Cookie Dough Truffles On A Stick

When I first started browsing on pinterest, one of the first things I saw were cookie dough truffles. After seeing those delicious looking treats I told myself I will have to make them real soon especially since I love cookie dough. I decided that they would be the perfect thing for me to make for Valentine's Day for my coworkers. I was going to make them as the recipe showed but I decided to put sticks in them instead. That way it will make it a little easier for me to dip as well as for everyone to grab them off of the plate. I have a feeling that stick or no stick these tasty treats will not last long at all. They taste exactly like cookie dough and the best thing is there is no egg in them so they are safe to eat, just not safe for the waist line. :) I hope you enjoy these as much as I did and as much as my coworkers will tomorrow :)

Cookie Dough Truffles On A Stick

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, room temperature

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup milk

1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

14 oz dark chocolate candy coating

Beat butter and sugars and in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt and mix on low speed until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.

Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.

When dough is firm enough to handle, form dough into 1" balls and arrange on a baking sheet. Place sticks into each ball and place in freezer and let chill for 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate candy coating in microwave according to package directions. Holding on to the tip of the stick, dip cookie balls into candy coating to cover and return to baking sheets. Chill until set.

Recipe from Love And Olive Oil

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Tiny Fudge Tarts

Any one who knows me knows that I graduated from college with a degree in history. I love learning about how some things came to be and lately I have taken a liking into antiques. Growing up I didn't really care for going to antique stores, in fact I thought they were quite boring. Now I find them very interesting and I love looking at all the items that they have in store. Well recently my co-worker Michelle has been giving me some very interesting antiques that I love. First she gave me a copper cookie press that has never been used with all of the attachments. Then she gave me an old cookbook called Betty Crocker's Cooky Book. In fact the cookie that I am posting today called Tiny Fudge Tarts came from that cook book. The other items she gave me was an old flour sifter and four issues of The Saturday Evening Post ranging from 1914 to 1920. Tomas and I have been enjoying reading the Evening Post. It is very interesting seeing the ads and what people were interested in during that time period. I really appreciate all the things Michelle has given me, so in return I am going to make her something nice. I would give her the cookies I just made from the book, but they didn't come out looking nice. They taste great, but because I didn't seal their edges well enough, they opened up and look kind of funny. I guess that means more cookies for us. I will think of something nice to make for her later. :)

The Saturday Evening Post

An up close look of the delicious but not so attractive Tiny Fudge Tarts.


Tiny Fudge Tarts

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Fudge Filling

1/4 cup butter
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup coconut

Preheat the oven to 350*F. Mix flour and salt; cut in the butter. Sprinkle with water and vanilla; mix well. Using 1/2 of the dough at a time, roll out to 1/16" thick on a board generously sprinkled with sugar. Cut into 2 1/2" squares. Spread 1 teaspoon of the fudge filling in center of each square. Bring the corners to the center and seal together. Place sealed side up on an ungreassed baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

To make the fudge filling combine all the filling ingredients until combined.

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Peanut Butter Truffle Cookies

It has been a while since I made anything yummy lately. I ended up getting sick about a week ago, therefore I was not able to make anything. Then I have just been to busy as well as lazy to do anything. But Tonight that changed because I was craving something sweet really bad, especially since someone polished off my ice cream that I was looking forward to all day. But I guess things happen for the reason because I I had ice cream then there would have been no cookies. I didn't know what I wanted to make at first, all I know is that I wanted chocolate to be one of the ingredients but I only had less than a cup of chocolate chips left in my cabinet. I ended up pulling out one of my cookbooks I forgot I had. That cookbook is called The Magic of Peanut Butter, put out by Skippy peanut butter. While thumbing through the pages I came across one called truffle cookies. Not only did the title catch my attention, it was also the fact that it only called for 1/2 cup chocolate chips. I was sold. I got up right away and made myself a batch. I must make my cookies too big though because I only ended up with 2 dozen and the recipe says it make 4 dozen. But no matter what the size, they came out great. And since they called for very little ingredients and were very easy to make, I will definitely be making them again shortly, especially since I didn't end up with too many. Well I hope you enjoy them as much as we have here, and let me just say there is probably only a dozen left now. :)

Peanut Butter Truffle Cookies

1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350*F. In a small bowl combine all the ingredients except the chocolate chips until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips until combined. Drop by rounded teaspoon on to an ungreassed cookie sheet. Bake 9 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Remove to cooling racks and enjoy. :)

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Soft Sugar Cookies

It has been a long time since my last post. Part of it had to do with the fact that I went out of town for business. But I am back and well rested and ready to post on my blog again. While away I bought myself a new cookbook, which happened to be on clearance which is probably why I bought it. Anyways the book I bought was The Taste of Home Cookbook and it is full of great recipes that I can't wait to try. Today I tried my first recipe out of the book which was for the soft sugar cookies. They remind me of the soft sugar cookies you can buy at the grocery store, which I absolutely love. So which is why I could not resist making them, and I do not regret one bit. I will be making these for sure in the future.

