Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls -- a yummy takeoff on a certain peanut butter filled chocolate cup. They are easy to make with only five ingredients and go together very quickly. Plan for time - and space in the freezer - so they set up firmly before dipping in melted chocolate. You can use melted chocolate chips for dipping. I prefer the melting chocolate wafers with a bit of coconut oil added. I've also used almond bark with coconut oil. Practice does help! (These Peppermint Patties were my first attempt at dipping candy.) Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls Print Prep time 20 mins Total time 20 mins Creamy peanut butter filling wrapped in chocolate. Author: A Pinch of Joy by Charlene Vance Recipe type: cookie Serves: 30 Ingredients 1 ½ ... [Read More]
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Butter Fluff Cookies
I liked this recipe for Butter Fluff Cookies because it includes butter and cream cheese and tastes like a rich,fluffy cloud. It is also quick and easy and you can vary it in so many ways. Like this: Variation 1 - 3: Rolled in red sanding sugar before baking, green and red sprinkles mixed into the dough before baking, rolled in tiny green candy balls before baking. Variation 4: Add mini Chocolate chips. (Variation 5 not pictured - Heath Toffee Bits) Variation 6: Chopped walnuts (pecans, almonds also good!) Why did I try variations? Because when I first tasted the mixed cookie dough, I thought it needed pizazz. So I pizazzed. And when I was finished, guess what was my favorite? The plain fluffy cloud. Seconded quite closely by the chopped walnut -- cuz I like ... [Read More]
Loaded Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Meet the birthday Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Chocolate Ganache! ‘Tis birthday season at our house. Bytes has a birthday at the end of March and Bytes Big Brother (the short one) has his birthday in the first half of April. They had the same due date, too – neither one was on time! Birthday celebrations are a little more challenging since they outgrew the pirate and Star Wars themes – although new Star Wars movies are still a big priority! Celebrations are an important part of life. But birthday cakes or themes don’t have to be the star of the day. The Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Chocolate Ganache is a perfect celebration in a pan. This recipe goes together just like a chocolate chip cookie. It has wonderful flavor – not too sweet – and a nice smooth ... [Read More]
Crescent Mini Chip Cookies
The trickiest part of Crescent Mini Chip Cookies is shaping the crescent. I rolled the refrigerated dough into balls just under an inch in diameter and poked and pulled until the crescent formed. That worked but seemed to take forever –and I didn’t have any enthusiastic kid helpers at the moment who would enjoy shaping the dough. The fastest way was to scoop up a scant tablespoonful of dough and push it off onto the parchment lined baking sheet. I put one finger next the dough and used the spoon to mold a crescent around the finger. Went much faster! Experiment until you find what works for you. Crescent Mini Chip Cookies Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 10 mins Total time 25 mins A festive Christmas soft cookie with chocolate chips and your choice of ... [Read More]
Toffee Crisps
Toffee Crisps seemed a bit unusual to me in that it was a baked cookie recipe using graham cracker crumbs for thickener and condensed milk for sweetener. It is a very goooood combination!! If you crush the graham crackers, you’ll need about 32 squares to make 2 cups. That’s about the most complicated thing in making these delights. Very quick and easy. The dough is thick and can be shaped into a relatively uniform circle very easily as you push them off a tablespoon., although a cookie scoop makes the job easier. I’ve also rolled them into balls between the palms of my “very clean” hands – but that is not necessary. What IS necessary is keeping a close eye on the baking time, as these go from brown to overdone very quickly. Toffee Crisps Print Prep time 10 mins Cook ... [Read More]
Fruitcake Cookies
Fruitcake Cookies studded with candied citrus rinds, maraschino cherries, nuts and a symphony of spices -- truly stellar!! I love fruitcake. I confess I feel lonely in this obsession sometimes – especially with the jokes-- but there must be other fruitcake lovers somewhere. (Aren’t there? Please??!) True, there are good recipes and bad recipes and some commercial fruitcakes are not worthy of the name. Still I’ll gladly sample and discard the bad in order to find and savor the good fruitcake! This is the good -- and in just the right portion! Fruitcake cookies go together quickly in the order given. Mix the spices with part of the flour and they will be evenly distributed in the cookie, with no hot spots of nutmeg or cinnamon. Mixing the fruitcake bits of candied citrus peel and ... [Read More]
