Snickerdoodles

1 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups sugar

Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. 

Beat in:
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir in:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Once the batter is smooth, shape the dough into balls that are 1 inch in diameter. 

Stir together:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Roll the balls of dough in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.  Place on an ungreased baking sheet. 
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, just until the outer edges are starting to look a little darker than the rest of the cookie. 
Let them sit on the baking sheet for about 2 minutes. 
Remove them to a paper towel to finish cooling.

Makes about 36-40 cookies, if you can keep from eating the dough...  😉

Brookies (Half cookie, half brownie!)

Brookies

This was inspired by the fact that I had left over chocolate chip cookie dough and it wasn't going to make enough cookies for the group I was making a dessert for, so I quickly looked up for a recipe on Allrecipes.com  and up pops THE perfect solution.  I used my own chocolate chip cookie recipe that is on my blog and it is a little different than the one on the recipe page mentioned earlier.  So I would use half of that recipe for the cookie base and then the following to make the Brookie.

Use half of this recipe http://step-by-stepcooking.blogspot.com/2012/10/chocolate-chip-cookies.html  for the cookie base.  Spread it in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan make it no more than 1/2 inch think.

Then for the brownie part:

Mix together:
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter that has been melted
1 tsp vanilla

Add:
2 eggs

Beat well.

Mix together:
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt

Add to the egg, butter, sugar mixture.
Stir to combine all ingredients.

Pour the brownie batter over the cookie dough in the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees (175 C), for 20-25 minutes.  Use a toothpick poked in the center to check it, if the toothpick comes out clean, it is ready.

No Bake Chocolate Cookies

No Bake Chocolate Cookies

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup butter.

1. Place these ingredients in a 3 quart pan.  

2. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 seconds.  Remove from heat.

3. Add 2 tsp vanilla 

4.  If you like add 1/2 c peanut butter (not something I usually add but if you are a peanut butter lover, do it).

5. Stir in 3 cups oatmeal.

6. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper or tinfoil.  Let cool.

Down-In-The-Dumps Pudding

Beat together:

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons cocoa

Stir in:

1 cup milk
4 Tablespoons oil
2 cups chopped nuts

Spread mixture in an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.

Blend in a small bowl:
      2 cups brown sugar (packed)
      1/2 cup cocoa

Sprinkle over the top of the batter.

Pour over all:
   3 1/2 cups hot water.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.