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Snickerdoodle Cookies

May 13, 2019

Snickerdoodle cookies are a favorite around our house because they are one of the few cookies I bake without chocolate! My boys (all of them) are not fans of chocolate. I can not wrap my head around the concept of that last sentence.

But, Snickerdoodle cookies, with the sugar and cinnamon combo, are a delicious blend of sugar and spice! Here is one more favorite non-chocolate cookie.

This Snickerdoodle cookie recipe is straight out of the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook from over twenty-five years ago. It was a wedding gift. My mother-in-law, or maybe it was my mom, knew cooking was going to come with a steep learning curve for me.

This is one of the few recipes I pull into the cookie rotation at our house. I make this a few times a year for my husband! Since I am not a fan of cooking, baking is a fun way for me to share my gratitude for all the things my hubby does around the house.

Baking is a great way to thank him for spending an hour to fix my printer when I can not get the ink cartridges to load correctly so the printer “senses” the cartridge’s presence!

These Snickerdoodle cookies come out pretty much perfect every time I bake them. It’s one of the few recipes I follow line by line. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

My sister is sending me a long-distance eye roll right about now.

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SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Someone Doodled on my Snickers

Ingredients

3 3/4 CUPS FLOUR
1/2 TSP. BAKING SODA
1/2 TSP. CREAM OF TARTAR
1 CUP BUTTER, SOFTENED
2 CUPS SUGAR
1/4 CUP MILK
1 TSP. VANILLA
3 TBSP. SUGAR SUGAR-CINNAMON MIXTURE
1 TSP. CINNAMON

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375.
Add dry ingredients in a bowl.
Beat butter, sugar in a separate bowl until creamy. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to the beaten mixture.
Form dough into 1 " balls and roll in sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Place on lightly greased cookie sheets and flatten with bottom of a glass.
Bake at 375 for about 8 minutes.

Who knew a shot glass was a multi-purpose tool? I use a shot glass whenever a cookie recipe includes the instructions to “flatten” the dough. It also works great when you need a circle cookie cutter on the fly.

Enjoy these soft and chewy Snickerdoodle cookies with a glass of chilled milk! Oh, and if my husband is reading… I can explain why the printer is in the middle of the yard… have another Snickerdoodle cookie, sweetie!

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars

May 10, 2019

There is a new man in my life; I stalk him weekly and I always leave a message (in the form of a comment). He is a lifestyle blogger. I pin and print almost every recipe he posts. And, I loved his recipe for these frosted sugar cookie bars.

The ingredient list was short and the bake time was under 20 minutes. And, no cookie cutters needed for these sugar cookie bars.

Until I made this recipe, it never occurred to me that I could bake sugar cookies without cookie cutters.

Yep, the only thing you need for these sugar cookie bars is a sheet pan. I decided to use two smaller baking sheets so I could adjust the thickness of the cookie dough on the second pan.

The second baking sheet was covered with about 1/2 of the cookie dough.

I like my sugar cookies (and bars) thick. Kind of like my middle after inhaling a pan of these frosted cookies.

Michael, my blogger crush, created a beautiful ombre frosting technique. It was an epic fail on my end of the country.

Frosting Fiasco

When my ombre tinted frosted started with a Pepto Bismol shade of pink it was impossible to take it down to a blush. Attempts to add more neutral frosting just made it a lighter shade of Pepto Bismol.

So I put the Pepto Bismol tinted frosting and the two additional shades of pink aide and started over. I used a smidge of pink tint to create a shade of blush for my frosted sugar cookie bars. The lesson: I made an edit and saved the frosting. #everydayedits

I found my new favorite frosted sugar cookie bars recipe from Michael over at Inspired by Charm. In full disclosure, I saved the link to his blog for the end of my post. Because, once you click over to his blog, I may not see you at mine! Make sure you tell him his Colorado stalker sent you!

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FROSTED SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Author: adapted from Inspired by Charm

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Line baking sheet with foil (for thicker bar use a smaller baking sheet).
In a large bowl: sift flour, baking powder & salt.
In separate bowl cream butter, sugar for about 3 minutes.
Add egg, sour cream and vanilla
Slowly add the flour mixture
Press the dough onto the baking sheet, bake for about 14 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
Frosting
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/4 cup half and half or whole milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
Food Coloring & sprinkles
Once cookie bars are cool spread the frosting on the cookie bar.Frost as desired the flour mixture
Press the dough onto the baking sheet, bake for 14-17 minutes until edges are lightly golden.FrostingOnce cookie bars are cool spread the frosting on the cookie bar.Frost as desired

Peppermint Cookies

May 3, 2019

The holidays may be over, but now is a great time to review recipes, pin favorites and clear out the pantry from the holiday baking blitz that began in October and finished in January (February if you count the Oscars as a holiday). These peppermint cookies were a new favorite.

