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Smores hot cocoa chocolate graham cracker cookies

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One last ode to summer – smores cookies that feature hot cocoa mix, marshmallow bits, crushed chocolate graham cracker crumbs and milk chocolate chips. And a half of a mini hershey bar pressed on top of each cookie immediately after being removed from the oven.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  You can use regular graham cracker crumbs or none at all.   I recommend chilling the doughs for a few hours before baking.  I used a mix of butter and butter crisco.  You can use all butter or a mix of butter and regular crisco.  I used a combo of bread flour and all purpose flour.  But you can use entirely all purpose flour.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softene
  • 1/2 cup butter crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 1/4 cups bread flour
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 4 packets hot cocoa mix
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 sheets chocolate graham crackers, crushed (anywhere between 1/2 cup and 1 cup crushed graham crackers)
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini marshmallow bits

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, butter crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, heavy cream, and vanilla.  Blend in graham cracker crumbs and dry ingredients.   Mix in chips, marshmallow bits.  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 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Immediately gently press a half hershey miniature chocolate bar into top of each cookie. 

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Smores hot cocoa chocolate graham cracker cookies

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One last ode to summer – smores cookies that feature hot cocoa mix, marshmallow bits, crushed chocolate graham cracker crumbs and milk chocolate chips. And a half of a mini hershey bar pressed on top of each cookie immediately after being removed from the oven.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  You can use regular graham cracker crumbs or none at all.   I recommend chilling the doughs for a few hours before baking.  I used a mix of butter and butter crisco.  You can use all butter or a mix of butter and regular crisco.  I used a combo of bread flour and all purpose flour.  But you can use entirely all purpose flour.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softene
  • 1/2 cup butter crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 1/4 cups bread flour
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 4 packets hot cocoa mix
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 sheets chocolate graham crackers, crushed (anywhere between 1/2 cup and 1 cup crushed graham crackers)
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini marshmallow bits

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, butter crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, heavy cream, and vanilla.  Blend in graham cracker crumbs and dry ingredients.   Mix in chips, marshmallow bits.  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 10 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Immediately gently press a half hershey miniature chocolate bar into top of each cookie. 

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Triple chip cookies

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These are a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe with a box of instant vanilla pudding mix added and I used a mix of milk, white and semisweet chocolate chips.  I also used 1 cup of bread flour, in addition to the all purpose flour, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want.  I like bread flour because it helps keep cookies from flattening.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, butter  crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, cream and vanilla.  Blend in pudding mix.  Fold in dry ingredients.  If dough seems a little dry, add another tbs or 2 of heavy cream.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.   Chill.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. 

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

NFL week 4 Sunday – xl chocolate chip cookies (melted butter)

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This is one of two treats for Bills gameday.  Large, thick chocolate chip cookies made with melted butter and a mix of all purpose flour and cake flour.   You can use entirely all purpose flour, if that’s what you have.   Remember to chill the dough for a few hours before baking. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into cup
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup cake flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl blend butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg, yolk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   If dough seems a little dry, add a tbs or two of heavy cream or milk.  Mix in chips.  Divide dough into 8 individual pieces and roll into balls.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger doughs on prepared sheet.  bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer (edges will be golden).  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

Go Bills!

White chocolate dulce le Leche cookies

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For my non chocolate loving friends, I present these – white chocolate chip cookies with dulce le leche baked in, for a hunt of caramel flavor.  I also tossed in some coconut extract, which you can leave out if you want.

These use all purpose flour and cake flour.  If you don’t have cake flour, you can add 1 1/2 tbs cornstarch to 1 1/2 cups flour slto make your own cake flour.   Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Also, I recommend chilling the dough for a few hours before baking.  And preheat your oven before baking. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbs dulce le leche
  • 1 tbs coconut extract
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips

Directions  – in a bowl,cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs, vanilla, dilce le leche, and coconut extract.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough, form tall moundsm. Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Triple peanut butter cookies

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For opening day of the MLB playoffs, these humongous peanut butter cookies are one of the two I am bringing in.  I added some finely ground honey roasted peanuts and pressed peanut butter chips in the tops of cookies immediately after they came out of the oven.  The reason?  I forgot to put them in the dough before baking. 🙂

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Pouring flour directly into the cups packs it in and you wind up with dry cookies.   i used all purpose flour and bread flour, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want. 

