Bisquick Cookies

I saw this recipe on Pinterest. It came from www.plainchicken.blogspot.com. These were so good, and easy. Faster than regular chocolate chip cookies. I loved them. Made them two weeks in a row.

Bisquick Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
2 3/4 cups Bisquick baking mix
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter chips and 1/2 Cup Chocolate chips. I wanted to try 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips and 1/2 Butterscotch chips too but I was out)
 (6 oz) 1/2 cup nuts, chopped, if desired (optional) I left these out

 Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix butter, sugar, vanilla and egg. Stir in Bisquick mix, chocolate chips and nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet, d about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

Banana Cookies

I first saw this on Pinterest but the link didn't work, so I just googled it and found THIS recipe. It's from a blog called therecipecritic.com. These were SO yummy. They tasted very similar to my frosted banana bars that I make all the time.

Ingredients:

(Recipe cut in half to make about 3 dozen)
1 cup shortening (I used butter flavored shortening)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts (opt)

Cream the shortening, sugar, and eggs.  Stir in the banana.  Add the buttermilk and vanilla.  Measure the flour, baking soda, and salt.  Blend together and then add to the creamed mixture.  Add nuts if desired.  Drop by rounded tablespoon 2 inches apart on baking sheet.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Frost with cream cheese frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 4 ounces unsalted butter softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in the vanilla.

S'mores Cookies

I saw these on The Girl Who Ate Everything's blog and had to try them. I made them for my 2 year old's birthday party and everyone said they were great. I made them again yesterday because I've been craving them for a few weeks now. They are so good. The chocolate on top stays melted for hours.

S'mores Cookies

Source: Ice Cream Before Dinner

11 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar, packed

½ cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 ½ cups flour

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup mini marshmallows

3 regular sized Hershey’s bars, broken into pieces

1-2 packages graham crackers, broken into squares

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line baking pans with parchment paper. 

Lay out graham crackers side by side on the pans as close as possible (they should be touching). You may have to add or remove graham crackers according to how much dough you have. If you want your cookies thicker you will use more dough and less graham crackers.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon to combine. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixer and combine on low speed.

Fold in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour to overnight (The recipe says to chill the dough. I did no do this either time I made these)

Place tablespoons of dough on graham crackers about 1 – 1 ½ inches apart. I averaged about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough per graham cracker square as seen in the picture above. Press down slightly with fingertips.

Bake for 5 minutes then remove from oven to press Hershey’s bar pieces on to the top. You can place as many pieces or as little as you want depending how much chocolate flavor you want.

Bake for 5 – 7 more minutes or until dough is beginning to turn golden brown at the edges. Remove to a wire rack to cool

Cadbury Mini Egg Cookies My Version

I know more Cadbury Mini Egg cookies. I've been slacking on my recipes. And Easter is long gone, which means so are the Cadbury Mini Eggs, but these cookies were so good. Make them next year! Everyone was raving over the chocolate Cadbury Mini Egg cookies, in my last post, but I didn't love them. I decided to make just my regular chocolate chip cookies and add these. They were so delicious! Especially warm when the chocolate was all melty. Yum

1 Cup sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup butter or margarine (I use butter)
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 Cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 package of Cadbury Mini Eggs (I think the bag is like 10 ounces)
Mix sugars, butter, eggs and vanilla well. Sift flour, salt and baking soda together. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture until well mixed. Stir in chopped candy. (you can add some pieces on to the top) Drop by teaspoon onto greased baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes or until they start to crack. They may not look done.

Cadbury Mini Egg Cookies

I saw these on a few different recipe sites and I don't remember exactly which one I got this recipe from. I'd been planning to make them for an Easter party and a few days before I was going to make them my sister sent me a picture of these and had to try them. I thought I'd love them and I didn't. I think it goes back to the to chocolatey issues I have. But, they were good. I have another package of mini eggs so I'm going to experiment and make my regular chocolate chip coookie recipe and add these.

Cadbury Egg Cookies
1/2 C Crisco
1/2 C Butter
1 C brown sugar
1 C white sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 t vanilla
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 1/2 C flour
6T unsweetened cocoa powder
1 10 oz bag Cadbury Mini-Eggs

Preheat oven to 350. You’ll need to chop the Cadbury Eggs. I put them in a ziplock bag and gave my 4 year old his toy hammer and he went outside on the porch and beat them to pieces.

Cream together the butter, crisco, brown sugar and white sugar. Add in eggs one at at a time and the vanilla. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Add to the butter mixture to combine and then mix in the candies. I pressed a few candy pieces into each cookie after placing it on the cookie sheet. Drop onto a cookie sheet and cook for about 8-10 minutes.

