Steps to Making the Perfect Sugar Cookie (and Cookie Pop) Modest title, right?
Okay, well, I am proud of my sugar cookies, so don’t mind me. I’ve been baking up batches like crazy these days, so I feel as though I have it down to a science. Funny, I used to make them primarily for special occasions, but they have become such a nice treat for pretty much anytime at all, simply because they taste so good. Sure, I decorate the heck out of them typically, but the cookies themselves are so good that I often eat them simple and plain. Crisp, sugary, and vanilla-y, which is just what a sugar cookie should be. I started adding pure lemon extract to the batter in addition to the vanilla. So here are some photos to help us along, and since I was making cookie pops this past weekend, I thought I would add that bit into this tutorial, just in case you felt inspired to make cookie pops; they too can be frustrating if the correct steps aren’t taken.
I then take the chilled sheet of dough out of the fridge and begin cutting my shapes. And baked! Ingredients. Cookie Butter Funfetti Triple Chip Bars. I don’t know what took me so long to actually bake with cookie butter.
As opposed to just eating it straight from the jar at 12:19 a.m. Midnight snacks take on new meaning when cookie butter is involved. Cookie butter is something that I could easily just eat from the jar with a spoon until it’s gone. And I do. If you don’t have access to Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter, look for Biscoff spread in your grocery store or big-box retailer, or just order some.
You could make this recipe with peanut butter or almond butter, but it’s not going to be quite the same taste experience. Then again, if you’ve never had cookie butter, you don’t know what you’re missing so you may not want to order it, actually. And so are these. Three kinds of baking chips are included: Semi-sweet chocolate chips White chocolate chips Butterscotch chips I was asked by Land ‘O Lakes to make something with their eggs.
I used their butter, too. I was in oozy, drippy heaven with these. Salted Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Tis the season of cookie baking!
And this time of year, the bigger and grander and merrier, the better. This cookie recipe is a ridiculously good mash-up of a few of my favorite things: caramel, chocolate (and chocolate in CHUNKS, thank you very much), with a teeny bit of sea salt sprinkled on top to give them that sweet and slightly salty thing that drives me out of my mind. In a good way. Not in a how on earth am I going to get everything done before Christmas Eve way. Anyway, this recipe comes from the Picky Palate site, which is always my first stop when I get a craving for over-the-top desserts of any kind, and these were no exception.
So, since we are in the season of holiday parties and cookie swaps and general chocolate-covered mayhem, if you are looking for a serious cookie, give these babies a try. Salted Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookies, from Picky Palate Salted Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookies Ingredients 2 sticks softened butter 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs Sea salt 1. 2. Spiral sugar cookies. These colorful cookies from Sprinkle Bakes caught my eye last week as I perused for something festive to bring to Christmas Eve dinner.
Aren't they pretty? The green swirl was fun for Christmas, but any color would be just as fun. Bright yellow for a spring-time cookie? Orange for a Halloween cookie? A swirl of colors for a birthday cookie? Not only are these pretty, but they are also deliciously tasty. In a food processor, combine: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar Process until combined. Add 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (cold and cubed) and process until the mixture has a cornmeal consistency. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and process until the mixture just forms a ball. Divide the dough in half and return one half to the food processor. Add to the food processor: 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 tube gel food coloring (any color) 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour Process until just incorporated. Peepster Stuffed Cookies. Peepster Stuffed Cookies These Peepster stuffed cookies are packed full of marshmallow and chocolate flavor.
This is the perfect way to use up that leftover Easter candy. The other day I was at the store and I saw something I had not seen before – Peepsters. They are made by the same company that makes Peeps but these little gems are dark chocolate candies with marshmallow cream in the center. Ummm…..I could not pass that up! They would also be a great addition to your Easter dessert table….Enjoy!!!