Soft Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Frosting

1/4 cup butter, softened

3 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons hot water

Sprinkles, optional

Preheat the oven to 350*F. In a large mixing bow, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on an ungreassed baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. To make frosting combine all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and blend until it is fully blended. If you want you can add food coloring at this point or you can keep it white. Gently spread the frosting on to the cookies and sprinkle the sprinkles of your choice on top. Serve and enjoy :)

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Chocolate and Vanilla Sugar Cookie Hearts

I just love Valentine's Day, in fact I would have to say that it is probably one of my favorite holiday's. I always liked the holiday, but I loved it even more once I began dating my wonderful boyfriend Tomas. Besides the whole love thing, I also love this holiday because it involves hearts. Because I love hearts so much I decided to make cookies in the shape of hearts, but I decided to take it one more step further and cut heart shape holes in the center of the cookies and replace with a different color heart shape. My mom gave me this idea for the cookies back during my high school years, but I never made them because I didn't have anyone to make them for until I started dating Tomas, whom I have been with for four wonderful years and counting. I look forward to the many more Valentine's Days that we will spend together. :)

Chocolate and Vanilla Sugar Cookie Hearts

1 package of Betty Crocker Cookie mix (as well as the ingredients listed on the back of the package).

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Preheat the oven to 375*F. Prepare the cookies according to the package directions. Split the dough in half and mix the cocoa powder into one half of the dough. Turn one of the doughs onto a floured surface and roll to a 1/4 inch thickness. Using a medium sized heart cookie cutter cut heart shapes out of the dough. Then take a small heart cookie cutter and cut a small heart out of the center of the larger heart and set aside. Do the same to the other half of the cookie dough. Place the larger heart cookies on the ungreassed cookie sheets and then place the opposite color little hearts in the centers of the larger hearts. Bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy.

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Snickerdoodles

January 28th was my mom's birthday. So to celebrate I went home to Atwater to spend the day with her. I was going to make a cake for her, but she decided that this year she wanted an ice cream cake from Baskin Robins. Since I still wanted to make something special for her I decided to make her favorite cookies, Snickerdoodles. I found the recipe on Allrecipes.com and it had nothing but great reviews, so I decided that this will be the one I will try. They came out great, even though I purposely forgot the baking soda because I could not find it anywhere and of course I found it after I was done baking. Other than the cookies my Mom had a great birthday and we all had lots of fun hanging out.

Snickerdoodles

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

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Mint Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookie Cups

I have a new obsession lately, and that obsession happens to be mint chocolate chip. I don't know where it started but I cannot get enough of it. I am already on my second tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream and different recipes keep running through my head on what I can do to create the flavor of mint chocolate chip. One of those recipes happen to be the one I am sharing right now. I found a bag of Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate and Mint Morsels and I thought that they would be perfect for my addiction. Well I was right they came out pretty good. There was one small issue though. That problem was some of the cookies came out dry, but that was my own fault because I left the first batch in there two long because I didn't know if they were done or not. So if you make them, then take them out when the timer goes off and not any longer.

Mint Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookie Cups

2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Dark Chocolate & Mint Morsels

1/8 cup white chocolate chips melted

Preheat the oven to 325° F. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Drop by well-rounded tablespoons into an ungreassed mini muffin pans.Gently push your thumb down the centers of the cookie creating a well. Bake for 12 -15 minutes. Remove and drop some of the morsels into each of the wells that you previously made. If the well is no longer visible, then gently press your thumb down the center again. Using a fork and butter knife gently lift the cookies out of the pan and transfer to a cooling rack. Drizzle some melted white chocolate across the tops. Serve and enjoy. :)

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Turtle Cookies

A while back I was shopping with my mom and I came across these caramel balls in the baking isle. They are called caramel bits and they are put out by Kraft. When I saw them I started to think of all the things I could do with them, with these turtle cookies being one of them. The first time I made them was a disaster. I could not get the cookies off the pan after they were done baking. That was because the caramel would stick to the pan once they cooled off. Therefore I baked the rest of them on parchment paper, it made it easier to remove from the pan as well as easier clean up. Well I hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Oh and if you cannot find the caramel bits in the store you can always cut up the individual wrapped caramel squares. Have fun :)

Turtle Cookies

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup caramel bits

Preheat the oven to 375° F. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips, chopped pecans, and caramel bits. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets. Remove to wire racks to cool and enjoy.

