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.

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. 1 stick butter, softened1/2 cup sugar1/4 cup brown sugar1 egg1 1/2 tsp vanilla1 1/2 cups flour1 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp salt3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs or crushed graham cereal1 cup chocolate chips2 cups mini marshmallows6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Add in the egg and vanilla, and beat an additional 1-2 minutes. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and graham cracker or cereal crumbs. Add the dry ingredients gradually to the wet ingredients, and mix on low speed until the dough comes together. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

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. 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: Now, I took this pic on purpose of my hand… why? I need to do more film-work- just for the manicures. So, I baked up my baby crusts, topped em with some chocolate: and…. Now- when you go to toast em. See? baby s’mores Author: Michelle Keith @ The Village Cook Recipe type: dessert 1 c graham cracker crumbs, fine¼ c melted butter¼ c sugar½ tsp vanilla1 c chocolate filling* (either chocolate chips or cream)24 marshmallows Enjoy!

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. 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. milk chocolate bars (I used Hershey's milk chocolate bars)DirectionsBegin by preparing the marshmallows. With the mixer on low speed, slowly begin to pour the prepared syrup into the dissolved gelatin mixture. The next day, turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board. Turn the dough out onto a work surface and shape the dough into a log.

Warm Toasted Marshmallow S'more Bars