Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Girl Scout Cookie Tip


Did you all buy your annual supply of Girl Scout Cookies? I got my favorites: TagaLongs, Samoas, and Do-si-Dos. I also got a box of Thin Mints. They're not really one of my favorites except for this fun little trick you can do with them. I learned it from one of my sisters a couple of years ago and now it's become a tradition. Make a yummy cup of hot chocolate, grab a couple of Thin Mints. Take a small bite out of each end and then use the cookie like a straw and take a sip of hot cocoa. Not too much...and then put the whole cookie in your mouth. It melts in your mouth and is delicious! Try it! If you didn't buy Thin Mints, Keebler Grasshopper cookies also work.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Recipe for You

Here's a recipe for all you cookie lovers. I love chocolate chip cookies...nothings better than a warm chocolate chip cookie right from the oven. I'm always looking from new cookie recipes to try. I found this one on Sunday Baker. Try it out and let me know what you think. I've made it twice so far and love it. So far I've just used vanilla pudding but next time I think I'll experiment with a different flavor...maybe butterscotch.

Pudding Cookies

Ingredients:
4 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 t. baking soda
1-1/2 c butter (3 sticks) softened
1-1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. white sugar
2 (3.4 oz.) pkgs. instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs, room temp
2 t. vanilla extract
4 c. of add-ins you want to use like chocolate/butterscotch/peanut butter/white chocolate chips, candy bars, m&m's, nuts, etc.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together flour and baking soda in seperate bowl and set aside; in a large bowl, cream butter, brown and white sugar. Beat in pudding mix until well blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. When smooth, slowly add in the flour mixture. This can take a little while, but make sure it's well incorporated into mix.
Finally, add the "fillers": chocolate chips of any kind, cut up candy bars, etc.

Make 1 " balls so the cookies are all uniform in size and bake evenly.
Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper and bake for 8-12 minutes or until golden. I like mine slightly underdone, just a tiny bit golden.