Mix things up! Yeehaaa… yum yum… it’s Cowboy Cookies.
Or, in this case, Cowgirl Cookies. A friend introduced these to me and I love them. Especially the name. Coconut Macaroons. Which situation do you run into more often, having leftover egg whites or egg yolks?
In my case, I often have leftover egg whites because I use egg yolks for dishes like Chicken Karaage and Kakiage Don. One night I happened to have one egg white leftover and I remembered my friend Sissi’s Easiest Chewy Coconut Cookies recipe on her blog With a Glass. Her recipe requires just three ingredients: egg whites, sugar, and shredded unsweetened coconut. Chocolate Chip Cookies with Nutella. These cookies are PHENOMENAL.
In the 36 years of my life, I think this is the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had. Why so different? These cookies are stuffed with Nutella (hazel nut spread) inside! And I’m not done yet. Brown butter* is added to the cookie dough, and after the cookies are baked, they are sprinkled with sea salt. S'mores Cookies. One of my favorite dessert combinations is that of chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers.
However, I hate how sticky and messy regular s'mores can be. After Elyse shared her recipe for S'mores Bars, I started thinking of how good all the ingredients of s'mores would be in a cookie. I googled a couple of recipes and stumbled on this one. Oh my gosh . . . No-Bake Cookie Clusters. 911 Chocolate Emergency Cookies Recipe. Deep Dish Cookie Pies. Well say hello to my new favorite dessert and now my entire family’s new favorite dessert.
We have a tradition of doing Sunday dinners together as a family as much as possible. This year, us kids, that are moved out of the house, are stepping up and hosting the family. At my house and my brother’s, we need to bring in tables and chairs to accommodate all of us. If my entire family is there, then that means a total of 14 people in one place, you gotta love coming from a big family! When I hosted a few weeks ago, Hoopla Chicken Lasagna was on the menu. Samoa Girl Scout Cookies. Well hello girl scout cookie season my thighs have missed you all these months.
I really needed to have a sleeve of thin mints in my freezer to eat all in one sitting…not. I love being greeted by your smiling faces everywhere I go just to have to shoot you down since I have a cute little daisy in my life. My darling niece sold me cookies this year, but my interest was piqued last year when I saw a recipe for one of my favorites. Plus the price of cookies have gone up yet again, I swear if I have a little girl scout one day, cookies are going to be $10 a box! We will have to get creative to sell those babies. This recipe is an exact copy of samoas or currently known as caramel delites.
Chocolate Almond Bites. Devilish Minty Cookies. Stir and Bake Bars. Cake Mix Snickerdoodles. Toffee-Pecan Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Flourless Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. These cookies may very well change your life.
Seriously, you can go ahead and scribble “flour” off your grocery list. Forever. Now that I know I can make soft, chewy, crowd-pleasing cookies– using ingredients that you already have in your kitchen– why in the world would I go back to making more complicated traditional varieties? It’s simple. Peanut Butter Cup Pudding Cookies Recipe. You can't go wrong with the classic chocolate and peanut butter combo . . . and these cookies are incredibly moist and delicious!
If you have never tried a pudding cookie recipe before, I highly recommend starting with these. They are divine! Ingredients: 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar 2 eggs 1 T vanilla 2 1/4 cups flour 1 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1 (4 oz) box instant chocolate pudding 1 (10 oz) bag peanut butter chips 1 cup miniature Reese's peanut butter cups (I have also used big Reese's chopped up into small pieces) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Vegan (almost Raw) Girl Scout "Samoas" Cookies.
How are you doing today?
I am glad that yesterday’s Vegan Bananas Foster had you thinkin’ about drinkin’…your dessert that is. Thanks to all who chimed in on whether you drink and why or why not. And thanks to all my commenters, both old and new alike. Raw Vegan Chocolate Coconut Snow Balls. Humpity hump, Humpity Hump.
Happy Wednesday Friends! I wanted to thank you, new and faithful commenters alike, for you positive response to my 4-Ingredient Homemade Hummus Recipe. Homemade Thin Mints. Thin Mints are those Girl Scout Cookies that I can eat an entire tube of in a sitting. Oh, you too? Since my cravings for mint in the middle of the summer continued, I decided to try my hand at a homemade, no-bake, vegan version of Thin Mints. They should be called Thin Mints Cheater’s Mints. No-bake and so easy. 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!!
