The Girl Scout Cookies are long gone, but that doesn’t mean my cravings for Thin Mints will stop! Luckily, they’re super easy to make and you don’t even have to be guilted into spending $5 a box from little girls flashing their big smiles at you. I will warn you, once these are made, they will be gone immediately. I only got to enjoy about 4 cookies before my visiting family members ate them all. I guess I’ll have to bake another batch… oh no… Ingredients for 30-40 cookies: • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 1 cup sugar • 1 egg • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract • 1 cup flour • 1/2 cup cocoa • 1/2 tsp. salt • 1 bag of mint &…
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As someone that loves to bake and think up new and interesting recipes… there are times where I don’t want to make my same ol’ recipe and am far too lazy to think of a new one. These are the moments I check out my Pinterest boards and bake someone else’s great recipe! I’ve come across some amazing and creative ideas on Pinterest, anyone that doesn’t have an account, I highly recommend it. On this particular afternoon, I just wanted some chocolate chip cookies. I looked through the rows and rows of what looked like good cookie recipes, but one definitely caught my eye. With a caption like “The fluffiest, chewiest, most amazing chocolate chip cookies–all thanks to a very surprising ingredient!” I knew…
The holiday must-have for my family is definitely the peanut butter blossoms. I enjoy making these so much because they’re simple to make and everybody enjoys them. Another great thing about the recipe is that you can easily axe the Hershey Kisses and make regular peanut butter cookies. I’m happy to add that I finally have a tripod! Even better… it was free! I was taking family photos at my parent’s house on Thanksgiving and my dad whipped out a tripod that I’ve never seen before. He mentioned that they hadn’t used it in over 5 years, so I gently suggested that it would be a great early Christmas gift to me… he agreed! The less fortunate news, I didn’t exactly take photos with…
Ever since my little sister and I were born, my Grandma has lived in Florida. We’d fly out every Christmas to spend the holiday with her and the rest of the family. Once we were a bit older, we decided to alternate flying her out here and us out there, but during the summer time. South Florida in the summer is a mistake, but we love her very much, so it’s worth it. Since she couldn’t see us for Christmas, she would send us tins and tins filled with her homemade cookies and candies. It was something we all looked forward to, even more than any Christmas present. All the fudge, chocolate walnut cookies, jubilee jumbos, lemon tarts and buckeyes we could eat. Buckeyes…
Homemade chocolate chip cookies are one of the simple pleasures that just make life worth living… or sometimes you just need a good classic treat. I was all set to whip up some good ol’ chocolate chip cookies, but figured I may as well tweak the recipe a bit. I wanted to make sure that I created a moist, gooey cookie. Perhaps I’d melt the better, instead of using it softened and axe the egg, but throw in a little something special. Ah, what do we have here in the fridge? A pack of cream cheese. There’s no way this could turn out badly and I was certainly correct! I must say, I didn’t really taste the cream cheese in the cookies at all,…
Ever notice that cookie dough usually tastes better than the cookie? Why is this!? Such a trick! Good thing we could easily make a cookie dough snack, as long as we take out the egg. I wasn’t sure how well these would turn out, so I used small measurements and some left over butterscotch chips. This recipe made 18 small pops. By all means, double or triple this recipe to create more of these small pops or to make larger pops. Ingredients: • 1/4 cup butter (softened) • 1/4 cup sugar • 1/4 cup brown sugar • 1 tbs. milk • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract • 3/4 cup flour • Dash o’ salt • 1/2 cup butterscotch chips • 1/2 cup melted white chocolate…
The cookie cravings attack again! Red velvet cake is awesome, so why wouldn’t red velvet cookies be just as awesome? I went with a more cakey consistency for the cookies, as well as tossing in some white chocolate chips and chopped almonds. Keep reading for the recipe! Ingredients: • 1 cup butter (softened) • 1 1/2 cup sugar • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa • 1/2 tsp. salt • 2 cups flour • 2 eggs • 1 tsp. baking soda • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract • 1 tsp. vinegar • 1 cup white chocolate chips • 1 (2oz) bag almonds (chopped) • 1 1/2 tsp. red food color (if desired) Preheat the oven to 350F. Smash/chop up the almonds (unless you purchased them chopped…
When I’m burnt out on my same old recipes, I do one of two things. I pull an idea out of my butt and roll with it, or if that turns out to be a disaster, I know I need some inspiration. Here’s a couple recipes that really caught my eye, not only do these items sound amazing, but they come from very talented bloggers! Check them out! 1.Bakerella’s “Baked Banana French Toast.” Who doesn’t love french toast? Especially when thick slices of fresh french bread and banana’s are involved. I have all of the ingredients and nothing will stop me from recreating Bakerella’s recipe Sunday morning! 2. Jamie from My Baking Addiction’s “Sweet and Spicy Baked Chicken Wings.” I never used to like…
I had some rolled oats lying around and figured some oatmeal cookies were in order. I didn’t have raisins or chocolate chips… but for whatever reason, I had butterscotch chips and walnuts. Good enough for me! Ingredients (this will make 2-3 dozen cookies, depending on how big you make them): • 1 cup of butter, softened • 1 cup of packed brown sugar • 1 cup of white sugar • 2 large eggs • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract • 2 cups of flour • 1 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. baking soda • 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon • 3 cups of rolled oats • 1 cup of butterscotch chips • 1 cup of chopped walnuts Preheat the oven to 350F In a…
When I was a kid, my favorite cookies were the Chips Ahoy, Chunky White Fudge cookies. I was obsessed with every bite being filled with both white and semi-sweet chocolate. Good thing they’re even better when homemade! The Ingredients: • 3 cups flour • 1 cup white bakers sugar • 1 cup packed brown sugar • 1 tsp baking powder • 1/4 tsp salt • 1 tbsp vanilla extract • 1 cup butter (softened) • 2 eggs • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips • 1 cup white chocolate chips First, preheat the oven to 350F. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl and set aside. Cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar in a medium bowl. Then pour…
