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Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 30, 2013

Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies- mix in chopped up Snickers bars into chocolate chip cookie dough to make some epic candy loaded cookies.

Post from 12/30/13, pictures updated 8/24/18

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Candy and cookies are pretty cool. But candy inside cookies are ever better.

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Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Bars, and Candy, Recipes Tagged With: candy, candy in cookies, chocolate chips, cookies, semi-sweet chocolate chips, snickers, Snickers candy bars, Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 16, 2013

Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

It was so chilly the other night that I couldn’t help but thinking of how summer is winding down and that I just have to deal with it. Fall is approaching whether I want it to or not. Don’t get me wrong, I love fall, but it’s that evil winter that follows that hurts. But on the positive side turning on the oven for roasting and baking will warm the house and smells will fill it up with love.

While I had really considered making meat pasties, a Michigan favorite, I couldn’t resist making another sweet cherry treat for this week’s edition of Sprint Cup Snacks for this weekend’s race at Michigan International Speedway. Especially since I’ve been craving sweets lately. So the idea of the sweet smell of cherries filling up the house was just too irresistible to pass up.

I had so much fun looking up desserts using cherries and while the idea of making coffee cake, blondies, and hand pies all sounded awesome I decided on making cookies. I have had cookies on the mind for weeks so I finally got to stretch my baking legs and but my mixer to use.

These Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies are some big cookies! I don’t think anything gets better than big fresh from the oven cookies. Well, maybe world peace but cookies can be homemade in under an hour so let’s just go with that. So grab a big glass of milk and a cookie (or a few) and enjoy!!

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Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes about 24 large cookies

Ingredients

  • 4 1/4 ounces cake flour (1 cup)
  • 4 1/4 ounces all purpose flour (1 cup)
  • 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoons Kosher salt
  • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 5 ounces light brown sugar (scant 3/4 cups packed)
  • 4 ounces granulated sugar (1 cup, plus 3 tablespoons)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 8 oz white chocolate chips
  • 5 oz dried cherries

Process

  1. Preheat theoven to 350 degrees. Line insulated baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
  2. Sift the flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl with a wire whisk. Set aside.
  3. In bowl of electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until very light, about five minutes. Add in the egg and vanilla extract, mix well. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the white chocolate chips and dried cherries with rubber spatula.
  4. Use a cooking scoop or spoons to drop dough onto prepared baking sheet. Bake 13-15 minutes, or until golden brown and set in the middle.
  5. Allow cookies to cool on sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling racks to cool completely.

Sourced from Amanda’s Cookin’

Filed Under: Cherry, Christmas, Cookies, Bars, and Candy, Recipes Tagged With: cherries, Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies, cookies, dried cherries, michigan, michigan international speedway, sprint cup snacks, white chocolate, white chocolate chip cookies, white chocolate chips

Peppermint Chip Brownies

December 19, 2012

Peppermint Chip Brownies will get you in the season with the irresistible combination of mint and chocolate flavors. Be sure to make some for Santa too!

post from 12/19/12, pictures updated 12/9/18

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I’ve been such a horrible slacker this holiday season. I am behind with everything, but really, I think I always am. So, no difference than the norm then! ha!

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Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Bars, and Candy, Recipes Tagged With: andes chips, andes peppermint chips, brownies, chocolate, chocolate chips, Holiday Baking, peppermint, peppermint brownies

Caramel Chocolate Kiss Cookies

December 10, 2012

Caramel Chocolate Kiss Cookies

So Price and I are having some issues lately. It all boils down to the impulses I have related to buying tons of candy for cookies and other treats and his impulses to eat every candy that comes into the house. I can barely care that we have baskets full of candies like m&m’s, peanut butter cups, and kisses at arms reach. But for Price and his sweet tooth it’s pure torture. So he stares longingly at the bags and bags of candy that hang around until I get a chance to incorporate them into some baking. And he knows that if he eats that candy before I get around to baking… trouble. ha!

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When I got around to making these I thought he was going to do some cart wheels in the living room. Or maybe a Carl Edward’s like back flip off the sofa. I have to put him to work every now and then so I got Pricer involved to squish the kisses into the just baked cookies.  And then in a blink he was trying a freshly baked cookie. They are best warm from the oven since the center caramel is soft and melty. To enjoy that after they have cooled just pop them in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.

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I adapted the Cookie Trio recipe to create the cookie base part. I browsed all of the different cookie recipes on Hershey’s to figure out the recipe to use with the Caramel Kisses. I wanted to keep things simple so I kept with a chocolate base to pair well with the chocolate and chocolate candy. The result are a pop-able bite sized cookie that is perfect for  the holidays, cookie swaps, and bake sales.

Caramel Chocolate Kiss Cookies

Makes 48 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine , softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1  egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 48  Hershey’s caramel kisses, unwrapped

Process

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.
  3. Cream together the butter, shortening and sugar.  Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Gradually beat the flour mixture into butter mixture.
  4. Divide the dough mixture into 4 equal portions. Then from each portion create 12 1-inch balls. Place each ball on the parchment lined baking sheets.
  5. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are just set. Remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of the cookie. Cool 1 minute prior to removing to cool on a wire rack.

Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Bars, and Candy, Recipes Tagged With: blossom cookies, caramel, caramel kisses, chocolate, chocolate cookies, cookies, hershey's, hershey's kisses

Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

February 14, 2011

These Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are so easy to make that you’ll be saying “Ta-Dah!”. You’ll also be amazing at how quickly they disappear. Yum!

Post from 2/4/18, Pictures updated 8/22/18

Do you know people who don’t cook?

I didn’t think people like that really existed, but my friend Dawn does not cook.

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Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Bars, and Candy, Recipes Tagged With: cheesecake, chocolate chip, cookie bars, cookie dough, cream cheese, easy dessert bar

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