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Peanut butter cookies stuffed with mini Mr. Goodbars

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I had a bunch of extra mini mr goodbars and came up with the idea of stuffing them in peanut butter cookies.

It has been hotter than hell here the last 5 days, so i froze the dough to prevent too much spreading while baking.  

Remember to firmly pack your brown sugar into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, spoon 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 crisco
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 cups flour

In a bowl, cream crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. 

Divide into half. 

Place a mini Mr  goodbar on one half. 

Top with the other half

and seal edges. 

Freeze a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.  

Bake 15 minutes.( No longer.)

  Cool completely.  Store in covered container. 

Sugar cookie bars

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I am bringing in sugar cookie bars today, but I did not bake them today.  It is over 100 degrees so turning on an oven is not ideal.  So what i did was bake a couple of treats when it was cooler and froze them.  These are one of those treats.  They can also be celebratory treats for the USMNT’s win over Bosnia Herzegovina last night to advance to the round of 16 at the world cup.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 7 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 tbs powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and set aside.  In a bowl, cream butter, oil,  sugar and powdered sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Evenly spread into pan.  Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

In a bowl, blend butter and powdered sugar.  Add milk and vanilla.  Frost bars.  Store in covered container in fridge.

Smashed chocolate sugar cookies with 3 different kinds of frosting

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Frosting 1 -peanut butter with melted hershey bars (and orange m&ms

Yesterday, I made smashed lemon sugar cookies with lemon frosting.  So today, I made a chocolate version with 3 types of frosting – peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate.  I wanted to frost some with vanilla frosting, but I made too much chocolate frosting, so i just used that.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Chill your individual doughs before baking and preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil and sugar.  Add greek yogurt and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups dough and roll into balls.  Spray  the bottom of a glass with pam and dip im sugar.  Lightly flatten cookies.  Chill several hours.   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.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/4 cup heaby cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar.  Blend in remaining ingredients.   Frost cookies. 

Frosting 3 – chocolate chip cookie dough with melted hershey bars

Store in covered container

Mini chip snowball cookies (Italian version)

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The mini chip snowball cookies I make are a big hit with family and friends and so easy to make.  I made some for my youngest goddaughter Sara’s high school graduation Friday and for her grad party yesterday.  Rob wished he had brought home one, so i whipped up another batch today.  These are an Italian wedding cake cookies version, instead of using powdered sugar, they use regular granulated sugar.  It does make them a little more tender and fragile, but Rob deemed them still very good!

I recommend scooping your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also chill (or freeze) the individual doughs for  a few hours before baking, preheat your oven before baking.  And, sprinkle powdered sugar on before baking, right after they come out of the oven and after they cool for 3 times the sweetness!

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Powdered sugar

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla.  Blend in flour, then mini chips.   Scoop our 2 tbs of dough, roll into a ball then thick disc.   Dip each side in powdered sugar.   Chill or freeze doughs a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 320 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with a nonstick baking liner or parchment paper.   Place cookies on sheet (i fit 3 to a row, these did spread a little because I only chilled them an hour).   Bake  18 to 22 minutes (bottoms will be light golden).    Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar. 

Cool completely.   Sprinkle with more powdered sugar and store in covered container.

Chocolate chip cookies to celebrate a perfect summer day – Bristol farms version

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Today was breathtakingly beautiful here- around 80 degrees,absolutely no humidity, plenty of sunshine, warm but not too warm.   So i decided to whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  This is one of more than a dozen chocolate chip cookies recipes, so here is another one for you to try.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  After scooping out 1/4 cups of dough, freeze them for an hour or so, and preheat your oven before baking.  

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar,  firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in chips.  Scoop our 1/4 cups of dough and freeze and hour or two.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 12 minutes, no longer.  (edges will be golden brown)

Cool completely.  

Store in covered container

Frosted Cake mix/Brownie mix cookies

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I used the same recipe for 2 different kinds of cookies.  One used a brownie mix,

the other a french vanilla cake mix. 

And I frosted them. 

A two-fer tuesday treat.

I put funfetti sprinkles in the vanilla ones.