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Elephant Ears (Palmiers)

I was bored on my lunch break the other day so I began to look at a Good Housekeeping magazine that I saw on our break room table. While flipping through the pages I saw a recipe for elephant ears and I got really excited. I remember eating these growing up and liking them a lot. So I went to the store and picked up one of the two ingredients needed and I got busy. When baking them pay close attention to them because they can easily burn. Other than that these are very simple to make and I hope you enjoy them as much as have and always will.

Elephant Ears (Palmiers)

2 cups sugar

1 package (17 1/4 oz ) frozen puffed pastry, thawed.

Preheat the oven to 450*F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Pour 1 cup mixture onto work surface. Unfold 1 sheet puff pastry onto sugar mixture; pour another 1/2 cup mixture on top, spreading it evenly onto the pastry. With rolling pin, lightly roll dough into 13-inch square, pressing sugar into pastry on top and bottom. Fold two sides of square toward center so edges are halfway to middle. Fold again so the two folds meet exactly at middle of dough. Then fold one half over other half as though closing a book. (You will have 6 layers.) Cut dough crosswise into 3/8-inch-thick slices; place slices, cut side up, 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 6 minutes or until caramelized and lightly browned. Using a metal spatula or two forks flip each cookie over and bake for another 4 minutes until caramelized and browned on that side as well. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool and enjoy.

Here is a photo of how they look cut and placed on the pan.

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Gingerbread House

This year I thought it would be fun to make a gingerbread house. For years now I have wanted to make one, but I have never actually sat down and made one. So this year I wanted to make sure that I finally sat down and make one. I also wanted to make the gingerbread myself instead of buying the kit, even though the kits would have been way easier. Going into this I had no idea how time consuming making a gingerbread house was. It took me so long to roll and cut the gingerbread pieces that I didn't even decorate it until days later. I had fun decorating it but then that was time consuming too and I didn't have time to put a lot of time into decorating it. So for my first gingerbread house I think I did an ok job. Next year I will plan out my time better.

Gingerbread House

1 cup (2 sticks) butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup unsulphred molasses

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup all purpose flour

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add and stir in the sugar and molasses until sugar is dissolved and is no longer gritty. Remove from heat and set aside to cool to lukewarm. In a separate bowl whisk together the 4 1/2 cups flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in the lukewarm butter mixture, and beat to blend everything together. Work in the 1/2 cup of flour beating until the dough forms a ball ands pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Remove the dough from the bowl and knead 3 or 4 times on the counter until smooth and pliable. Wrap well and refrigerate until dough is cool. After refrigerating roll out and cut out house shaped pieces or gingerbread men pieces. Bake in a 350*F oven for about 12-15 minutes or until color darkens.

Royal Frosting

3 tablespoons Meringue powder

4 cups sifted powder sugar

7 tablespoons lukewarm water

Place meringue powder and powder sugar in a bowl, mix until blended. Add water and mix for 7-10 minutes at low speed until the icing loses its sheen. Place in a piping bag or a ziploc bag with a corner snipped off. Buy various candies and decorate the house however you like.

Gingerbread recipe comes the Joy of Cooking cookbooks and the Royal Frosting recipe comes from Wilton.

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Mini Chip Snowball Cookies

Now today is actually national chocolates day but I forgot and ended up making cookies instead, but at least there is chocolate in the cookies. Well anyways I was craving something sweet, but I didn't know what I wanted to make. So I first went to my pantry to see what I had, then I visited verybestbaking.com. While searching around I came across these really good looking cookies and it just so happened that I had all the ingredients as well. Lately every time I go into the kitchen to bake something I find out that I no longer have anymore of the ingredients and I usually don't find this out until I have already mixed some of the ingredients together. This usually happens because I have roommates and I never know if they finished the items until I need to use them myself. Well let me get back to these delicious cookies. They are called Mini Chip Snowball Cookies and they are so amazing. As they were coming out of the oven I kept sampling them. I think I eventually ended up eating ten by the time they were done. My boyfriend Tomas loved them as well, he ate a bunch too but not as bad as me. Well I hope you enjoy these delicious bites and don't say I didn't warn you can't stop eating them yourself. :)

