These are a request from my goddaughter Sara. Blondies with chocolate chips. She has the same taste in treats that rob does – chocolate chip cookies, blondies and brownies.
Remember to scoop your flour from your bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup vegetable oil
3 tbs water
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, mix oil, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and water. Fold in dry ingredients. Mix in 1 cup chips. Evenly spread dough into pan. Sprinkle remaining chips on top and gently press down. Bake 18 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container
These were a request from one of my goddaughter, Lyndsey. A chocolate sugar cookie dough, with chocolate chips, in bar form and frosted with vanilla frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. Same goes for the powdered sugar.
Ingredients list
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 tbs water
1 tsp chocolate extract
3 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, water and extract. Mix in dry ingredients, then chips. For this next step, I moistened my hands. Evely press dough into prepared pan. Bake 18 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting list
1/2 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and enough milk to get the consistency you want. Frost bars. Store in covered container.
Another holiday means another opportunity to make cutout cookies to celebrate that holiday. Ahead of St. Patrick’s day tomorrow, I made cutout shamrock cookies, using this multi shape cookie cutter that someone gave me a million years ago (I actually have 2 for some reason)
And I just happened to have green colored sugar to sprinkle on top!
Also, I only had time to bake half of these today, so the rest will be baked and brought in tomorrow to work.
Ingredients list
1 1/3 cups crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3 tbs milk
4 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. On a floured surface, roll dough to desired thickness, cut out cookies. I chilled the cutouts overnight before baking. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Sprinkle colored sugar on top, if you want.
Bake 8 minutes, no longer (trust me). Cool completely.
Frosting/filling ingredients
4 tbs butter melted
2-3 cups powdered sugar
Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Food coloring (opt)
Combine butter and 2 cups powdered sugar. Add a few tbs of milk and vanilla. Add more powdered sugar or milk to get desired consistency. Frost,
I didn’t have time to make oatmeal cookies, so I made them in bar form. And I frosted them with a simple vanilla frosting. Perfect for Sabres game day and our ESPN Radio broadcast of the Big 12 title game tonight.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups quick oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 10×15 pan with tin foil and spray with pam. Set aside. In a bowl, mix butter and brown sugar. Add molasses and vanilla. Mix in eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients. Evenly press into prepared pan (I moistened my hands with water to do this). Bake 20 to 24 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients list
1 1/2 cups butter
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
Heavy cream or milk (enough to get the consistency you want)
1 tsp vanilla
Directions- combine ingredients in a bowl. Frost bars.
On this Friday, I present milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate chip cookies with crushed cookie dough oreos. (I wanted to use up the oreos I had left). These are large and puffy and spectacular!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And chill the individual doughs for a few hours before breaking. As always, preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup crushed cookie dough oreos
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup semisweet chips
Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients, then crushed oreos. If dough seems a little dry, add a tbs or 2 of water. Mix in chips. 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 13 to 15 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
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.
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
Instead of brownies, I thought I would make chocolate sugar cookie bars with black cocoa. And topped with ganache (a fancy word for melted chocolate and heavy cream).
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (same for the black cocoa). And preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp chocolate extract (or vanilla)
2 cups flour
1 cup black cocoa
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. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and extract. Blend in dry ingredients, slowly. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 22 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Ganache ingredients
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions- in a microwave safe bowl, heat cream 2 minutes. Add chocolate chips. Let sit 3 minutes. Stir smooth. Let sit 10 minutes, then frost bars.
I noticed a carrot cake mix and a snickerdoodle cookie mix and thought they’d be perfect together in bar form, with some mini chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting. Super easy recipe for the bars just 5 ingredients!
A perfect treat for Sabres game day as we go for a 6th straight win!
Ingredients list
1 carrot cake mix
1 snickerdoodle mix (minus the cinnamon sugar packet)
3 eggs
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup mini chocolate chips (opt)
Directions – line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, blend cookie and cake mixes. Mix in eggs and melted butter. Stir in chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 18 to 22 minutes (no longer). Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar (scooped from container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
2 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Slowly blend in powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla and cream. Frost bars.
I had a bag of mallo cups and wanted to use them up, so I thought of making a s’mores related treat.
I also have seen some articles that suggest using toasted sugar in cookie recipes, so I thought i would use the mallo cups stuffed in milk chocolate chip cookies made with toasted sugar and some finely ground graham crackers.
Stuffed with mallo cups
First about toasting the sugar- you don’t have to.. but if you want to – place the cup of sugar on a cookie sheet and spread to a relatively thin layer. Bake in a preheated oven (350 degrees) for 15 minutes, or so, stirring every so often, until sugar is a light golden, like below.
I also used a combo of all purpose flour and bread flour. Bread flour makes cookies a little more chewy. You can use just all purpose flour entirely.
These are stuffed with Reese’s pb hearts (the mini chips are the marker)
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I recommend chilling the dough a few hours before baking. And, preheat the oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1 cup sugar, toasted (see above for directions)
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
4 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
2 cups milk chocolate chips
Mallo cups
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, toasted sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add eggs and blend well. Mix in flours, then graham cracker crumbs. If dough seems a bit dry, add a tbs or two of water. Scoop out 1/ cup of dough.
Divide in half and slightly flatten each half.
On one half, place a mallo cups.
Top with other flattened half and seal edges.
Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 16 to 20 minutes (golden spots on top). Cool completely. Store in covered container.
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