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Memories

15
Jun 2010
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I don’t know why I thought of this now, in June. I was sitting here remembering Christmas’ when I was little. I remember emptying out my stocking and always finding it full of nuts, oranges, little net bags filled with chocolates that looked like gold coins and all kinds of yummy goodies.

My mom always bought a big box of chocolates and made all kinds of cookies. Almost everything back then, in the 50′s and 60′s, were home made like cookies, cakes, pies and breads. Before I started working, after my youngest was in 5th grade, I used to bake all that kind of stuff all the time. Nowadays people go to bakeries or buy stuff in supermarkets. To me there is nothing better than something homemade.

How do feel about that? Are things better homemade or store bought?

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Chocolate marshmallow cookies

13
Dec 2009
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This isn’t one of those natural acne treatments but it’s a really good tasting cookie!

Cookies
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) double chocolate chunk cookie mix
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons water
1 egg
2/3 cup chopped pecans
12 large marshmallows, cut in half

Frosting
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
1/3 cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir the cookie mix, oil, water, egg and pecans until a soft dough forms.
2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 7 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press marshmallow half lightly, cut side down, on top of cookie. Bake for 1 to 2 minutes longer or just until marshmallows begin to soften. Cool for 2 minutes then remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4. In 1-quart nonstick saucepan, melt chocolate chips over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and add whipping cream, butter and vanilla; blend well. Stir in the powdered sugar until smooth.
5. Spread the frosting over each cookie, after it’s cooled, be sure to cover the marshmallow. Let stand until the frosting is set.

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Mummy Cookies

30
Oct 2009
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mummycookiesOk everyone… get out your fat burners because these cookies are 400 calories for just 1 cookie! But they’re cute and perfect for Halloween.

1 pouch sugar cookie mix
2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
1/3 cup softened butter or margarine
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) vanilla frosting
12 small jelly beans, cut in half
black decorating gel

1. Pre-heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix and cocoa. Add the butter and egg; stir until it forms a soft dough

2. On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 5-inch gingerbread man shaped cookie cutter. On un-greased cookie sheet, place 1 inch apart. Gather dough scraps; re-roll until all dough is used.

3. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are puffy and the tops are dry. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

4. Spoon frosting into re-sealable plastic bag; partly seal the bag and cut 1/4-inch hole in a bottom corner. Or you can use a decorating bag with a flat tip with 1/4-inch-wide opening (#44). Pipe frosting on cookies for bandages. Place jelly beans for eyes and use black gel to make pupils in eyes. Store cookies in airtight container.

Image from Betty Crocker

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Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

26
Oct 2009
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spidercookiesThese are perfect for Halloween treats. You could make lots of them and give out to the trick or treaters instead of handing out auto accessories.. :)

1 pouch peanut butter cookie mix
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon water
1 egg
36 chewy caramels in milk chocolate (like Rolo candies)
Black or red string licorice
1/3 cup (72) miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
black decorating gel

Total Time: 30 min
1. Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg into dough.
2. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press 1 chewy caramel in center of each cookie. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
4. Cut licorice into 8 (2-inch) pieces for each spider. Attach legs by sticking into chewy caramel. Use baking bits for eyes and black gel to make pupils in eyes.

*Image from Betty Crocker

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Mmmm.. chocolate

04
May 2009
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With all of these recipes I’ve been posting containing chocolate I need to find a drug rehab for chocolate. Is there such a thing? Chocolate is my favorite food group. Yes.. I do consider it a food group although I can’t find anything on the NJ Dept of Health website saying the it is.

I’ll eat almost anything that contains chocolate.. except for maybe chocolate covered bugs (ewwwww gross). I love chocolate ice cream, chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate chip cookies… etc, etc, etc.

How about you? Are you a chocoholic too?

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Cookies

14
Dec 2008
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I have the grandkids this weekend and we made cookies… chocolate chip cookies to be exact. Well actually I made them and they ate them. My Christmas party, at work, is on Monday so I made a batch for the party as well. I’m surprised I have as many cookies as I do because a lot of cookie dough just didn’t make it onto the cookie sheets *licks lips*. The grandkids were more than happy to be taste testers. They tasted and tasted and tasted some more. Kody, the youngest, told me my cookies were the awesome-est! They just kept asking for more, but they only had 3 each. I didn’t want them to spoil dinner or get a belly ache.

Besides cookie making I went grocery shopping, bought some Christmas gifts and went to CVS to pick up a prescription and a few other things. I came home, cleaned and polished my discount furniture, ran the dishwasher then went to pick up the grandkids.

After all these pictures are you hungry yet?

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Cookies

08
Dec 2008
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This weekend I have to bake cookies for our Christmas party at work. I’m planning on making my famous chocolate chip cookies.. Well they aren’t really my famous cookies… I use the recipe on the bag of Nestle’s Chocolate Morsels. I just love the taste of them.

I hope all goes well this time. The last time I tried to make cookies my indoor lighting in the kitchen went out and it was too dark to make them. I have 2 really long fluorescent tubes above my cabinets and I don’t know when the last time they were changed. They both went out within a couple minutes of each other. Luckily I hadn’t gotten any further than getting everything out to make them. I hadn’t actually started them.

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Speaking of..

02
Nov 2008
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Speaking of cleaning…. In our office we have our own room in which to eat our lunch, throw parties, etc. Every will bring in little things that they bought and didn’t like or just have extra of and we have baskets of things “donated” by co-workers.

We have quite a Tea Collection going on in one basket. We have Earl Grey, mint, lemon and quite a few other kinds. We also have cookies that one girl brought in because her son doesn’t like them. We have little packets of stuff from Chinese takeout. If you need something to munch or drink… we probably have what you’re looking for!

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