Sweets

Lots o' good desserts, especially Christmas ones!! Look here....

Motherload Cookie Bars

I think these are my heaven...

Motherload Cookie Bars

Layer 1: Sugar Cookie

•1 Roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Press sugar cookie dough into bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish that’s been lined foil and sprayed with cooking spray.

Layer 2: Double Chocolate Chip Cookie

•1/2 cup butter
•1/2 cup white sugar
•6 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
•1 egg
•1/2 tsp. vanilla
•3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. flour
•1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
•1 tsp. baking soda
•1/8 tsp. salt
•3/4 cup chocolate chips
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Slowly add egg and vanilla until well combined.

In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to wet ingredients then stir in chips. Layer over sugar cookie layer, pressing gently.

Layer 3: Peanut Butter Cookie

•1 cup creamy peanut butter
•1/2 cup granulated sugar
•1 egg
Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix until combined. Press over chocolate cookie dough.

Layer 4: Chocolate Chip Cookie

•1 stick softened butter
•1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp.granulated sugar
•1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
•1 egg
•1/2 Tbsp. pure vanilla
•1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
•1/2 teaspoon baking soda
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•1/2 bag chocolate chips plus more for drizzling
Make sure oven is preheated to 350 degrees F. In a stand or electric mixer cream the butter and sugars until well combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl; mix to combine. Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips. Spoon the dough evenly over peanut butter cookie dough but don’t press, just leave uneven. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until center of dough is cooked mostly through. Edges will be brown. I covered pan with foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.

Let cookies cool completely. Lift out of pan with edges of foil. Drizzle top with 1/2 Cup melted chocolate chips if desired. (optional)

NOTE: You can layer dough and refrigerate until ready to bake.

Perfect One Bowl Brownies

I'm a boxed brownie kind of gal...but I can't wait to try these. I got the recipe from here.

Perfect One Bowl Brownies
submitted by Melanie
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
4 eggs
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips (although I never measure--I just sprinkle them on top)

Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl melt butter in microwave, then stir in oil, sugar and cocoa. With a wooden spoon stir in the remainder of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips. Spread into a 9x13 pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top. Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. If your toothpick comes out clean you have cooked them too long! DO NOT OVERCOOK!

Chocolate Frosting

For G's birthday cake, I made two round chocolate cakes from a Betty Crocker cake mix. Then put strawberry ice cream topping in between the two layers and frosted it with a chocolate frosting I found on Allrecipes.com. Can't find it now...so sorry no link. It was SUPER good!!! I will definitely make it again for my cakes.

1/2 c (1 stick) butter/margarine
2/3 c Hershey cocoa
3 c powdered sugar
1/3 c milk
1 t vanilla

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternating add powdered sugar and milk (add more milk if needed for consistency). Stir in vanilla.

Chocolate Fudge Butterfinger Cookies

Um...these look YUMMY! I got them from here...one of my favorite recipe blogs.

Chocolate Fudge Butterfinger Cookies!

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder)
2 tsps. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

2 Full size Butterfinger Bars, crushed

1 1/2 Cups semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and use a cookie sheet with a silpat liner.

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until well combined.

3. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to wet ingredients then stir in crushed butterfinger and chocolate chips. Using a medium cookie scoop, drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 9-11 minutes, should still be soft in center. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

3 dozen cookies

Oreo Chunk Brownies

I will love someone FOREVER if they make me these. :) Don't they sound like the BEST thing ever. I'll let you know how they are when I make them (after my diet is over)

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies were excellent! They are also really good frozen!

2 1/4 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter
1/4 c. smart balance margarine (or similar high-quality marg)
3/4 c. white sugar
3/4 c. packed DARK brown sugar (I'm sure you could use dark or regular)
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1 c. heath bits
3/4 c. semi-sweet choc. chips* *you can use 1 c. choc. chips
1/4 c. white choc. chips* instead of splitting them.

Preheat oven to 375*. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Combine brown sugar, sugar, butter, margarine, and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add in eggs and beat well. Slowly add in flour mixture and mix until combined. Add in chocolate and white chocolate chips. And then mix the toffee bits until they're combined. Drop dough onto cookie sheets and bake 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.

