie dough on top.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. After you scoop out the dough, chill them for a few hours. Preheat your oven before baking.
Cookie dough pieces
2 tbs butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe container for 30 seconds)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbs mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar for 3 minutes. Add vanilla and heavy cream. Mix in flour and salt. Blend in chips. Scoop out tsp of dough and place in a container in freezer.
Cookies ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp cornstarch
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Place in a covered container and chill a few hours or overnight. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baker liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 11 to 15 minutes (Bottoms will be lightly browned). Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
4 tbs butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs ice cream, melted
Directions- in a bowl, blend butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix in ice cream. Add more powdered sugar, if needed, to get the consistency you want.
Frost cookies.
Place pieces of cookie dough on top and store in covered container.
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.
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.
These are for another Team USA men’s hockey win (featuring a goal by Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson) and for gameday for the US women’s hockey team vs Sweden.
A while back, I found a recipe that had some sort of marshmallow swirl in brownies. Of course I can’t find thst recipe, but it go me thinking of making a vanilla version of a treat with crushed golden oreos
and fluff.
And instead of vanilla flavoring, I used cake batter extract for a different flavor. For the frosting, I used some crushed oreos, fluff and cake extract too.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. (Same for the powdered sugar for the frosting).
Ingredients list
3/4 butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 eggs
1 tsp cake batter extract (you cam use vanilla instead)
2 tbs water
2 1/4 cups flour
11/2 tsp baking powder
5 tbs marshmallow fluff
10 golden oreos, finely crushed
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and a half, water and extract. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in fluff then crushed oreos. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes. No longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients list
6 tbs butter, softened
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs cream
5 tbs fluff
1 tsp cake batter
In a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Mix in cream, fluff and extract. Frost cookies.
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
cookies by christine 