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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Cookie Ornament Cups

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 1/2 ounce) package nestlã‰â® toll houseâ® refrigerated chocolate chip cookie bar dough
  • 1 (16 ounce) container prepared white frosting, divided
  • red food coloring
  • 2 plastic sandwich bags (for food storage, quart size)
  • frosty wonkaâ® nerdsâ®, various holiday sprinkles, sugars and or decorating gels
  • miniature pretzel twists, broken for ornament hook (24 hooks are needed)
  • 24 nestlã‰â® jingles, any flavor, unwrapped

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350º f. grease 24 mini-muffin cups. place one square of cookie dough into each cup.
  • 2 bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. cool completely in pan(s) on wire rack. with tip of butter knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pan(s).
  • 3 spoon half of frosting into plastic bag; seal. stir food coloring into remaining frosting in container until desired color is reached. fill other plastic bag with colored frosting; seal. cut 1/2-inch from corner of each bag. squeeze bags lightly to pipe frosting on top of each cookie cup to form rounded ornament shape. decorate with nerds, sprinkles, sugars and/or gels. place nestlé jingle on top of each. to adhere hook, use a small amount of icing.
  • 4 make ahead tip:.
  • 5 • cookie bases can be made ahead and stored covered at room temperature for up to a day.
  • 6 frosty wonka® nerds® and nestlé® jingles are available mid-november through december.

Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 18 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb unsalted butter
  • 14 ounces soft brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 12 ounces plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 5 fluid ounces buttermilk
  • 1/4 lb walnuts, chopped
  • 11 ounces raisins
  • 6 ounces dried dates, chopped

Recipe

  • 1 cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • 2 add the eggs and beat well.
  • 3 stir in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk, then the nuts and fruit.
  • 4 drop spoonfuls greased baking sheets and bake at 375°f for 10-12 minutes.
  • 5 cool on a wire cooling rack and store in an airtight tin.

Cookie Pops

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 10
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 20 vanilla wafers
  • 10 wooden popsicle sticks
  • 4 ounces milk chocolate confectionary coating, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon shortening

Recipe

  • 1 spread peanut butter over the flat side of 10 vanilla wafers (about 1 teaspoon on each). top each with a popsicle stick and another vanilla wafer. place on wax paper-lined baking sheet and freeze for 7 minutes.
  • 2 in a small microwave safe bowl, melt candy coating and shortening; stir until smooth.
  • 3 dip cookie pops into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. return pops to baking sheet.
  • 4 decorate with m&m's miniature baking bits.
  • 5 freeze for 5 to 6 miniutes or until chocolate is set.
  • 6 store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Cookies 'n' Yogurt

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 8 ounces fruit-flavored yogurt (we used strawberry because it was light in color)
  • 1 pepperidge farm chocolate chunk cookies, any variety crumbled (we used the rialto's) or 4 -5 chocolate, raspberry rialto crumbled (we used the rialto's)
  • blueberries (we used flash-frozen individual raspberries) or cut-up strawberries (we used flash-frozen individual raspberries) or raspberries (we used flash-frozen individual raspberries)

Recipe

  • 1 spoon half the yogurt into dish.
  • 2 top with half the crumbled cookie and half the berries.
  • 3 top with remaining yogurt and berries.
  • 4 sprinkle with remaining crumbled cookie.

Cookies & Cream Brownies

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 (20 ounce) box duncan hines chewy fudge brownie mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 1 2/3 cups oreo cookies, crushed
  • 1 (12 ounce) container cream cheese frosting

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease bottom of 9x13 pan.
  • 2 in bowl combine ingredients as directed on the back of the brownie mix box. add 1 cup crushed oreos. mix well.
  • 3 pour in pan and bake 24-26 minutes or until done.
  • 4 cool completely.
  • 5 spread frosting (should only need 1/2 a can) over cake.
  • 6 sprinkle remaining crushed oreos over top.

Cookie Press Low Fat Butter Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups smart balance butter spread
  • 1 cup artificial sweetener
  • 1/4 cup egg beaters egg substitute
  • 1 tablespoon egg beaters egg substitute
  • 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Recipe

  • 1 blend smart balance, splenda and egg beaters until creamy.
  • 2 gradually add flour and salt.
  • 3 gently blend in vanilla.
  • 4 refrigerate 45 minutes to one hour.
  • 5 put dough in cookie press and press out cookies cookie sheet.
  • 6 you can use other flavored extracts, lemon and almond are very good. at christmas i use sprinkles and colored sugar to decorate.
  • 7 bake at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes.

Cookie Sorbet Sandwiches

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

  • Servings: 8
  • 16 1/2 ounces dough
  • 3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 4 cups sorbet (assorted flavours) or 4 cups ice cream (assorted flavours)
  • 3 tablespoons ice cream topping (minced crystallized ginger, oreo crumbles, nuts, etc)

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350°f coat baking sheets with cooking spray. on medium speed, beat dough with melted chips, flour and if desired, toping until combined.
  • 2 divide into 16 pieces, about 2 tbs each. arrange on baking sheets about 3" apart. flatten into 2" rounds.
  • 3 bake 8-10 minutes or until set. cool on pans for 5 minutes. transfer to racks. cool completely.
  • 4 optional: coat cookie with melted chocolate, peanut butter, etc.
  • 5 spread 1/2 c sorbet or ice cream flat side of half of cookies. top with another cookie. press gently together.
  • 6 optional: roll in toppings to coat sides.
  • 7 wrap individually. freeze until set. (i recommend several hours to overnight).