The second treat for our game 4 win – extra large puffy peanut butter cookies rolled in sugar. Sometimes in the playoffs, the victory treat game must be stepped up.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup peanuts, finely ground
Perfectly puffy!
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and peanut butter. Add eggs and vanilla.. blend in dry ingredients then peanuts. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Roll in extra sugar. 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 minutes, no longer.
For our game four win in Montreal last night, which tied up the series 1-1, I present Sabres sugar cookies. What makes them Sabres sugar cookies – the blue and yellow sugar sprinkled on top.
Last night was stressful, but the result was worth it. A lot of penalties called. Our guys need to be more disciplined moving forward, for sure.
These are easy to make and require no chill time. They do use cake flour though.
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 shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 egg
2 cups plus 3 tbs cake flour
1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, cream shortening, sugar and powdered sugar. Add 1/2 egg and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough, roll into balls and slightly flatten. Stagger on prepared sheet. Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake 10 minutes, no longer. Cool completely and store in covered container.
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
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.
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 classic cookie is what I opted to bake for my week 11 Bills victory cookies – chocolate chip. This has not been a season for as many victory cookies as past years, but I take wins when we get ’em. So I baked cookies at 830 tonight. Yikes!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount, chill your individual cookie dough a few hours before baking. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so oven cycles to the right temp before baking.
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tbs vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tep salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and vegetable oil. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on prepared sheets. Bake 9 to 11 minutes. Cookies will be a little undercooked on top, but bottoms will be browned. Cool completely. Chill in fridge to help cookies firm up. Store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by today! I wish you a day of joy, peace and love. Remember to be kind. Go Bills!
I figured I would up my treats game with the NFL super wildcard weekend. The Bills win over the Patriots was the best game I ever saw played by a Bills team. Just about everything went right and Josh Allen was flawless. Such a performance deserves a special cookie. So I present the smores whoopie pie – a Graham cracker cookie, fluff filling and melted chocolate on top. Each cookie is 1/4 cup of dough. The final whoopie pie is quite large, so next time I may only use 2 tbs dough for each cookie. Although I don’t expect any complaints at work with XL cookies
A few reminders – let your butter soften on the countertop for 45 minutes to an hour. Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. Preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking So your ovem cycles to the right temp.
Ingredients for cookies
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
2 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. In a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients, including Graham cracker crumbs. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Slightly flatten. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. These are kind of hard to tell when they are done, but you don’t want to overcook them in the oven. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup marshmallow fluff
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Milk
Directions – blend fluff and butter. Mix in powdered sugar. Add a little milk if filling seems too thick. Now for the assembly.
Place a cookie, flatside upTop with a dollop of fillingPlace another cookie, flatside down, on topFrost with melted chocolate
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy. And I hope the Bills win 3 straight games these playoffs!
The Bills got their first win of the season today in Miami, so victory Monday treats are in order. I went with fudge brownies topped with a fudgy frosting with crushed Oreos. A little over the top for only week 2, but I like to set the bar high.
Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking to make sure your oven heats up to the right temperature. Also, spoon your flour from your flour bag into you measuring cup so you get the right amount (and so the same with your baking cocoa)
All that chocolatey goodness!
Ingredients
12 tbs butter (1 1 /2 sticks)
1/3 cup chocolate chips
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tbs vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup baking cocoa
1 /2 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions -preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a microwave safe bowl, heat butter and chocolate chips in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Fold in flour, salt, and baking cocoa. Mix in chips. Mixture will be thick. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center basically comes out clean. Cool completely.
Topping ingredients
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
6 tbs heavy cream
2 cups powdered sugar
12 oreos, crushed
Directions – in a microwave safe bowl,melt both kinds of chocolate chips with heavy cream in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Blend in powdered sugar. Fold in Oreos. Frost brownies. Cut into squares. Store in covered container.
Rob, my chief taste tester, decided the brownie needed some marshmallow fluff
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful day, filled with all good things. And, remember to be kind. The world needs more kindness!
This could not be just any great for THIS victory Monday. The Buffalo Bills are back in the AFC Championship game for the first time since 1993. So this calls for something spectacular. Rob asked what I was planning (despite having 2 treats in the freezer bc I forgot to bring them in to work). I told him to pick something, so he chose devil dogs with fudge topping. Done. These use a cake mix. I added baking cocoa to make them extra chocolatey, but you can sub in 1/2 cup flour if you prefer.
Devil dog cake ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup baking cocoa (or flour)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
Directions – preheat oven to 350 for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, combine cake mix, cocoa, water, oil and eggs. Scoop out 1/4 cup batter and place on sheet. Spread into a rectangle. Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Cool completely.
Filling ingredients
1/2 cup butter, soft
1 1/2 cups fluff
3 cups powdered sugar
Heavy cream or milk
Directions – cream butter and fluff. Slowly add powdered sugar. Add enough milk or cream to get the consistency you want. Spread between 2 devil dogs. set aside
Fudge frosting ingredients
1 stick butter
1/3 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions – over low -medium heat, bring butter, evaporated milk, and sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add chips. Stir until melted. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes. Spoon over devil dogs. Store in covered container.
Cake mix cookies stuffed with chocolate chip cookies
So the chocolate chip cookie bars I made yesterday didn’t seem to be enough to bring to work to celebrate the first Bills playoff win in 25 years. So I cut them up into tiny pieces and put some in a cake mix cookie and some in a brownie cookie. And I sprinkled them with powdered sugar, just to be fancy. This is the cake mix cookie recipe.
Cake mix cookie ingredients
1 cake mix (any flavor)
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
2-3 tbs water, milk or heavy cream
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. combine ingredients. (I ended up using my hands to make sure everything got mixed together). Scoop out 1/4 cup of dough and divide in half. Flatten one half, top with a chocolate chip cookie. Flatten other half and place on top.
Seal edges. Bake 9 to 12 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
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