A Taste of Fall

We made some really yummy ice cream sandwiches last night for FHE.  I couldn’t decided between gingerbread cookies with pumpkin ice cream or snickerdoodle cookies with pumpkin ice cream SO we made half a batch of each.  SO good!  And actually they tasted very similar to each other so either choice is perfect.

You’ll Need

Gingerbread cookies I used my favorite recipe here ( I didn’t have butterscotch chips so I had to leave them out)

Snickerdoodles I also used my favorite recipe from here

then assemble

ENJOY!!

Melted Witch Cookies

On the first Monday of the month in October our family has a little secret tradition.  I can’t tell you what it is, because it’s a secret.  BUT I will tell you it’s lots of fun and involves delivering Halloween goodies to our friends and neighbors.  This year we made melted witch cookies for that tradition.

You’ll Need

• Round sugar cookies
• Green cookie icing
• Black cookie icing
• Round sprinkles
• Chocolate Bugles (chips)
• Mini Oreo’s
• Pretzel sticks
• Triscuit Crackers

First take your sugar cookie and make a green puddle.

Then add the witch hat.  To make the hat use half of a mini Oreo and 3/4 of a chocolate Bugle. Then cover the Bugle with black cookie icing and add a round sprinkle for the buckle on the hat.

Add the broom.  Make the broom by using more cookie icing to adhere  broken pieces of Triscuit crackers to a pretzel stick. (Someone also added eyes to this one.)

ENJOY!!

Yummy Flourless Cookies

These cookies are by far my hubby’s favorite.  We discovered them some 10 years ago when I was expecting our first baby.  We have been enjoying them ever sense I hope you enjoy them too.

You’ll need

1 1/4 cups of packed brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco (I’ve often used plain)

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups of crunchy peanut butter

1 TBS corn syrup

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla extract

4 1/2 cups of quick oats (uncooked) Don’t use regular oats!

2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips (we have used lots of different kinds of chips in them too, all good)

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine wet ingredients and cream.  Add the dry ingredients until mixed.  Then add the chocolate chips.  Bake at 350 degrees for 9 –11 min.  Don’t over bake! cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then remove to a cooling rack.  It makes a ton of cookies, we make them kind of small and get around 64 cookies.

ENJOY!!

On the Horizon

• a bathroom redo
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• S’MORES 2.0
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• Homemade Pancake Mix
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Rolo Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookies recipes.  I got it from a friend a long time ago.  I have tried a lot of different things in the middle, but Rolos and Peppermint Patties are my favorite.

The Recipe
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cups of cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 – 3 cups of flour.
The Directions

This recipe will do more than one bag of Rolos, so I usually get one bag of Rolos and one bag of Peppermint Patties.  Start by unwrapping them, I usually give this job to the kiddos they LOVE it.

Once your dough is finished, take a little bit of it and flatten it out in your hand.  Then add your Rolo or Peppermint Patty to the center. Carefully cover the whole candy and roll into a ball or shape into a disc. Use enough dough that it covers the whole candy but without a lot of extra. 

Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.

  

Let cool on pan 2 minutes and remove to a wire cooling rack.

I like to add a little melted white chocolate for a little decoration.