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Victory monday cookies

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Since the game ended on the late side, I went with a quick classic for victory Monday cookies – xl chocolate chip cookies. 

What a game it was.  Close, stressful, excitement and terror.  What more could a fan hope for?  A win, of course.  9-2 for the first time since 1992. Go Bills.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag to your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend freezing the cookie dough for 30 to 45 min or chilling them in fridge for a few hours to help them stay puffy.  Also, I used my nonstick baking liners instead of parchment paper and my cookies stayed nice and puffy.  Not sure if that was the difference.  More baking to help determine that.

  • 1/2 cup butter, browned
  • 1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp active yeast
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (plus extra)

Directions – In a bowl,  combine browned butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and yeast.  Cut in cold, cubed butter. Combine with bown sugar mixture.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Freeze 45 minutes or chill a few hours.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 9 to 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Pop in fridge a few hours to firm up.  Store in covered container

Thanks for stopping by!   Have a wonderful day! 

Football friday # 11 – XXXL Frosted M&M Sugar Cookies

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For Chiefs week, I am going big, well, it is a huge game.  We are 8-2, KC is 9-0.  And let’s face it, all games between my guys and those guys are massive.  Waiting until 4:25 Sunday isn’t great, but I am glad it is not a night game.

Something cool happened today at work.  I got to interview Bills receiver Khalil Shakir for our ESPN Radio pregame show before KC-BUF Sunday.  Shout out to my friend and producer, Ryan, for letting me do the interview.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, I recommend chilling the individual doughs to keep them as puffy as possible.  You don’t have to frost them, but I opted to.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup M&Ms

Directions – cream butter, shortening cream cheese and sugar.  Blend in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Stir in M&Ms.    Divide dough into 11 equal pieces.  Chill a few hours.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on prepared sheet.  Bake 15 to 17 minutes (no longer).  Cool completely.  Pop in fridge to firm up.  Frost. If desired.  Store in fridge overnight.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Wishing you a wonderful day filled with joy, love and hope!

Go Bills.

Victory Monday treats – brownie cookies with crushed Butterfinger and topped with melted hershey kisses

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To celebrate the Bills win over the Colts today, I made brownie cookies with crushed butterfingers.  And I topped them with melted hershey kisses.   Of course, you can use any candy you want.  I did smash the butterfingers with a rolling pin, which was a fun way to get out any frustrations.

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their respective containers into the measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I  recommend chilling the individual doughs mounds for a bit to prevent too much spreading. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup oil (I used olive)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 5 fun size butterfingers, crushed
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Hershey kisses
  • Additional crushed butterfingers

Directions – in a bowl, combine oil and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.   Blend in flour and baking cocoa.  Stir in baking soda and water.  Add crushed butterfingers and chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough.  Form tall mounds.  Chill in fridge at least an hour.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheets.  Bake 10 to 12 min, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Top with melted chocolate and crushed butterfingers.  Store in covered container

Thanks so much for stopping by today!   Huuuuge game next Sunday- The Chiefs at home.  💙❤️💙❤️🦬🦬

Football friday # 10 Bakery size frosted gingerbread cookies

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I love these cookies.  The cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger made them smell so good while baking.  Perfect for fall and perfect for a football friday.  By the way, I can’t believe we are in week 10.  It goes so fast!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also chill the mounds of dough for an hour.  And preheat your oven before baking. 

I was lazy and made 6 huge cookies and will cut them into thirds for work.  You can make smaller ones, but the baking times will be shorter.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (packed firmly into measuring cup)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground gloves

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs.  Blend in dry ingredients.  You may need to use your hands to mix the dough to get it to come together.  Divide dough evenly into 6 mounds.  Roll into balls.  Chill 1 hour.  Preheat oven to 350.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Bake 15 minutes (bottoms will be browned.  Tops may be a little gushy).  Cool completely.   put in fridge to firm them up.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 tbs melted, butter
  • Powdered sugar
  • Heavy cream or milk

In a bowl mix butter and enough powdered sugar and heavy cream to get the consistency you want. Frost cookies.  Store in covered container in fridge.  

Week 9 victory treats part 2 – fudgy brownies

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Such a big Bills win was worthy of not one, but 2 treats.  Plus not everyone loves peanut butter, so i present an alternative – fudgy brownies with chocolate chips. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 10 tbs butter
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  In a microwave safe bowl, melted butter, sugar and cocoa for 45 seconds.  Stir smooth.  Blend in eggs and vanilla.  Add flour.  Mix in chips.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Bake 20 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs)  cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

XXXL peanut butter cookies with peanut butter chips and peanut m&ms

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To celebrate a week 9 Bills heart stopping win over the Dolphins (thank you, Tyler Bass),  I present XXXL peanut butter cookies with peanut butter chips and peanut m&ms.  It was a wonderful win and I felt these cookies were the appropriate victory treat. 

