Thankfulness Day 94:: The BEST EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies!

I've never told anyone this recipe.  I savor it.  It's amazing, I got it from a friend's ex-boyfriend's aunt!  It's adaptible, delious, and mine!  But now it's yours too.  I feel that I've been selfish enough and it's time to share it.

Get your pen and paper ready.

The BEST EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies!

1 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 sticks of butter softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups Flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of chocolate chips

Mix butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla.  In separate bowl add dry ingredients.  Slowly add dry ingredient mixture to sugar mixture and then add chocolate chips.  Stir together.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Variations: Add 1/3 cup butterscotch chips & 1/3 cup white choc. chips and only 1/3 cup chocolate chips
OR add coconut and walnuts and lessen the choc. chips
OR add some peanut butter and peanut butter chips in

I've done it all and they taste so good!

Enjoy!!

Thankfulness Day 65:: Recipe

After a long day I had to figure out what to bring to my moms group tomorrow morning since I'm in charge of bringing a potato dish. Well I ran off to the store at 8pm tonight and bought the ingredients for a fast dish and also the most delicious potato dish I've ever tasted!

Here's the recipe

Swiss Potato Casserole

1 large bag of shredded frozen potatoes (aka hash browns)
1 1/2 cups of sour cream
1 large swiss cheese, shredded
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt

Mix all in a large bowl until all potatoes are thoroughly coated. Put into large pan and bake covered for 30 minutes and uncovered for another 30 minutes (1 hr total)
Sometimes I like to sprinkle extra cheese on top before I put it in the oven. Delicious!

Today I am thankful for easy recipes that I can be proud of.

Pumpkin Cookies

A-MAZ-ING! Your fall is not complete until you make these cookies! They are super moist and are a great alternative when you aren't in the mood for chocolate! (As if)

Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon each baking soda, baking powder, salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup canned pumpkin
white cookie icing (I used powdered sugar with milk but I think a cream cheese icing would be even better!)

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, mix sugar, egg, shortening, and vanilla
3. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir into the creamed mixture, then stir in pumpkin
4. Spoon dough onto greased cookie sheet
5. Bake for 12 minutes, then cool
6. Drizzle icing on top of cookies

Easy Oreo Truffles

If you haven't made these yet and are a chocolate lover like me, you will thank me for posting this!



Prep Time:
30 min
Total Time:
1 hr 30 min

Makes:
3-1/2 doz. or 42 servings, one truffle each

What You Need!
1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted (or white chocolate)

Make It!

MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.

DIP balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Recipe Monday

I may start to post a good recipe every Monday. I say "I may" because I don't even know if people read this blog and I've started to feel discouraged. Therefore I'm setting up a poll. Please vote and let me know that you care that I blog :)

Merry Berry Cheese Bars

2 cups unsifted flour
1 1/2 cups Oats
3/4 cup + 1 tbsp packed brown sugar
1 cup butter softened
1 (8oz) cream cheese package softened
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 (16oz) can whole berry cranberry sauce
2 tbsp corn starch

Preheat 350'. With mixer, beat flour, oats, 3/4 cup brown sugar, and butter until crumbly. Set aside 1 1/2 cup of that mixture. Press remaining mixture on bottom of greased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

With mixer, beat cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Stir in lemon juice. Spread over baked crust. Combine cranberry sauce, corn starch, and remaining 1 tbsp brown sugar. Spoon over cheese layer. Top with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake 45 minutes or until golden. Cool and cut, put in refrigerator.

These are a great holiday dessert!