Fully Loaded Cookies By: Kailey Ann

Fully Loaded Cookies



Ingredients:

3/4 cup of sugar
3/4 cup of packed brown sugar
1 cup of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 a bag of chocolate chips
1/2 a bag of peanut butter chips
1/2 a bag of butterscotch chips
1/2 a bag of white chocolate chips



Directions:


1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Beat sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium sppeed, or mix with a spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the chocolate, peanut butter, butterscotch, and white chocolate chips.

3. Drop dough by rounded spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. ENJOY!!!!

Snickerdoodles By: Kailey Ann

Snickerdoodles


Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 cup of shortening
2 large eggs
2 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon



Directions:


1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Beat 1 1/2 cups of sugar, the butter, shortening, and eggs in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.

3. Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Mix 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Roll the balls into cinnamon-sugar mixture. PLace two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Quickly remove from cookie sheet and set on wire rack to cool. Enjoy!!!

Lemon Bars By: Kailey Ann

Lemon Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of butter
1/4 cup of powderred sugar
1 cup of sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
2 large eggs
Powdered sugar


Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix flour, butter and 1/4 of a cup of powdered sugar. Once mixed, add about 1/2 a tablespoon of lemon juice to the mixture (that's my secret(;). Press evenly in ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches.

3. Bake crust for 20 minutes, remove from oven.

4. Beat remaining ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed for exactly 3 minutes. Pour over hot crust.

5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in the center. Cool in pan on wire rack. Dust on powdered sugar once completely cooled. For bars, cut 5 rows by 5 rows. Best after refridgerated.


ENJOY!!!! (:

Chocolate Drop Cookies By: Kailey Ann

Chocolate Drop Cookies


Ingredients:

1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons of butter
1/3 cup of buttermilk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 large egg
6 tablespoons of baking cocoa
1 3/4 cups of all-purpose baking flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt


Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease cookie sheet with butter or spray with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, butter, buttermilk, vanilla, egg, and baking cocoa in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt.

3. Drop dough by rounded spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Quickly remove from cookie sheet and place onto a wire rack and allow to cool. ENJOY!!!

Vanilla Cupcakes by: Kailey Ann

Plain but Amazing Vanilla Cupcakes


Ingredients:

2cups of all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of butter
1 1/2 cups of sugar
4 eggs, seperated
1 cup of milk
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla


Directions:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.

3. Combine flour, salt, and baking powder, set aside.

4. In a new bowl, combine butter, 1 cup of sugar, egg yolks, milk, and vanilla.

5. Now add the dry ingredients to the mix.

6. Mix at low speed for 2 minutes.

7. Whip up remaining sugar with the egg whites, mixing at high speed until fluffy and smooth. Fold into batter.

8. Fill liners one half to two thirds full. Make sure not to overfill.

9. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then move to wire rack to cool completely.

10. Frost with Buttercream Frosting!




Buttercream Frosting


Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter
4 cups of powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
4 to 5 tablespoons of milk
2 teaspoons of vanillla



Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream butter until it's very fluffy.

2. Add part of the sugar and the salt and beat again.

3. Continue adding sugar and milk in small batches, alternately, beating until very fluffy.

4, Stir in the vanilla.

5. Frost your Plain but Amazing Cupcakes and ENJOY!!!

Peanut Butter and Honey Cookies!

Oh yes yes I did it. I made the world's sweetest and softest cookie. I break th rules its what i do when it comes to cooking. Be prepared to be blown away! My inspiration for this cookie was literally my sweet tooth. In the morning I always crave sugar and peanut butter. Therefore this cookie had to be made. However, the honey was not in the recipe until I realized I had ran out of sugar. I thought, it wont hurt to at least try. I also mixed it with a little splenda. Another ingredient that was unique was a new thing from Jiff. Whenever we go to Disneyland, I pack a ton of snacks. The last time we went I found these little peanut butter containers called Jiff to go. They had one called chocolate silk and peanut butter. I had noticed a couple left over containers in the pantry so I said what the heck! And I dumped them out into the mixing bowl. So the recipe is as follows:

1/2 cup peanut butter
2 containers jiff to go chocolate silk (optional)
1/4 cup honey
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup splenda (optional)
2 sticks room temperature butter (I use a low calorie butter like challenge)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs (I use egg substitute egg beaters. They really make a better cookie)
2/1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 package peanut butter chips

In a large bowl mix together salt, baking soda, and flour and set aside. In a mixer combine butter, peanut butter, chocolate silk, brown sugar, splenda, vanilla, and honey. Mix on low speed for a minute and then raise to medium high speed until the mixture is whipped and creamy. Reduce speed to low and add the eggs. Bring speed back up to medium high to bring the mixture back up to a creamy consistency. And again, reduce speed to low and slowly incorporate the flour mixture. Once it is all mixed well (and it should be thick yet still soft). Add in peanut butter chips and mix on low for a couple seconds until they are well incorporated. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place a heaping spoonful of cookie dough on cookie sheet about 1-2 inches apart. Bake for 6-7 minutes or until they no longer look like raw dough. Do not let them brown at all. Take them out and let them sit for 5 minutes and then place on either a plate to let them firm up more or in a cookie jar to keep them extra soft. If you put them all in the cookie jar because they are so soft, they have a tendency to bunch up together. I personally enjoy that because its fun to just kind of reach in and peal away a moist cookie but if you prefer them to be more crunchy and firm, add a couple of minutes to the baking time and allow them to sit on a plate for a while before placing them in a cookie jar. The most important and final step is to ENJOY!!

A Sweet Party/Gift Tip

If you are in charge of making a sweet for a party or event or simply want to give a gift to someone, I have a great way to dress it up. If you are anything like me, sometimes your treats will come out looking a little sloppy. For cupcakes, cookies, truffles, candies, or anything of the sort, it is all about the presentation. If you have messed up your treat a bit and it doesnt look perfect, first I just want to say, THAT IS OKAY. Nothing is absolutely perfect unless you are trying to enter in a contest. So, go to your local craft store and find a pretty basket or container. For the picture I posted, I found this super cute wooden box in the basket aisle of Michaels. I then bought a styrofoam block in a few aisles down (just because I was doing truffle pops on a stick) and then I found cute paper pink confetti and filled the box with that. To make it even better, a few more aisles down you will find cute clear platic wrappers of all sizes. If you made rice crispy treats or cookies, these are perfect for those. Even for candies. And then I go down to the ribbon aisle. They have such an amazing assortment of ribbons. These will be used to tie the wrappers. Once your treats are nicely wrapped, place them on the pink confetti in the box and you are ready to go. For truffles, there is another aisle where they have mini cupcake wrappers/holders. They come in so many cute decorations and colors. Place the truffle in the holder and then place them on the pink confetti in the box. At this point, the presentation is so beautiful that nobody will notice the imperfections. This is such a cute, fun, and easy idea that will really wow the crowd.