Also, preheat your oven before baking.  Do not bake these longer than 10 or 11 minutes

  • Ingredients list
  • 10 tbs butter, softened
  • 8 tbs peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into a measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup peanut, finely ground
  • 1 cup Peanut butter chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter peanut butter.  Blend in brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs, vanilla and heavy cream.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Fold in peanuts and peanut butter chips.  Evenly divide into 8 equal pieces and roll into balls. You can chill the doughs if you want or you can bake right away.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger doughs on sheet.  Bake 10 to 11 minutes, no longer.   Edges will be golden.  Remove from oven.  Gently press peanut butter chips into tops of cookies, if you want.   cool completely. Store in covered container.

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Chocolate snowball cookies with peanut butter chips

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I was looking at some of my baking items and came across some peanut butter chips and thought they would be perfect in chocolate snowball cookies.  These are treat # 2 for tomorrow.

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their containers into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.  And preheat your oven before baking.   I think i baked these 15 to 18 minutes.  Sometimes chocolate cookies can be hard to tell when they’re done so I err on the side of taking things out a little too early.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbs heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup bread flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 cup peanut butter chips

Direction – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar.   Add vanilla, heavy cream,  and salt.  Blend in flours and cocoa.   Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.   Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar.

Store in covered container.

Almond butter oatmeal cookies, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar

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I bought a jar of almond butter to bake with.   I thought “how about oatmeal cookies?” 

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 before baking and sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream or milk
  • 1 cup almond butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 cups old fashioned oats

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Blend in almond butter then egg, cream and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients then oats (you may need to use your hands to make sure mixture is fully blended).  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.  Chill doughs for 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 16 minutes.   Cool completely. 

Store in covered container.⁹

Lemon sugar cookie bars with a lemon glaze

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I made a lot of chocolate treats last week, so today, i made lemon sugar cookie bars with a lemon glaze.  I never made a lemon glaze before.  I think it came out ok!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into a measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tsp lemon extract
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  Ina. Bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.   Add eggs, juice and extract.   Blend in dry ingredients.    Mix well.  Press evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. 

While bars are cooling, make glaze. 

  • Glaze ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cups sugar
  • 2 tbs milk
  • 2 tbs lemon juice

Directions – in a pot, combine all ingredients.  Cook over medium it, stirring occasionally until mixture boils.   Boil and stir 2 to 3 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Add lemon food color if you want.  Gently pour and  spread over bars.  Let set. 

  Cut and store in covered container.

Nfl week 2 Sunday – hostess cupcake cookies

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Well, I get to enjoy a stress free NFL Sunday,  as my Bills played and beat the Lions on Thursday night.  Josh Allen and the offense have looked pretty good.   Defense needs to be better, but as New DC Jim Leonard pointed out this summer – new defensive scheme, some new faces, it’ll take some time.  So i will go along with our new DC.

Rob asked for a hostess cupcake type of treat.   I suggested cookies instead of cupcakes and he was on board with that.  They are topped with a marshmallow fluff filling, chocolate frosting, and a squiggle,  that is more of a line bc I can’t decorate worth squat.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
  • 1/2 cup bread flour
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tbs malted milk powder
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Dirsctions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs. Vanilla and corn syrup or honey.  Blend in dry ingredients..  scoop put 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds.   Bake 11 to 13 minutes,  no longer.  Cool comoletely.

  • Marshmallow fluff filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup fluff
  • 2 -3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Milk

In a bowl, combine, butter and fluff, blend in powdered sugar.   Mix in vanilla and enough milk to get consistency you want.

  • Chocolate frosting ingredients
  • 1/3 cup butter melted
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 to 2 tbs milk

Directions – in a bowl, comnbine melted butter and cocoa.  Blend in powdered sugar and enough milk to get the consistency you want.  You may need to add more powdered sugar and/or milk.

  • Squiggle ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (or more)
  • 2 to 3 tsp milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar.  Add 2 tsp milk and vanilla. You may need to add more powered sugar and/or milk to get the consistency you want.  Blemd well.  Scoop into a zip lock sandwich bag and cut out a small triangle in one of the bottom corners.  I placed the bag in the fridge for a half hour to help it firm up.

Assembly !

Top one cookie with fluff filling

Gently top with chocolate frosting

Top with a squiggle.

Store in covered container.

Go Bills.