Mini Chip Snowball Cookies
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups (12 oz package) semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
powdered sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 375*F. Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in the flour, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Shape level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place on an ungreassed cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set and lightly browned. Remove from oven and after a couple of minutes transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. Dust some powdered sugar on top and enjoy. :)

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White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter Cookies

Just about every day there is a National Food Holiday that one could celebrate. Therefore, I decided that it would be fun if I select some of these food holidays and create a recipe to go with it on my blog. I am not going to do all of them though because some of the holidays celebrate food that I don't like, and that would just be too much work. Sometimes i may even provide some fun facts that are related to the food of the day, but that all depends on how much time I have.

Anyways, let me begin with today's food holiday, there is actually more than one today, but I am going to celebrate National Homemade Cookies Day. To celebrate this day I made White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter Cookies. And let me just say these cookies are wonderful. As I was shopping with my mom the other day I saw some peanut butter that caught my eye. It is put out by a company called Peanut Butter & Co and the it was called White Chocolate Wonderful; it is a peanut butter with flecks of white chocolate throughout it. When I got home I tried some and decided that I must make peanut butter cookies with this. They came out so good and they are also a great way to celebrate National Homemade Cookie Day.

White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks butter)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter (or regular peanut butter )

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 package White Chocolate Chips

Preheat the oven to 375*F. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside. Beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter in a mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture a little bit at a time. Add in the white chocolate chips, Drop by rounded teaspoon on to a ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Here is an image of the cookies with the wonderful peanut butter.

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Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies

The other day I saw that my mom made oatmeal cookies and posted it on her blog. After seeing her post I really wanted some oatmeal cookies as well. I usually make the ones that she made, but I followed a different recipe this time. I followed the recipe on the back of the bag of Hershey's cinnamon chips. These cinnamon chips are so delicious, but they are also hard to come by. The only place we found them were at Winco, but they stopped carrying them. So I recommend that if you ever see these in the store you should by a few bags because they are so good. They also go good in other baked goods as well. If you can't find the cinnamon chips you can use chocolate chips instead for this cookie recipe or you can just leave them out entirely. Well I hope you enjoy these no matter how you decide to make them. :)






Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2½ cups quick-cooking oats
1 package cinnamon chips (or chocolate chips)
¾ cup raisins

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in oats, cinnamon chips (or chocolate chips) and raisins. Drop by heaping teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool. Transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy :)

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Balls

After work the other day I wanted to make something yummy, but I had no idea what I wanted to make. Well I started to think about cake truffles, but I didn't want cake. So I started to wonder if there was some kind of cookie ball or truffle out there. While I was searching through recipes on Allrecipes.com I came across this simple and delicious recipe called Peanut Butter Cookie Balls. These little tasty treats are so easy to make they are also so good I ate quite a few when I was done. And as usual they didn't last long in my house because when I came home from work today, they were all gone. Well I hope you enjoy. :)

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Balls

1 cup crushed graham crackers

2 cups powdered sugar

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup chocolate chips

In a bowl combine all ingredients with your hands. Roll into balls and enjoy

If you desire you can roll the balls in powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs or whatever you would like. Also if the the the dough is too sticky to roll into balls, then refrigerate until in become a little more manageable.

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Honey Graham S'mores

I have been so exhausted this week since my boyfriend Tomas and I got back from Disneyland and California Adventure. We had such a great time it was hard to go back to work. I can't wait until we get to go again. Well anyways lately have have had an obsession with S'mores. Last time I posted a recipe last time for S'more Bars, this time I have a recipe for Honey Graham S'mores. I found this recipe on the side of my Sunny Select Honey Grahams cereal box. These squares came out really good. They definitely did not last long in our house. If I did not make myself a small bag to take to work then I would have lucked out because they were gone when I woke up. Well I hope you enjoy these as much as we did. :)

Honey Graham S'mores

5 tbsp butter or margine

6 cups miniature marshmallows, divided

1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1 tsp vanilla

8 cups honey graham cereal

Grease a 13x9inch pan and set aside. Measure out cereal into a large bowl and set aside. In a 2-quart saucepan, melt butter, 5 cups marshmallows, chocolate chips, and corn syrup over low heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; blend in vanilla. Add marshmallow mixture to the cereal, stir to coat evenly. Stir in remaining 1 cup marshmallows. Spread into the greased 13x9 inch pan. Cool completely; cut into bars and enjoy. :)

