A simple sweet treat – cake mix whoopie pies. I used yellow today, but any flavor works. I used a simple white frosting filling recipe.
Ingredients list
1 cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine ingredients. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough and stagger each one on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 9 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
Milk or heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Combine ingredients. Add a little more powdered sugar if you want a little thinner consistency. Spread between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.
In addition to oatmeal creme pies, I decided to whip up some brownies. These use a brownie mix,
a friendly’s individual size ice cream sundae container,
hot fudge, eggs and vegetable oil.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup hot fudge
1 cup ice cream (I used a friendly’s individual sundae )
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking pan with baking spray. In a bowl, combine brownie mix, eggs and oil. Blend in ice cream and hot fudge. Evenly spread into prepared pan. If you use 9×13 pan, bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs ( If you use and 8×8, bake 28 to 32 minutes). Remove from oven and immediately, gently press chocolate chips in top of brownies.
Cool completely. Thanks for stopping by. Go Bills! Go Sabres!
Another mid week treat using a cake mix – marble cookies. I also added chocolate chips and topped them with melted hershey kisses.
These are made with a marble cake mix, vegetable oil, and egg and water.
Ingredients list
1 marble cake mix
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
5 tbs water
1 cup Chocolate chips
Directions – In one bowl, combine yellow cake mix, egg, oil and 3 tbs water. Add chocolate chips. In another bowl, combine fudge packet and 2 tbs water. Add fudge mixture to yellow cake mixture. Swirl gently with a knife to marble. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill for a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 12 minutes. Cool completely. I topped these with melted hershey kisses.
To celebrate the Sabres 11th win in 12 games – An easy mid-week treat. One for my non-chocolate loving friends at work – white cake mix cookies. Just a few ingredients – white cake mix, egg whites, vegetable oil, and almond extract. You can use 2 eggs if you don’t have egg whites and use vanilla extract instead of almond extract if you prefer. And they are topped with a simple buttercream frosting .
Ingredients list
1 white cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 egg whites or 6 tbs liquid egg whites or 2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract (or vanilla)
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Roll into balls and slightly flatten. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbs milk
2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla)
Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients and blend well. Frost cookies. Store in covered container.
These sugar cookies use vegetable oil instead of butter or crisco. I wanted to make something quick for work today and thought these would work. I did freeze the dough for a few hours before baking to keep the cookies from spreading too much. I only used 3 cups of flour, I may use a little more next time and add some cornstarch too.
I ran out of frosting so one cookie got melted hershey kisses!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag so you get the right amount. Freeze the individual doughs for an hour or so before baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees before baking. And only bake these 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.
Ingredients list
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Extra sugar
Directions – in a bowl, combine sugar and vegetable oil. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking soda and salt. Scoop out individual doughs and form tall mounds. Freeze and hiur or to. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stack cookies on sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Pop in fridge to firm up and cool, as cookies may be gushy.
Frosting ingredients
4 tbs butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Heavy cream/milk
Combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add enough heavy cream or milk to get the consistency you want. You may need to add more powdered sugar. Frost cookies.
One of today’s treats are frosted Churro cookies. Basically a sugar cookie sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and topped with buttercream frosting. I actually have an electric, plug in churro maker – similar to a foreman grill. Yet I have never used it! one of several kitchen gadgets i bought but rarely use, or have ever used
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right eight amount. chilled them smushed doughs overnight to keep them thick. Preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs vegetable oil
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbs cornstarch
2 1/2 -2 3/4 cups flour
Water (might need a tbs or 2 if dough seems too dry)
Cinnamon sugar mixture
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil, powdered sugar, egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Add a tbs or 2 of water if dough seems too dry. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Spray the bottom of a drinking glass with pam. Dip bottom of glass in sugar. Slightly flatten. Sprinkle top of cookie with cinnamon sugar. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Changing things up with a non chocolate treat today – lemon sugar cookies with lemon frosting. And I stepped it up by using lemon juice from actual lemons, as opposed to bottled lemon juice.
Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from their respective bags into your measuring cups so you get the right amount. I also recommend chilling the individual doughs to keep them from spreading too much. And, preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 plus 2 tbs vegetable oil
1/2 cup plus 2 tbs sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs powdered sugar
1 tsp water
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs lemon zest
1 egg
2 3/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt
Direction – in a bowl, cream butter, vegetable oil, sugar, and powdered sugar. blend in lemon juice, zest and eggs. Fold in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Spray the bottom of a drinking glass with pam and gently flatten cookies (not too flat). Sprinkle with sugar.
Chill a few hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Kine a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
These are a fun cookie. A chocolate sugar cookie made with black cocoa (regular unsweetened cocoa is fine to use too). You roll the dough into balls, gently smash them down and then sprinkle with sugar before baking.
Cookie dough topping
Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from their containers so you get the right amount. I advise chilling the smashed individual doughs for a few hours before baking. And you can frost these however you want. I used a homemade oreo filling, cookie dough and peanut butter filling. And topped them all with melted milk chocolate chips.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 Eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 tbs Water
5 1/2 cups flour
I cup Black cocoa
3/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, sugar, powdered sugar and vwgetable oil. Blend in eggs, water and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Spray the bottom of a glass with pam and gently flatten doughs a bit. Sprinkle with sugar. You may have to re-spray bottom of glass a few times. Chill doughs a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Frost as desired. Store in covered container.
These are super simple and are done in no time. just a few ingredients. No chilling of the dough necessary. While they would be fine on their own, I had some extra fluff filling so I made them into cookie sandwiches.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 tbs flour
2 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix brownie mix, flour, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla. Blend in chips. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Stagger on prepared sheet. Bake 11 to 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. These are fine on their own, or you can make them into sandwich cookies..
I could not decide between making brownies or chocolate chip cookies, so I made both – brookies! And I topped them with melted milk chocolate! These were not too hard to bake… just took a little more time because I made two doughs.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also make sure your oven is preheated before baking.
Brownies ingredients list
1/2 cup butter
1 1/3 cups chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tbs vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tps salt
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup flour
4 tbs cocoa
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a saucepan over low heat, combine and melt butter and 1 1/3 cups chocolate chips stirring occasionally until smooth. Add sugar, then eggs, one at a time and blend well. Stir in vanilla and oil. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Line a 9×9 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Evenly spread batter in prepared pan. Set aside.
Cookie ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cornstarch
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add vanilla and egg. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Scoop out spoonfuls of dough and gently place in spots on top. Spread evenly with spatula. Bake 25 to 28 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Top with melted chocolate.
cookies by christine 