  And I forgot to add chips to the chocolate ones! Hence, the frosting.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake or brownie mix
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Chocolate chips (1/2 cup) or sprinkles

Directions  – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   combine ingredients in a bowl.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. 

stagger on prepared sheet. 

Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 to 4 tbs heavy cream

Directions – Blend ingredients in a bowl and frost cookies.

Thanks for stopping by!

Frosted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with crushed iced oatmeal cookies

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I love to put crushed cookies in cookies, like oreos in chocolate cookies, chips ahoy in chocolate chip cookies, etc.  So I saw some iced oatmeal cookies and thought they would be perfect in frosted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

These probably didn’t need frosting!

I used all purpose and bread flour in these, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want.  Just scoop it from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Chill individual doughs before baking, and preheat oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 2 1/2 cups quick oats
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 16 iced oatmeal cookies, crushed
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients and oats.  Mix in chips.  Scoop out  1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger doughs on sheet.  

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbs ice cream, melted (or 2 tbs milk)

Directions – in a bowl,  combine ingredients.  If needed add a little more milk to get the consistency you want.  Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container.

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Payday peanut butter cookie bars topped with mini Mr. Goodbars

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I wanted to go a little outside the box with incorporating candy into my treats, so i picked up some payday bars

And mini mr goodbars. 

I mixed in some cut up  paydays in a peanut butter cookie bar recipe, baked them and gently pressed in mini mr goodbars right after removing them from the oven. Perfectamundo, to paraphrase the Fonz, Arthur Fonzarelli.

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

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown  sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Cut up payday bars
  • Mini mr goodbars,  unwrapped

Directions – preheat oven yo 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.  In a bowl, mix melted butter and peanut butter.  Blend in sugar and brown sugar.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients, then cut up paydays. Evenly press into parchment lined pan.  Bake 23 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Immediately after removing from oven, gently press mini mr goodbars on top. 

Cool completely.   Cut and store in covered container.

Vanilla ice cream cookies with vanilla ice cream frosting

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These are like a snowball cookie, using butter, powdered sugar, flour, but i added some vanilla ice cream and some vanilla ice cream frosting.  Why?  Not sure, just thought it would be neat to incorporate ice cream in some treats.

These are not overly sweet, so the frosting brings up the sweet level!

Remember to scoop you flour and powdered sugar from their respective containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also recommend chilling the individual doughs for a few hours.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softener
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup vanilla ice cream, melted
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions – in a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and powdered sugar.  Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly (you could also try a hand mixer).  Add egg, vanilla and melted ice cream.  Add chips, if using.  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 14 to 16 minutes, no longer. 

Cool completely.   Pop in fridge for a bit to firm them up. 

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs ice cream, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla

In a bowl, combine ingredients.   Frost cookies. 

Store in covered container in fridge to firm cookies up.

Crushed oreo cookies with peanut butter, semisweet or white chocolate chips

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I had a bag of oreos and thought those need to be crushed and baked in a chocolate cookie.   I made the dough, divided it into thirds.  In one third, I added peanut butter chips, I added white chips to another third and semisweet chips to the final third.   I made 15 cookies total, 5 from each third of dough. 

Remember to scoop your flour, powdered sugar and baking cocoa from your measuring cups so you get the right amounts.  Chill the individual doughs a few hours before baking.  And  preheat your oven before baking.

Ingredients list

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup crisco

1/4 cup plus 2 tbs sugar

4 1/2 tbs brown sugar, firmly packed into tablespoons

1/4 cup plus 2 tbs powdered sugar

1 1/2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 /3 cup plus 3 tbs vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups and 1 1/2 tbs flour

4 1/2 tbs cornstarch

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 plus 1/8 tsp cream of tartar

32 oreos, finely ground

1 cup peanut butter chips

1 cup white chocolate chips

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions – cream butter, crisco, sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar.  Add oil, egg and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.   Fold in oreos.   Divide dough into thirds.  Add peanut butter chips to 1/3 dough, white chips to 1/3 of dough, and semisweet chips to the other third.  Chill individuals 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 9 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

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