My sister-in-law gave me the recipe and they are so yummy and soft. It’s like a pillow cookie with peppermint. Oh, and a box of instant vanilla pudding. I think that what makes these cookies so fluffy!

For the peppermint, I found mint M&M’s. I only find them during the holidays, but I noticed the M&M brand has branched out so these peppermint M&M’s might now be a year-round candy. If you can’t find them you can use other mint chocolate candies or bars.

On a side note, one of my favorite utensils is the Pampered Chef scoop. It gives me similar shaped cookies which means I don’t have a burned cookie and a half baked cookie on opposite ends of the cookie sheet.

The red and white peppermint M&M’s work year round with patriotic holidays, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. At least that’s what I tell myself when I pull this recipe up in February, May, July, September and December.

These peppermint cookies are perfect for the summer because no one expects peppermint in May or July.

And, the box of dry vanilla pudding mix adds something extra to this recipe. I’m not sure what the vanilla pudding does, but I am willing to bake another batch to find the answer.

Here’s the recipe my sister (in-law) gave me after I devoured at least a 1/2 dozen of these peppermint m&m cookies. In all fairness, she did too!

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Peppermint Cookies

Ingredients

3/4 CUP BUTTER, SOFTENED
1/4 CUP SUGAR
3/4 CUP BROWN SUGAR
1 BOX INSTANTVANILLA PUDDING (3.4 OZ)
2 EGGS
1 TSP VANILLA
1 TSP BAKING SODA
2 1/4 CUP FLOUR
1 CUP PEPPERMINT CRUNCH PIECES
1/2 CUP WHITE CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT M&M'S

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
Add the vanilla pudding mix and beat until incorporated
.Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
In a small bowl combine the flour and baking soda. Slowly add this mixture to the wet ingredients until all ingredients are mixed.Stir in the Peppermint Crunch pieces and M&Ms until they are all mixed into the dough.Roll the dough into rounded teaspoonfuls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.Makes about 2 dozen cookies

Chocolate Chip- Peanut Butter-Banana Cookies

March 1, 2019

If my sister is reading this post she already knows I did not follow the recipe. With this many ingredients in the recipe title, my sister knows I did not have all of the ingredients. And she would be correct. Because with this recipe from Siri Daly’s family-friendly, cookbook, Siriously Delicious I did not have bananas. So I substituted with Greek yogurt.

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There is more than one reason for my blog rebrand focused on the new blog name, called Everyday Edits.

On a side note, Siri is also a Today Show contributor. I have made several of her recipes and every one of her recipes have been a home run! You can check our her cookbook here.

For these chocolate chip peanut butter banana cookies I had almost all the ingredients for these puffy cookies. And, because I had almost all the ingredients I was not going to let the absence of two bananas stand in the way. I assumed the bananas added flavor and moisture so my only substitution options were Greek (vanilla) yogurt or sour cream. I went with the yogurt.

And, whatever ingredients you add or substitute these cookies are delicious! The boys in the house ate the cookies before the next morning!

These cookies require 30 minutes to chill in the refrigerator so there is no excuse not to clean up the baking aftermath!

Sometimes the best recipes include edits, just like our best days! Thank you for stopping by as I build a new brand with fun content and “good enough” images! Scroll below for Siri Daly’s recipe. My substitution is noted too!