Oatmeal S'mores Cookies

Two recipes for cookies with marshmallows in two weeks. Eeek...And I have a recipe for cadbury mini egg cookies I've been wanting to make for a few weeks. I guess it's good to have my appetite back after last year of not being able to eat anything, but man I need to stop baking! These cookies were so dang good, especially when they were warm and the marshmallows were gooey and the chocolate chips were melted. Yum. I got this recipe from Mandy's Recipe Box

1/2 c soft butter
1/2 c shortening
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 c oats
1 c milk chocolate chips (the original recipe called for semi-sweet but I always use milk chocolate)
1 c mini marshmallows
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, shortening, and sugars. Add the eggs. Beat in the vanilla. Add flour, salt, baking soda, oats, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-14 minutes. Let them sit for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Pudding Cookies

I got this recipe from Taste and Tell. I'm a chocolate lover, but I'm actually not a fan of to much chocolate if that makes sense. I'd rather have a chocolate chip cookie than a chocolate cookie. I'd rather have yellow cake with chocolate frosting then chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. You get my point. But the gooey marshmallows in these cookies were screaming at me. I debated making them because my doctor says E shouldn't have peanut butter until he's three and he's not even two. He wants to eat everything! But, I made them anyway and I just don't let him see me eating them :) They tasted great!

Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Pudding Cookies

from Picky Palate

Ingredients

2 sticks softened butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt 4 oz. box instant chocolate pudding mix (I was sure I had this in my pantry, which I did but I think the box I had was only 2 oz. It worked, they still tasted fine)

10 ounce bag peanut butter chips (I actually only used half a bg)

1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix the sugars and butter together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until completely combined. Place the flour, baking soda, salt and chocolate pudding mix in a large bowl and stir to combine. Slowly add to the wet ingredients along with the peanut butter chips and marshmallows. Mix just until combined. With a medium cookie scoop, place on baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Neiman-Marcus Choclate Chip Cookies

I've had this recipe for many years and you probably have too. It went around by email like crazy several years ago. You know the story, some lady paid what she thought was $2.50 but turned out to be $250.00 for the recipe. I wanted to make some cookies but wanted something other than my normal chocolate chip or oatmeal butterscotch cookies so I tried these but changed a few things. I added butterscotch chips and didn't use nuts or the candy bar. They turned out super good and I'm sure I'll be making them often. They were especially good the first day when they were soft and warm. Yum!
Neiman-Marcus Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups uncooked regular oats
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used a little over a cup of milk chocolate an a little over a cup of butterscotch)
4 ounces milk chocolate candy bar, coarsely chopped (didn't use because I didn't have one)
1 cup chopped pecans (didn't use because I don't like nuts in cookies

Preheat oven to 375°.
Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender or food processor to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Stir in chocolate chips, milk chocolate bar, and pecans.

I use my pampered chef cookie scoop and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. *I always use parchment paper. I don't know why I just discovered this but I don't ever make cookies without parchment paper anymore. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly on baking sheets. Then, remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Oreo Pudding Cookies

My friend was telling me about these cookies and they sounded good. I happened to be going to the store that day so I picked up what I needed and tried them a few days later. They were pretty good and I'm sure I'll make them again. I really don't know what my deal is, I have to have treats in my house at all times. So bad!

I got this recipe from here (Sweet Treats & More)

Oreo Pudding Cookies

1 cup butter, room temp
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 small package instant Oreo Pudding mix (I for the life of me couldn't even find Oreo pudding. I finally did, but only in one size so I have no idea what the size was)
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 Hershey's Cookies N Cream Candy Bars broken into small pieces (I used one king size)
2 cups milk chocolate chips (I only used 1 cup of chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour and soda in a small bowl and set aside. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in pudding mix until blended, then eggs and vanilla. Add flour and soda mixture. Stir in cookies n cream pieces and chocolate chips. Using a cookie dough scooper, place dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before moving to a cooking rack. Store in air-tight container. Makes two dozen.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I used red and green m&m's for Christmas cookies. I'm not sure why these ones are so flat. Usually they are more fluffy, but they still tasted great. I have several chocolate chip cookie recipes, but this is the one I seem to use the most.

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup brown sugar

1 Cup butter or margarine (I use butter)
2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 Cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 package (12 oz) chocolate chips

Mix sugars, butter, eggs and vanilla well. Sift flour, salt and baking soda together. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon onto greased baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes or until they start to crack. They may not look done.

Turtle Tassies

Another recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything blog. Click HERE for a link to her pictures because hers look amazing. My three favorite things are sugar cookies, chocolate and caramel so what could be better than these. Instead of bringing gifts to everyone at work, we all just bring treats through out the month of December. I saw these and wanted to bring them but I wanted to try them first. They are so good! Mine look horrible compared to hers but I could eat the whole pan. I promise you'll love these too.