Mock Eclair Cake

Mock Eclair Cake:

Ingredients:

3 Packages of graham crackers
3 cups of milk
1 box instant chocolate pudding
1 box instant vanilla pudding
1 8 oz tub of cool whip
1 chocolate frosting container OR frosting recipe that is below:

FROSTING:

3 TBL Butter
3 TBL Cocoa
1 1/3 cp powdered sugar
1 t. vanilla
3 TBL hot water

Mix each box of pudding with 1 1/2 cups of milk and 1/2 of the cool whip and put into seperate bowls. Layer 9x13 pan with graham crackers. Spread one flavor of pudding on top. Cover that layer with graham crackers. Spread the other flavor of pudding over the top of that. Add one last layer of graham crackers. Mix ingredients for frosting together and spread over the top layer of graham crackers. (or use store-bought frosting. The home-made is much better) Chill overnight or at least 8 hours. Enjoy!!

Irresistible Brownies

3/4 c. butter
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. cocoa powder
1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
4 eggs
2 t. vanilla
2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan. In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients, reserving 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. Pour into baking pan. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

Scotch-A-Roos

Melt together in a pan..
1 c. karo syrup
1 c. peanut butter
1c. sugar
1 T. butter

6 c. rice krispies
6 oz. butterscotch chips
6 oz. pkg milk chocolate chips

After the butter, syrup, peanut butter, and sugar are melted, add the rice krispies. If still sticky add more rice krispies until desired consistency. Pack tightly in 9x13 pan. Melt chips together and spread on top. Chill, or let set.

My first cake

For my birthday, Glen signed me up for a cake decorating class at Roberts. It has been so much fun and I have learned so much in just the short three week class.

This is the first cake I made. It is chocolate cake (2 tier) with chocolate pudding between the layers. And then chocolate buttercream frosting with fresh strawberries. I took it to a family party and it was a huge hit! I was fairly happy with how it turned out.

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

My mom used to make these type of cookies whenever the bananas would go bad. I have been wanting some for a long time, and I swear everytime I buy bananas I think "this will be the time." Well, the last bananas I bought went bad WAY too fast, so I finally made the cookies. I was too lazy to look for my mom's recipe, so I just searched online and found this recipe. The cookies taste JUST like my mom's. Super fast, super easy, and super yummy! EnJoY!!


BANANA OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

3/4 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. mashed banana
1 3/4 c. oatmeal
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Chocolate chips

Mix ingredients together and drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

So, I finally made the peanut butter bars I'd been craving for awhile. I wanted some that are just like the ones you had in elementary school or the ones you can BUY at the grocery store. These were really good, but they weren't the exact ones. :( So, I'll keep looking for that perfect recipe, just wait around. I found this recipe here, Heidi (the blog owner) is an old friend from high school.

3/4 C. butter, softened
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. brown sugar
1 egg (large)
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 C. creamy peanut butter
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 C. flour
1.5 C. oats
Frosting: 1 C. milk chocolate chips.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 8x8 glass pan13x9x2 inch pan. Beat butter and sugars until creamy. Add egg, vanilla, and peanut butter and beat until light and fluffy. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined. Press mixture evenly into pan and bake 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. (Note: Will be underbaked.) While still warm, evenly distribute chocolate chips. When chips have melted spread into a thin layer.

Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookie

I made these last Saturday and they were a huge hit!

1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 T. water
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs

Mix ingredients together.

When smooth, add:
1 2/3 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt

Add 1 c. coconut (optional), 3 c. instant oatmeal and 1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Makes 4 1/2-5 dozen.

Chocolate Mint Cookies

These cookies are amazing...but the recipes uses a lot of "mixes" and makes a lot of cookies!! Definitely for the chocolate lover in all of us.

2 boxes Devil's Food Cake Mix
1 box Brownie Mix
3 Eggs
3/4 c. Oil
3/4 c. Water

Combine all ingredients. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Place one Ande's Mint on each cookie right out of the oven. Spread with a fork when melted and let the mint dry.