Category: Cookies

Black And White Cookies

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Black and white cookies.  It sounds like a name that a kid would give a cookie, but many of us know that the reference is to those iconic cookies that orginated from New York bakeries.  My entire family LOVES them.  I mean really loves them.  What better to celebrate my love for them this time of the year but to bake them these cookies.  They are a labor of love (you’ll see why), but my family is worth it.     🙂 These large cake-like cookies are coated with a thick layer of sweet frosting, half vanilla and half chocolate. Black …

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Poppers

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What do you call desserts that act like cookies but don’t look like cookies?  I’m totally serious, this is not a trick question.  These bite sized treats that I made have a ball shape, but I don’t want to call them balls because it sounds funny.  They don’t look like cookies so I have issues calling them that too.  I think I’ll stick with calling them poppers, like I did for my Almond Cranberry Granola Poppers.     🙂 These no-bake poppers are full of peanut butter, chocolate, and oat goodness. Peanut Butter Chocolate Poppers Recipe (Makes about 33 poppers) Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup skim milk 2/3 cup white …

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Cranberry Date Nut Bars

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Do you want a cookie but not the calories that go with it?  That’s what I have here.  Well, it’s not technically a “cookie” per say, but I’m calling it close enough.     😉  These no bake bars taste like a berry fruit roll up snack, except these bars are loaded with healthy ingredients. Cranberry Date Nut Bars Recipe (16 servings) Ingredients: 1 cup almonds 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup pitted dates 1 tablespoon sweetened coconut flakes 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips (optional) Directions: Combine the almonds, dried cranberries, pitted dates, coconut flakes, and …

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Cake Mix Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Are you a fan of using a cake mix to bake cookies?  I used to think that a cake mix should only be used for baking cakes because it seemed weird to use it for anything else.  However, since I continuously try to expand my horizons I tried it in the Chocolate Gooey Cookies.  I love how they came out puffy and taste like mini moist cakes.  That recipe was my inspiration for creating these cake mix dark chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are a moist and cakey vanilla based cookie loaded with lots of dark chocolate chips. Cake Mix Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (Makes 24  cookies) Note: Requires …

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Chocolate Gingerbread Bars

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I’m a big fan of Tory Burch and her handbags.  I find that they are pricey but every now and then I like to splurge.  I saw (on her blog) that Tory’s Thanksgiving menu involved a gingerbread brownie for dessert.  Chocolate and gingerbread combined into one goodie?  I’d never heard of such a thing.  It got me thinking…why not?  Fast forward through all my research to these chocolate gingerbread bars and now I’m in love with the combo.  In fact, I’m a bit obsessed with it and I wonder how I ever managed without it. These bars are a moist gingerbread chocolate cake loaded …

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