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Cookie Dough for One!

September 11, 2014 4:50 pm September 11, 2014

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Cookie dough is quite possibly the best midnight snack in the universe. Want to know how to make a mouthwatering midnight snack for one? Here is how to make your…

Cookie dough is quite possibly the best midnight snack in the universe. Want to know how to make a mouthwatering midnight snack for one? Here is how to make your very own serving of cookie dough!

1. ½ cup packed brown sugar

2. 2 TBSP softened butter

3. 1/8 tsp vanilla

4. 1 ½ TBSP milk

5. 1/3 cup flour

6. Pinch of salt

7. Any toppings you want, such as chocolate chips or M&Ms!

Instructions:

Combine the softened butter and brown sugar with a mixer on low for a little under a minute. Gently stir in the vanilla, milk, flour and salt with a spoon. Combine the mixture with the mixer on low for about 30 seconds. Pour in any of your toppings and mix them!

I like my cookie dough chilled, so you can put it in your fridge for a bit before you scarf it down! Enjoy!

XOXO, Chels

photos by theliveinkitchen.com

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Avocado Chocolate Chip Cookies…?!

Chels

August 27, 2014 5:30 pm August 27, 2014

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What if I told you there was a way to make chocolate chip cookies…with avocados?! Would you think I was totally bezerk? I not, I promise! I am so excited…

What if I told you there was a way to make chocolate chip cookies…with avocados?! Would you think I was totally bezerk? I not, I promise! I am so excited to share this guilt-free recipe with you all! You can eat as many of these delicious cookies as you want without feeling like a beached whale afterwards! Check it out:

Ingredients:

100 grams of avocado flesh (sounds zombie-ish, right?)
½ cup coconut sugar
1 egg
½ cup dark cocoa powder
50 g. dark chocolate chunks
1 tbsp. water
½ tsp. baking soda

Here is how to make the cookies:

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350° F. In a bowl using a hand mixer, mix together the avocado and coconut sugar until smooth. Add in the egg.
Mix in the cocoa powder and chocolate chunks. In a small bowl or glass dissolve the baking soda in water and add it to the dough. Mix well.
Using two spoons place dollops of cookie dough on to a baking sheet with parchment paper. These cookies don’t spread out when you cook them like normal cookies do, so make sure to flatten them out a bit with the back of a spoon before baking them
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies don’t stick as much to the paper as they did before baking. Let them cool down. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

I found this great recipe on thesmoothielover.com! If you are super into healthy foods, try these out!!

XOXO, Chels

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Puppy Chow Cookies

Chels

July 9, 2014 3:13 pm July 9, 2014

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Puppy chow is the world’s greatest snack. Chocolate and peanut butter covered in powdered sugar? Perf! When I found out that there was something called puppy chow cookies, I knew…

Puppy chow is the world’s greatest snack. Chocolate and peanut butter covered in powdered sugar? Perf! When I found out that there was something called puppy chow cookies, I knew I had to check it out! Here is how to make them!

Ingredients:

-Peanut butter cookie mix
-Chocolate Coating
-1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

-1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine

-1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
-1 teaspoon vanilla

-Sugar Coating
-1 1/2-2 cups

-Powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat your oven. In a large bowl, combine cookie ingredients as directed on the package.

2. Shape the dough into 1″ balls and place 2″ apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 8 minutes and slightly press on cookie and return to oven for 2 more minutes or until the edges a lightly golden brown. Let them cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets and then remove to cooling rack and cool completely.

3. In a bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on high in one minute intervals, stirring after each minute, until it is combined and smooth, stir in vanilla.

4. In a gallon size ziploc bag place 1 1/2 c powdered sugar and set aside. In a large bowl place 12 cooled cookies, pour 1/3 of the chocolate mixture over the cookies in the bowl. With a rubber spatula carefully toss cookies to coat with chocolate. Place cookies six at a time in powdered sugar bag and gently turn to coat cookies. Shake excess powdered sugar off and place on cooling rack to set up.

5. Repeat with 12 more cookies and 1/2 of remaining chocolate mixture; repeat again until all cookies have been coated, adding more powdered sugar to bag if you run out.

