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.
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
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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.
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.
Some friends are coming over and love peanut butter treats, so I wanted to make them some peanut butter cookies. I ended up frosting these.. but I think next time, melted milk chocolate chips or hershey kisses would be better.
Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from their respective containers so you get the right amount. If you have time, I recommend chilling the dough so the cookies spread less.
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 cup crisco
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs water
2 eggs
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
Extra sugar
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, peanut butter, sugar, powdered sugar and water. Add eggs. Fold in flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. roll into balls. Spray the bottom of a glass with Pam and dip in extra sugar. Gently smush cookies (I left mine kind of thick). Chills for a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake 9 to 11 minutes (no longer). Cool completely. Top with melted milk chocolate. Store in covered container.
Because the Bills game ended at 1030 Monday night, it was too late to bake victory Tuesday cookies. Last night, our neighbor chatted us up as we were walking Gracie and it was too late to bake. So tonight I was determined. I present iced oatmeal cookies. Some came out nice and thick like I wanted. Others spread out. Next time I will chill the dough for an hour or so and perhaps form the mounds a little higher.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup crisco
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 yolk
1 1/2 tbs honey or corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups flour
4 1/2 cups oats (I used a combo of old fashioned and quick)
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk, vanilla, honey, salt and cinnamon. Blend in half of flour and oats. Blend in other half. Divide into 18 even size pieces. Roll into balls and chill and hour or so. 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.
Frosting ingredients
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – combine and drizzle on cooled cookies. Store in covered container.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a day filled with peace, joy and love.
These Bills gameday treats for week 3, a request from Rob- brownies. I grabbed the wrong size pan (8×8) instead of what my recipe indicated (9×9), so these are thicker and took a bit longer to bake. Oops! 🙂 I will have the directions for the 9×9 pan in this recipe.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven so it cycles to the right temp.
Ingredients list
12 tbs butter
1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×9 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chips in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add brown sugar and sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Fold in flour and salt. Blend in chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs). Sprinkle warm brownies with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
Bills gameday week 3, treat # 1 – cookies and cream cookies. These are a basic chocolate chip cookie dough recipe with pieces of oreo, milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips. These are very large – 6 cookies, but I shall cut them in half or thirds for tomorrow.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I recommend chilling the individual doughs for a half hour or so to keep them puffy. Also make sure you preheat your oven so it cycles to the right temp.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tso baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbs cornstarch
1 tsp salt
1 cup oreos, broken into pieces
1 /2 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream sugar, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in oreos and chips. Divide into 6 even pieces and form into tall mounds. Chill 30 minutes to an hour. Line a cookies sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet like below.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake 14 minutes (no longer). Cool completely. Store in covered container.
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Since the Bills win over the Dolphins ended after 11 pm, there was no time to make victory treats. I needed to go to bed because I had a 430 am wakeup to work out! Oh, and I do not believe in premature baking of the victory treats. They can not be made until the victory is complete. The football gods must not be angered. So these will be brought in Monday. Dark chocolate brownies, requested by Rob.
Couple of notes – these bake at 325, lower than most brownie recipes. Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount.
Ingredients list
1 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
2 tbs water
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
1 tsp salt
Additional 1/2 cup chocolate chips (opt)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line an 8×8 square pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a microwave safe bowl, heat in 45 second increments – – 1 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips, butter, sugar and water until you can stir mixture smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in additional chips, if using. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I wish you peace, love and joy today. Remember to be kind. We are all fighting a battle and some are more difficult than others.
Week 2 of the NFL season kicks off tomorrow with my beloved Bills taking on the Dolphins. The rivalry has so many great memories and moments- from us finally beating the Dolphins in 1980 (ending the 0 for the 1970s) to Jim Kelly’s late touchdown run in Miami in 1989 to Josh and the current Bills matchups against the Dolphins. Such a classic rivalry deserves a classic cookie, so I went with one of the chocolate chip cookies in my collection. These use part browned butter and cold butter cut into small cubes, as well as a tsp of active yeast. I recommend chilling or freezing individual doughs for a few hours to keep from spreading.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, browned
1/4 cup butter, cold and cut into small cubes
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp active dry yeast
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
To brown butter, place in a pan and heat over low to medium heat until you see brown specs in bottom. This may take 10 minutes or so. Let cool 10 minutes.
Directions – in a bowl, combine flour, baking soda and yeast. Cut in butter. In a separate bowl, combine browned butter, sugar and brown sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture. Stir in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds. Chill or freeze for a few hours. Preheat oven to 375. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 11 to 13 min, no longer. Cool. Pop in fridge for a few hours to firm up, if they are a little gushy. Store in covered container.
cookies by christine 