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Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies. Video how-to: Pinata Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 tablespoon vanillaMini M&M candies1/2 cup powdered sugar (frosting)2 teaspoons milk (frosting) Directions to make piñata sugar cookies: Cream sugars with butter. Beat in eggs. Add oil. Split dough into five, even-sized balls and one smaller ball (this will be the black one). Use a container the same approximate width of your donkey/burro piñata cookie cutter, and line it with plastic food wrap. Cover the layered dough and freeze for four hours or overnight.

Remove the dough from the container and unwrap from the plastic. Immediately after you take them out of the oven, use your burro piñata cookie cutter to cut the cookie shapes. Create the hidden pocket For the middle cookies in each set, cut off the ears and legs, and cut out the center where the M&Ms will go. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I must share an idea for a treat that’s WAY more special than a stuffed teddy bear holding a heart-shaped box of chocolates. (Seriously, who buys those things???)

I used to get intense cravings for chocolate chip cookies, but one day, while in the process of whipping up a batch, I realized that it’s not the baked cookie I crave, it’s the dough! So when Lindsay posted this recipe on her blog last year, it was like a dream come true. I could get the raw cookie dough flavor and texture without the danger of eating raw eggs!

(not to say that danger had ever stopped me from eating it in the past- it’s just nice to know that I can now do it safely) When I made a batch of these to give as gifts for Christmas, I’ll admit that I kept several of them for myself. Some things I’d like to point out: 1) You’ll notice that the recipe calls for baking soda, and you might question why that is needed if there is no baking involved. Now what are you waiting for? Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites. Home » Recipes » Desserts » Cookies » The Original Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites Recipe (aka Chickpea Cookies) Looking for the chickpea cookies from Pinterest or Facebook? Here’s the original recipe! Chickpea cookies! Chickpea cookies with no flour, no oil, no white sugar. These are just full of chickpeas.

And they’re my very favorite healthy cookie so far! And as a bonus, they’re grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. These need the chocolate. One thing I’ve learned since starting this blog is that people really love closeups of melted stuff. These aren’t the most beautiful cookie dough bites, but fresh out of the oven, with all that gooey chocolate, I bet you can’t tell that these are made with chickpeas. Please read the following before asking a question! Tons of people have posted the nutritional analysis for these. And thanks for everyone who has pinned and left feedback. Prep Time: Cook Time: Ready in: Yield: 14 1" cookies Ingredients Directions Notes.

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Cookies. You're awoken by the sound of distant thunder. Flashes of heat lighting stream through the drapes and reflect off the wall. Restless, you lay awake in bed, a thin sheet your only protection against the crisp night air. The heavy blanket long since set aside for colder weather. The scent of imminent rain filters through the open windows and a new breeze disturbs the curtains. Curiously drawn, you carelessly throw off the sheet and pad downstairs in your bare feet. Blindly, you find your way to the window. These cookies are fresh, sweet and quickly disappearing.

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Cookies Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Source: My imagination. 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar Zest of 1 lemon 3 tbsp lemon juice 2 eggs 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3 cup flour 1 cup fresh blueberries 1/2 pkg cream cheese, cut into 1 tsp cubes Printer-Friendly Version Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and position a rack in the center. Chocolate Turtle Cookies. I hope you’ve saved room for one last cookie recipe, because these were my favorites of the season! When Steph, the social media manager from America’s Test Kitchen, sent me a copy of I had a hard time deciding which cookies to make. I asked Joseph if he could help me narrow down the options and when I opened the cover he saw these chocolate turtle cookies and said, “Those.

Make those.” I told him he couldn’t take the easy way out; he had to look at all 64 recipes and tell me which one he wanted. But even after going through the entire special issue, he stuck with his original answer: the chocolate turtle cookies. And frankly, it’s just further proof that I picked out the perfect guy because he was so right. I know, it’s a new year, and eating healthier is on nearly everyone’s list of resolutions. Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar 1 large egg, separated, plus 1 egg white 2 tablespoons milk. Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies. Oh my sweet sweet goodness, how long was I going to stay away? So sorry! Let's just jump back into it though, shall we? So I finally did it. I bought a new camera. It's a real grown-up lady type camera too. But let's move onto more important things. For serious. My pictures are still a little rough.

Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies(makes about 3-4 dozen, adapted from Brown Eyed Baker) 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened6 oz cream cheese, room temperature2 cups granulated sugar2 tsp vanilla2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup mini dark chocolate chips2 cups Oreo crumblesPreheat oven to 375, line a cookie sheet with parchment. Cookie Dough for Preggies! I was craving cookie dough today. Not really cookies, but just the cookie dough. Of course, I knew that I wasn't supposed to eat dough with raw eggs in it, so I lucked out when I found this recipe for cookie dough for ice cream. It didn't have all the extra ingredients that are important when you're going to cook the dough, stuff like baking soda. And it was eggless, and super simple to make. I made a few adjustments based on the reviews (and doubled it in the process), and am pretty pleased with the results.

I'm excited that I have a bowl of this stuff in the fridge just waiting to be snacked on throughout the day. :-) Eggless Cookie Dough 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/4 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup milk 1 cup flour Pinch salt 1/2 cup chocolate chips In a medium bowl, mix together the brown sugar and butter until smooth. It's a bit wet right at first, chilling helps it to harden and get a better texture. M&M Cookie Pie. I wish I could say that I was away on some terrific adventure, or that I have been so inspired to create magical dishes that I have been too busy in the kitchen with a knife in one hand and a spatula in the other to blog anything.... but, no. I have been just busy with life-things.

Adult things, really. Like going to work and being super busy everyday, apartment hunting (which may be as much fun as bra shopping- ack), and thinking a lot about packing, cleaning, and making a giant Goodwill donation trip- but not actually doing any of it.Oh, I'm getting stressed just thinking about it.Cookie pie, anyone? Part of my birthday package from my mother last month included a large stack of mail, and a container of M&M's shaped like the great state of Texas.Awesome.I wanted to make cookies, but I didn't want to make cookies. I didn't feel like I had the patience to ball up all the dough and then clean several cookie sheets so I decided to dump the entire bowl of batter into my pie pan and voilà! Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodles. What is it about the simple deliciousness of snickerdoodles? Snickerdoodles = childhood. A caramel center is the perfect remix to this classic cookie. And Rolo’s are just the way to do it.

This is the littlest effort ever required for a quite fanciful cookie. Promise. Rolo Stuffed SnickerdoodlesMakes 32 cookies 1 batch perfect snickerdoodles 32 rolo candies Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough around Rolo candy to form a 1 inch ball. Bake for 14 minutes. 1 batch perfect snickerdoodles 32 rolo candies Preheat oven to 325 degrees.