Turtle Tassies
Source: Betty Crocker

1 Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix (I only had refrigerated sugar cookie dough so that's what I used. I'm sure it doesn't matter either way)
butter and egg called for on the pouch
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate instead)
2 (14 ounce) bags caramels, unwrapped (I'm thinking of trying my 6 minute microwavable caramel next time)
1/3 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup chopped pecans (I didn't have pecans but I don't like them anyway so I just left them off)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Make dough according to package directions. Make 36 (1-inch) balls. Press each ball into a the bottom of each mini muffin cup and press up the sides.

Bake 8-9 minutes or until edges just start to brown. Meanwhile in a small saucepan place unwrapped caramels and cream and heat until melted. Reduce heat to low.

Remove pans from oven. Using the back of wooden spoon press down the sides and bottom of each cup to flatten being careful not to make holes. (I accidentally skipped this step, not on purpose, maybe that's why mine look so funny.)

Bake for 2 minutes more. Remove from oven and immediately place 4-5 chocolate chips in each cup. (and oops I missed this too. Man I must have been in a hurry)

Spoon about 1 Tablespoon of caramel into each cup and immediately top with pecans and slightly press them down. Cool for five minutes then remove with narrow spatula or a knife.

Makes 36 turtle tassies.

Sugar Cookie Bars

Again, from The Girl Who Ate Everything Blog. I'm tired of linking to her, but her link is on the right side of my blog. I love sugar cookies. I hate how long it takes to roll the dough, cut the, cook them. This was much faster and easier, and just as yummy. It's basically the same thing I would do if I were to make Fruit Pizza, which is also a favorite of mine. I don't know why I never thought to just do this instead of cookies. Karson wanted green frosting so that's what we did.

Sugar Cookie Bars
Source: BreeAnn Fankhauser

1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp lemon zest (optional)

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg. Add vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda and stir with a whisk to combine. Add to wet mixture and mix just until combined. Spread on a greased baking sheet (use a 13 x 18 pan). Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 min, until light golden brown or until a toothpick comes out clean (they won't look done so do the toothpick test). Cool completely and frost.

Frosting
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
4 ounces cream cheese (1/2 of an 8 oz block) softened
1 tsp vanilla (Or almond extract)
¼ tsp salt
4 cups powdered sugar
5 Tbsp milk
food coloring (if desired)

For frosting combine butter and cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla and salt. Add powdered sugar in 1-2 cup increments until combined, then add milk a little at a time and mix until smooth and spreading consistency. You may not need all the milk! Spread over cooled cookie bars

Oreo Cookies

(I used green food coloring for St. Patty's Day but other than that the frosting was the same)

I've tried another recipe similar and will post that one too, but for now here's this one. They are yummy but way rich and I can hardly eat one.

Homemade Oreos
by Paula Deen

2 boxes Devil's food cake mix
4 eggs
2/3 c. vegetable oil
1 8 oz. package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. ( 1 stick ) butter, at room temperature
3 c. confectioners' sugar
1/2 t. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. (I had never used parchment paper until I made these cookies and I'm in love with it now.
In a large bowl combine the cake mix, eggs, and oil with a mixer. The batter will be very stiff. Pinch of pieces of batter and roll into 1 inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets and flatten slightly with fingertips. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until a slight indentation remains when lightly touched. Remove immediately from the cookie sheets with a spatula and cool on a wire rack.
In a small glass bowl, combine the cream cheese and butter until completely blended. Gradually add in the sugar and vanilla and mix until the icing is smooth. Spread half of the cookies with icing and top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container or resealable plastic bags.

Iced Pumpkin Cookies

I got this recipe from allrecipes.com. I'm not a huge pumpkin fan, but these have to be the best pumpkin cookies I've ever had. So yummy! The dough was super sticky and I was worried how they would turn out but they turned out great.

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (I don't even know what these are so they were left out)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup pumpkin
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

chocolate chips (I add these but they aren't on the original recipe)

2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt; set aside
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla to butter mixture and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls.
3. Bake for 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle with glaze
4. To make glaze: combine powdered sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed to achieve drizzling consistency.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe came from Amy. They are fast, easy and yummy.

1 Spice cake mix
1 Can (small size) pumpkin
Chocolate Chips

Mix the cake mix (no eggs, oil, water etc) and the pumpkin together. Add chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Grease pan for the first batch but not the rest.

Sugar Cookies

This recipe is from my mom. It's my favorite sugar cookie recipe ever!

1 C butter
2 C sugar
1 C sour cream
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
5 C flour

Cream butter & sugar add sour cream, eggs, & vanilla. In a separate bowl mix baking soda, baking powder, salt & flour. Mix everything together and put in freezer for 1 hour. Dough will still be sticky. Roll out and cut. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Don't let them go brown. Frost