I was so happy for our kicker, Tyler Bass.  He’s had some rough times this season and he nailed a 61 yard field goal for the win.  After the game, I was really touched to see how emotional he was, his coaches and teammates were for him to hit such a big kick.

 

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup peanut butter chips
  • 1/2 cup peanut m&ms

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, sugar and peanut butter.  Mix in eggs.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Blend in chips and m&ms.  Divide evenly into 8 mounds of dough.  Chill at least an hour.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.   Stagger 4 cookie mounds on each sheet.  Bake 12 to 14 min (no longer).  Cool completely.   Place in fridge for an hour or so to firm up.  Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Go Bills!

Triple chip cake bars

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Part of the week 8 celebratory treats for the Bills win over the Seahawks – triple chip cake bars.  I used milk, semisweet and white chocolate chips and a yellow cake mix.  You can use whichever flavor chips and cake mix you want.  Super simple recipe. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix (i used yellow)
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted (5 tbs plus 1 tsp)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×14 pan with parchment paper.  In a bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter and vanilla.  Blend in chips.  Moisten hands with water.  Evenly press dough into pan.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.    Cool completely.   Chill bars a few hours on fridge. 

Football friday #7 (and happy birthday Eric)

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Today’s Friday football treats is a request from my coworker, Eric, who’s celebrating a birthday today.   They are a version of Little Debbie brownies, which I  loved as a child.  These even have rainbow chips on top (shout out to Price Rite for having them)

I made these amid a crazy game three of the ALCS between the Yankees and Guardians.  What a nutty last few innings – the Judge and Stanton home runs.  The Noel and Fry home runs.  Rob and I are Yankees fans (but he is more invested than me).  He was quite mad afterwards and broke into hot brownies (which I warned him against).  He mangled them, as you can see below.

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from your containers into measuring cups so you get the right amount.  Also, preheat your oven for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp.  If you don’t have milk chocolate chips, you can use all semisweet for the ganache.

  • Brownies ingredients list
  • 2 1/2 sticks of butter, melted
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed into measuring cup
  • 1 3/4 cups unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 yolks
  • 2 tbs corn syrup
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degre3s.  Line a 9×13 cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.  In a bowl, mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, and baking cocoa.  Add eggs, one at a time,  yolks, corn syrup and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Mixture will be very thick.  Evenly spread into pan.  Bake 30 to 40 minutes (until toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs).  Cool completely.

  • Ganache ingredients
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Directions – in one microwave safe bowl, heat chips for 1 minutes.  In another microwave safe bowl, heat cream for one minute.  Combine cream and chips.  Stir smooth.  Let sit 5 minutes.  Spread on cooled brownies and sprinkle with rainbow chips or m&ms

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Wishing you a day filled with joy, peace and love.  Also remember to be kind!

Victory Tuesday cookies, on A Wednesday- the Franks – a puffy version

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Victory Tuesday cookies for my beloved Bills are a day late.. the reason – we traveled back from celebrating my grandma’s 99th birthday.

  It was a wonderful celebration of a wonderful lady, who loves the Bills and watches every game and is quite knowledgeable.

My dad died at age 67, so i know how lucky I am  still have her and my mom (who is 78) in my life.  I take no one for granted. 

Our girl, Gracie, made the trip (6 1/2 hours one way) and as always, was a trooper.  Quite a hit among my family.

  • Ingredients list
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1 cup butter, cold and cubed
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – cream butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill 24 hours. line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies.  Bake at  375 degrees. 12 min.

Football friday # 6 Little Debbie brownie cookies

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A simple, easy treat for nfl week 6 – little Debbie brownie cookies, frosted, with rainbow chips on top.  These are made with a brownie mix and a few extra ingredients.  They might not need frosting, but I think everything is better with frosting!  I don’t recommend baking these longer than 10 minutes.  They seem undone on top, but pop them in the fridge to firm them up before frosting them and keep them in the fridge for a few hours.   Better a gushy cookie than a dry, overbaked one, right?

Big game for my Bills this week – at the Jets on Monday night football.  Our third straight on the road and our 4th night game in 6 games this season.  I gotta admit the night games are killing me!

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie mix (18 oz or 18.2 oz)
  • 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tbs chocolate syrup
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In a bowl, combine brownie mix, cocoa, eggs, butter and syrup.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies.  Bake 8 to 10 minutes.  Cool

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbs chocolate syrup

In a bowl, combine all ingredients.  If you want a thicker frosting, add additional powdered sugar.  Feost cookies.  Sprinkle with rainbow chips, sprinkles or m&ms.  Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!