If you whip up a batch of these babies, comment below and tell me if you love them!!

XOXO, Chels

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Calling All Peanut Butter and Chocolate Lovers!

Chelsea

June 5, 2014 5:40 pm June 5, 2014

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Hey everyone! Christmas is right around the corner and we all love a good Christmas cookie! Here are two peanut butter and chocolate cookie recipes that are quick…

Hey everyone!

Christmas is right around the corner and we all love a good Christmas cookie! Here are two peanut butter and chocolate cookie recipes that are quick and delicious! The first recipe is for Peanut Butter Blossoms:

Ingredients
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
3 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Additional granulated sugar (about 2 tablespoons)
About 7 dozen Hershey’s® Kisses® Brand milk chocolates
Directions
1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional granulated sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately press 1 chocolate candy in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

The next recipe is for Chocolate Chip cookies with a half of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. This recipe is super easy and everyone will think you went to a lot of work! Here is the recipe:

Ingredients
1 package of Toll House cookie squares
1 bag of small Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (cut in half)
1 package of paper cupcake holders
Directions
Line a cupcake pan with liners. Place one square of cookies dough in the liner and bake about 8 minutes. Then add half a peanut butter cup to the middle of each cookie and bake for approximately 3 more minutes. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.

Bon Appetite! – Chelsea

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Valentine’s Day Treat Ideas!

Chelsea

February 10, 2014 10:19 pm February 10, 2014

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Hey insiders, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! It’s always fun to bake something creative for that special someone in your life. It’s also fun to bake treats for…

Hey insiders,
               Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! It’s always fun to bake something creative for that special someone in your life. It’s also fun to bake treats for others that you love like your grandparents, your friends, or even a teacher. Below I’ve included three different goodies that would make anyone’s mouth water.
               I always love to bake heart shaped cut out cookies. A relative’s sugar cookie recipe is the always the best way to go. My family and I like to use different shaped sizes of hearts and decorate them with pink, red, white, and purple icing. We top them off with sugar sprinkles.
              Another yummy idea is to bake a heart shaped cake! You can purchase a heart shaped pan or two and bake a cake in them. Have fun icing for decorating your cake. This will show your “special someone” that you took the time to make something fun and creative. And don’t forget delicious!
               If baking is not your thing, you can always make some rice crispy treats on the stove top. You can use a cookie cutter to cut heart shapes out of the treats. You can also use popsicle or lollipop sticks to slide into each snack. Feel free to decorate the rice crispy treats with icing if you really LOVE sugar! I hope these ideas will help you spread love this Valentine’s Day!

Hugs and kisses,
Chelsea

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Turkey Cookies Recipe!

Chels

November 17, 2013 1:32 pm November 17, 2013

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Thanksgiving is only a week away! It is time to start thinking of what yummy desserts you will be showing off to your family this Thanksgiving! Here is a kick…

Thanksgiving is only a week away! It is time to start thinking of what yummy desserts you will be showing off to your family this Thanksgiving! Here is a kick booty recipe for some super cute turkey inspired cookies I found on the Pillsbury website, which is where I found the adorable picture! I tweaked the recipe a little bit to make it my own, so check it out!

Ingredients:

-1 roll (16.5 ounce package) of ready to bake refrigerated sugar cookies.

-1 container (16 ounce) creamy chocolate frosting.

-Candy corn

-Mini M&Ms

– Orange decorative frosting

Lets Bake!

The first step is to bake the sugar cookies as directed on their package. Once you have baked the cookies and have allowed them to cool down completely (about 10 minutes or so), spoon chocolate frosting into a 1-quart Ziploc baggy. Seal the bag and cut off a tiny bit of the corner of the bag. On each cookie, squeeze frosting on the outer edge of half of the cookie. Arrange candy corn over the frosting for feathers. Use the orange frosting to attach the mini M&Ms to the cookies for the eyes. Pipe the orange frosting onto the cookies to look like a nose and feet.

These cookies are sure to get tons of “oohs” and “aaahhhs”. Everyone will love these tasty turkeys! Happy Thanksgiving!

XOXO, Chels

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