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Victory Monday NFL wildcard treat # 3 – Easy brownie cookie sandwiches

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The hat trick of treats for the Bills victory Monday- brownie cookie sandwiches.  These start with a brownie mix, also use some hot fudge.  And the filling is a basic buttercream. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, no need to chill the dough.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie mix
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 5 tbs water
  • 1/4 ,cup hot fudge (room temp)
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, combine brownie mix, flour, oil, egg and water.  Blend in hot fudge.   Fold in chips. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Scoop out 2 tbs dough.  Line cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger on sheet.  Bake 9 to 11 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Filling ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs heavy cream

In a bowl, blend powdered sugar and butter well.  Add vanilla and heavy cream.  Spoon between 2 cookies.  Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Suzy Q brownies

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I had some leftover hostess fluff filling and hostess squiggle dough after making Rob’s hostess cupcake birthday cake, so I decided to use it by making some Suzy q brownies.   You can use whatever brownie recipe you want (or peruse my blog for some) or use a mix.

For my ESPN Radio friends laboring tomorrow on Labor Day, these are for you

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie recipe baked in a 9×13 pan and cooled
  • Topping ingredients
  • Milk chocolate chips
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • Filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar
  • Water or milk
  • Squiggle ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 -2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Water or milk

Directions – cut cooled brownies into squares and set aside.   In a microwave safe bowl, microwave chocolate chips and vegetable oil in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth.  Set aside while you make the filling.

For filling – in a bowl, cream butter and fluff, blend in powdered sugar.  Add milk or water, a tsp at a time until you get the consistency you want.  Spread between 2 cooled brownie squares. Top with melted chocolate chips.  Let chocolate harden up for an hour.

For squiggle – in a bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar,and vanilla.  Add water or milk, a tsp at a time to get the consistency you want.  Scoop into a zip lock baggie and cut out a corner.  Squiggle on top of hardened chocolate.  Store in covered container.

Black Cocoa Whoopie pies

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For the final nfl regular season weekend, I am providing 2 treats for tomorrow morning at ESPN Radio. These are black cocoa whoopie pies. Black cocoa is used in oreos, so these taste like soft oreos. And I made an oreo like filling too. Woo hoo.

A reminder to scoop your flour/baking cocoa/powdered sugar from your container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Whoopie pie ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbs cornstarch

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, water and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1.5 to 2 tbs dough (I used a cookie scoop) and stagger on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 11 minutes (no longer so they don’t dry out. Cool completely.

  • Filling mixture list
  • 1/4 cup crisco
  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbs water (or more)

Directions – in a bowl, blend ingredients well. Spread between 2 cookies.

Store in covered container. Thanks for stopping by today! I’m hoping my Bills have a playoff spot clinched before we kick off against the Dolphins Sunday night.

Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

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Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

I am bringing in 3 treats to work tomorrow, in honor of the Bills 3 point win over the Dolphins today. 3 has been quite significant recently for the Bills with Damar Hamlin and his miraculous recovery. Plenty to clean up for Buffalo moving forward, but a win is a win. Onto the divisional round.

These Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies are super simple – a cake mix, water, vegetable oil, one egg, and Reese’s or oreos or other candy to stuff them with. I do recommend preheating your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. And bake no longer than 10 minutes.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cake mix (I used chocolate)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • Reese’s pb cups, unwrapped

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. In a bowl, combine cake mix, egg, water, and vegetable oil. Mix well. If you feel the dough is too dry. Add more water, one tbs at a time. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Divide equally into two pieces. Lightly flatten each half. On one flatted half, place one peanut butter cup

Place other flattened piece of dough on top. Make sure dough completely covers reeses. Stagger on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely. Store in covered container

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful day, filled with peace and joy. Go Bills!

Pretzel Buns (bread machine)

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Pretzel buns!

These are amazing! And they are pretty easy to make. I use a bread machine – dough cycle only – for these. You could probably use a stand mixer and need it (but I am not sure how much time that would involve, plus kneading dough is not my strength). I baked them in my oven.

Remember to spoon your flour from your flower bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 packet instant yeast
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – in your bread maker tin, pour in milk, water, sugar and yeast. Add flour and salt. Turn on bread machine and select dough cycle. Let it run through cycle. Spray your hands with Pam (trust me on this). Divide dough into 8 equal pieces and form into rolls. Let rise on a greased baking sheet for an hour. Preheat oven to 400 degrees for 20 minutes. In a small bowl, beat an egg and set aside. In a pot, boil 8 cups of water and two tbs baking soda. Place 2 buns doughs at a time, and boil each side for 45 seconds. Place on greased sheet. Brush with beaten egg and Sprinkle with salt. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely. Store in a freezer bag and freeze. I think the rolls would take an hour to thaw put to eat.Buns!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a day filled with love and joy and peace!

Portillo’s Chocolate cake

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Portillo’s Chocolate cake

From time to time, when I peruse chocolate cake recipes to bake, I come across the chocolate cake from Portillo’s in Chicago. It’s a restaurant known for Chicago style hot dogs, Italian beef and chocolate cake. The recipe I found on a couple different sites (including Hellman’s) uses a chocolate cake mix, eggs, water and mayonnaise (as opposed to vegetable oil). You could also add chocolate chips, but i forgot. I also went with a homemade chocolate frosting. It is 100 degrees in CT this weekend, so I kept the cake in the fridge. My hubby is not a cake person, but he loves himself some frosting and he was a fan of this frosting!

Check out the frosting!
  • Ingredients
  • 1 chocolate cake mix (i used devil’s food)
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 3 eggs,
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Spray 2 nine inch cake pans with baking spray. In a bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs and mayo. Beat on medium speed with a mixer for 2-3 minutes. Add chips. Divide evenly into prepared pans. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs. Remove from oven. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups baking cocoa
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tbs vanilla extract

Directions- combine ingredients and beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Frost cake

Thanks so much for stopping by! I wish you a day filled with peace, happiness and love.

Football Friday treats – divisional playoff weekend

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Cake mix cookies stuffed with oreos and topped with fudge frosting

The football Friday treat for NFL Divisional playoff weekend – cake mix cookies, stuffed with Oreos and topped with a fudge frosting. I think they worthy of something as big as divisional playoff weekend. Go Bills!

The only reminders I have is to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp. Also,take them out after about 10 minutes. They may not look “done,” but if you leave them in too long, they could try out. Oh, and if you don’t want the fudge frosting, you can sprinkle the warm cookies with powdered sugar instead.

Two bites by the cookie monster!
  • Cookie ingredients
  • 1 mix, any flavor (I used chocolate)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tbs water
  • Oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. In a bowl,combine cake mix, egg, oil and water. Scoop out 1 1/2 tbs dough and flatten. Top with an Oreo. Scoop out another 11/2 tbs dough and flatten. Place on top of Oreo and seal edges. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely. Makes 9 cookies.

  • Fudge topping
  • 2 tbs butter
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs sugar
  • 3 tbs evaporated milk
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions – in a saucepan, combine butter, sugar and evaporated milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture bubbles. Remove from heat. Add chips and stir smooth. Let cool 5 minutes. Frost cookies. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today! I wish you a day filled with peace, joy and love. And remember to be kind. Someone may need your kindness.