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S'mores Bars

So back on the 4th of July I posted that I would be spending it alone at home. Well that did not happen because after work I loaded my puppies in to the car and we went to Atwater to spend time with my mom and sister for the night. When I got there not only did she have a lovely dinner prepared she also made a lovely desert called S'more Bars (which she had posted her her blog earlier that day). Most of it was gone, but I got lucky that there was some left. These bars were so delicious I could not control myself and I ate every last crumb. She told me that she found the recipe on the back of the Market Pantry Honey Graham Cracker box. Since I had so many marshmallows left over from when I made the Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes, I decided that I would make myself some of those s'mores bars. Once I was finished making them I could not stop eating them. And to my surprise they were all gone when I woke up in the morning. I will definitely be making these many more times because they are so delicious. Enjoy :)

S'mores Bars

12 (5x2 ½-inch) graham crackers
¾ cup butter
¾ cup packed brown sugar
3 cups miniature marshmallows
4 milk chocolate candy bars, broken into pieces (I used about ¾ cup chocolate chips instead)

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 15x10x1-inch jelly-roll pan with aluminum foil leaving a 1-inch overhang on the ends; spray foil with cooking spray. Place graham crackers onto foils with side touching. Melt the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and mixture just comes to a boil, about 5 minutes. Pour evenly over crackers. Bake 5-6 minutes or until bubbly. Remove pan from oven; sprinkle with marshmallows and chocolate pieces. Continue baking until marshmallows begin to soften, about 2-3 minutes. Cool completely. Cut into pieces and enjoy.

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Fluffernutter Cookies

These cookies are perfect for those who love peanut butter. They are so rich and delicious that you will want to have a glass of milk to go with them. Every time I make these I eat about three in one sitting. The downside to these cookies is the recipe only make one dozen, so you may want to double the recipe if you have a lot of family and friends that come to your house often. This recipe is another recipe that I found on the blog Picky Palate. If you ever get a chance check out her blog, she has lots of great ideas when it comes to cooking. Well hope you enjoy these delicious cookies as much as I did. :)

FlufferNutter Cookies
1 cup Peanut Butter
1 egg
1 cup marshmallow fluff

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a bowl combine the peanut butter and egg until combined. Using a spoon stir in the marshmallow fluff until slightly combined, leaving swirls of marshmallow showing. Drop by spoonfuls onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until slightly browned. Makes about 1 dozen.

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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cookies

I was searching a really fun blog called Picky Palate the other day and the creator of the blog posted a chocolate chip cookie recipe using an ingredient that I would have never thought of. That special ingredient was vanilla ice cream. So I gave it a try and the cookies came out great. They came out thick, soft and chewy. I was even nice enough to make a nice plate of them for some friends of ours. Well hope you enjoy them as much as we all did. :)

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cookies

2 sticks softened butter
1 Cup granulated sugar
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 Tablespoons pure vanilla
Heaping 1/2 Cup vanilla ice cream (frozen from container)
4 Cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 bag chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a stand or electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined. Add in ice cream until combined. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl; mix. Add to wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips; mix until just combined. With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are cooked through. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

I was craving something chocolaty the other day, but I didn't know what I wanted. Therefore I pulled out a couple of my cookbooks and began to flip through them. When I came across the recipe for these chocolate peanut butter bars in my Nestle Toll House Best Loved Cookies Cookbook, I decided that I had to make them. I am so glad I did because they were absolutely delicious. Well anyways I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. :)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl. Beat the granulated sugar, peanut butter, butter, and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in 1 ¼ cups of the chocolate chips. Press into ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips; press down slightly. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely. Cut into bars and enjoy. :)

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups

I have been thinking about these cookies for a couple of days now, and today was the first time I had the time to actually make them. When I went into the kitchen to start making them I ran into a small dilemma, I was out of flour and brown sugar. After debating if I should go to the store or not, I finally decided that I should go. So I loaded my puppies into the car and we took a mall road trip. Well anyways let me talk about the cookie. This delicious cookie is very easy to make. All you need is a miniature cupcake pan, chocolate chips, and your favorite peanut butter cookie recipe (or you can use the one I provided below). I hope you enjoy this yummy treat. :)

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups

1¼ cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons ground cinnamon

¾ (1 ½ sticks) cup butter

½ cup sugar

½ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. Beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter in a mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture a little bit at a time. Drop by rounded tablespoons into an ungreased miniature cupcake pan. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and place a small amount of chocolate chips into the center of each cookie cup. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Enjoy.

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