The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. Win win, right? Chocolate Marshmallow Squares. Day 354: No Bake Cookies. 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips2 Tbsp butter1/4 cup peanut butter1 cup quick oats6 Tbsp powdered sugar1/2 tsp vanilla Combine chocolate, butter and peanut butter in slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour. Stir and add oats, powdered sugar and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool and serve. The Unrefined Kitchen. Cookie Madness. Gluten Free Coconut Macaroons Recipe. I make these gluten-free coconut macaroons all year round; when I retested it today, my younger son ate an entire baking sheet of these yummy little cookies! Later than usual this year, my favorite spring holiday falls on April 19th, just over 3 weeks away.
I especially enjoy the food traditions surrounding this holiday; during the next couple of weeks I will be posting all of my favorite Passover recipes. These gluten free coconut macaroons are an ideal Pesach dessert because they are made with egg whites and do not contain chametz, or leavened grain products. According to my 9 year old son, who is studying the Torah in school, we refrain from eating chametz because, “when leaving Egypt the Jews did not even have enough time to let the bread rise.” Ironically, after a bit of historical research, I found that macaroons are actually a Christian food. Coconut Macaroons printer friendly Makes 48 macaroons. Chocolate-Coconut Thumbprint Cookies Recipe from Pillsbury.
Beer and Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Banana-Rainbow Chip Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Our banana-rainbow chip cookies are a pot-of-gold, party hit! Any flavor pudding and pie filling will work, so tailor the recipe to your own tastes! Savings on0ingredient(s) box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ party rainbow chip cake mix box (4-serving size) banana cream instant pudding and pie filling mix cup vegetable oil eggs cup white vanilla baking chips 1 Heat oven to 350°F. 2 In large bowl, stir together all ingredients. 3 Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. 4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Choco-damia Banana Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Oma’s German Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe. Oatmeal and Nutella Cookie Recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cloud Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Healthy Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe. So I gave it away in the title, but you don’t have to tell people this cookie recipe is healthy. Sure these peanut butter oatmeal cookies have whole wheat flour, high fiber oats and less sugar then your average cookie but they are still delicious and satisfying. They actually make an excellent breakfast when paired with a cup of coffee. If you wanted to make these peanut butter oatmeal cookies even healthier you could reduce the oil further, if you want something a little more decadent use non-natural peanut butter and add chocolate chips. Chocolate & Pecan Macaroons. Sugar Star & Flag Cookies Recipe. Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe. I had my heart set on writing a peanut butter cookie recipe for Super Natural Cooking. A recipe that featured ingredients other than white flour, white sugar, and huge amounts of butter, yet somehow retained the spirit and flavor of the classic peanut-y cookie everyone loves.
In the process I cooked many, many batches of bad cookies, and eventually gave up. I tried a lot of flour and sweetener combinations - nothing tasted good. One memorably bad batch tasted like un-sweet, hot, steamy nut cakes. That did me in. Carrot Oatmeal Cookies Recipe. If you somehow combined a coconut macaroon with a bit of carrot cake, you might end up with a cookie like this one. I took a few carrots leftover from Bryant's Jamaican Veggies Patties, shredded them, and turned them into a batch of carrot-flecked cookies. They are egg-free, vegan, and sweetened with maple syrup. I used fragrant coconut oil, plenty of chopped walnuts and rolled oats as well.
Chocolate Puddle Cookies Recipe. I came across a cookie when I visited Portland a couple years back. It was a crackle-edged puddle of chocolate with a texture that made me think of a collision between soft meringue and a fudgy brownie. I kid you not, love is not too strong a word to use here. Nikki's Healthy Cookies Recipe. I keep in touch with one of my best friends from high school. Her name is Nikki and she lives in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and four kids. Four!
She's an inspired cook who can throw a meal together on a whim from a refrigerator she keeps packed with all manner of whole, natural foods. She's an enthusiastic supporter of local growers and producers and regularly sends me emails highlighting recent cooking triumphs and trials.