Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Samoas Bars. I love the look of the original Samoas Girl Scout Cookies, but making them from scratch can be a little bit time consuming.
This is largely because the dough must be rolled out, cut out and then each of the cookies has to be handled individually for topping. The results are well worth it, in my opinion, but we don’t always have time to make a labor-intensive recipe – no matter how bad a craving for Girl Scout cookies gets. Bar cookies are the perfect solution. This is basically a shortcut recipe that still delivers all the great samoas flavor without some of the more tedious parts of cooking making.
These bars have a buttery shortbread base that is topped with the caramel-coconut samoas topping and chocolate. The final step is to dip these in chocolate once the topping has set. Homemade Samoas BarsCookie Base: 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 large egg 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt First, make the crust. Preheat oven to 300. Makes 30 bar cookies. Totally DIY S'mores.
I love living away from home while I'm at college.
I'm not trying to be rude to my mom and dad or anything (really, I promise!) But living away from home is really one of the most defining moments of my college career, a fact I'm sure many people would agree with. It's such a great way to meet new people and build really lasting friendships, and learn to be more independent. One of the nicest things about living in a dorm setting is that there's always someone to hang out with, whether it's for doing homework, or just relaxing in front of the tv after a long day of classes.
Study breaks are also one of my favorite things about living at school. As much as I may love s'mores, they're not a treat that I grew up eating, or eat very often. I've never really been a huge fan of marshmallows; there's just something about their texture that I can't really appreciate. Making the homemade graham crackers was no big deal at all. The next day, turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board. Baby s’mores. Is it just me or s’mores everywhere these days?
I know that they are a quintessential summer snack, but this year they seem to be in your face everywhere. What’s a girl to do when there are s’mores everywhere? Make them. Sorta. I made a graham cracker crust, chocolate ganache filling and a toasted marshmallow topping. Now, these really are easy, and- if you don’t have ganache, you could easily use a bit of chocolate instead. The crust was a basic graham cracker crust: Warm Toasted Marshmallow S'more Bars. S’mores Cookies. April 26, 2012 | Print | E-mail | Filed under chocolate, cookie, marshmallow It seems that my offer went over well with Mother Nature…even though it’s still on the chilly side out there, there’s been no more snow to speak of, and for that I am very thankful.
Now, we can get back to all things spring…and even a little bit of summer. My friend Shelly over at Cookies & Cups has been doing a S’mores Week on her blog all week, so I’ve been dreaming about going camping and one of my favorite parts, sitting around the campfire talking and making s’mores. Since I was really craving cookies one night this week, I decided to take that inspiration and whip up a batch of s’mores cookies.
Not only are these cookies fun to make when you want a little taste of summer, but I’m thinking about making them for our next camping trip since I think they’d make a great portable snack to take on a walk or hike. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Want more s’mores?