Chocolate Chip-Peanut Butter-Banana Cookies

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Chocolate Chip-Peanut Butter-Banana-Cookies

** I didn’t have bananas so I substituted Greek yogurt.

Course: Dessert

Author: Siri Daly of Siriously Delicious

Ingredients

2 RIPE BANANAS I substituted Greek yogurt
1/2 CUP UNSALTED BUTTER, SOFTENED
1/2 CUP CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
1/2 CUP PACKED DARK BROWN SUGAR **substituted with light
1 TSP. VANILLA EXTRACT
1 LARGE EGG
1/2 CUP SUGAR
1/4 CUP SUGAR
2 CUPS FLOUR
1/2 TSP. BAKING POWDER
1/2 TSP. BAKING SODA
1/4 TSP. KOSHER SALT
1 TSP CINNAMON
CUP SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS *I mixed 1/2 milk & semi-sweet

Instructions

Mash the bananas in large bowl. Add the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla, egg and 1/2 cup of the sugar. Stir to combine.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture. Stir to combine.
Add chocolate chips. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1/2 an hour.
Preheat oven to 350. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon.
Drop the chilled dough 2″ apart, on to parchment paper lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Bake about 10 minutes until cookies are golden brown.
Cool on a baking rack! These are really good!

Almond Joy Cookies Recipe

September 13, 2018

Hi everyone! These Almond Joy Cookies are hands down my new favorite cookie. You know that feeling when you read the ingredients in a recipe and you just KNOW they are going to be amazing? These almond joy cookies are that recipe! You might as well plan an hour today to bake these cookies. And, you likely have the ingredients in your pantry.

almond joy cookies

The cookie batter was so creamy it was a challenge to get the batter to the baking sheet.

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The coconut adds moisture and the combination of almonds, chocolate chips and coconut adds a little heft to these cookies. Amazing! I have made these cookies several times and the ingredient portions can easily be adjusted. For example, I don’t want two cups of almonds and I used a combination of both milk and semi-sweet chocolate chips.

almond joy cookies recipe

Almond Joy Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
5 cups chocolate chips
2 cups coconut
2 cups chopped almonds

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease cookie sheets
Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
In a large bowl cream the butter and sugars. Beat in eggs, vanilla and dry ingredients.
Add chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet
Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

These cookies were amazing. With the perfect combination of butter and chocolate and coconut. They are a bulky cookie which might mean you eat less. Their hefty size makes them travel-friendly; by car or care package too!

Lego Sugar Cookies

April 11, 2018

March is known for a few things.. extended daylight and a break from the holidays. But there is one recipe that is in a year-round rotation in our kitchen; the sugar cookie. The icing suggests the season. So I had a little fun with the leftover holiday M&M bags. I sorted out the green M&M’s to make a Lego Sugar Cookies for St. Patrick’s Day.

This time of year you can find the spring M&M’s if you want pastel sugar cookies. The icing and M&M’s are flexible for the season or holiday. And, the pastel M&M’s and icing colors are perfect for spring.

These Lego sugar cookies are a fun, after-school treat (maybe serve after something with a little protein). Or, perfect when the family gathers with all the cousins!

These Lego sugar cookies always bring out the smiles.

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LEGO SUGAR COOKIES

Ingredients

2 CUPS FLOUR
1/2 TSP. BAKING POWDER
1 DASH SALT
1 STICK UNSALTED BUTTER, SOFTENED
3/4 CUP SUGAR
1 EGG
2 TBSP MILK
1 TSP VANILLA

Instructions

Whisk flour, baking powder & salt in large bowl. In separate bowl, beat butter & sugar until smooth.
Add egg, milk and vanilla.
Add flour mixture
Gather dough and divide in half.
Flatten into 2 disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
Heat oven to 350. Roll out cookie dough.
Place cookie shapes on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for approximately 9 -10 minutes depending on oven.

Here is a new favorite sugar cookie recipe I used when I made these monster sugar cookies.

Patricia Heaton’s Spring Cleaning Cookies Recipe

March 6, 2018

Patricia Heaton is in my kitchen. Yep, the actress known as Debra Malone of Everybody Loves Raymond and Frankie Heck from The Middle is in my house. Kind of. In between her work schedules and raising four boys she loved to cook comfort food in her kitchen: the kitchen is the last place I experience comfort. And, somewhere between raising four boys and starring in two successful sitcoms, she published a cookbook. And, that cookbook and her autograph are in my kitchen. So, technically a part of her is in my kitchen. And, today it’s all about Patricia Heaton’s Spring Cleaning Cookies.

My fan love for her stems from the feeling that I see a bit of me in her and the characters (moms) she plays. And, I am sure her audience feels the same way. Have you seen her cooking show, Patricia Heaton Parties? I love her honesty and the cooking tips behind her recipes. And, she includes friends and colleagues in each episode. On one of her first episodes, she casually lists “work she has had done.” Do you not love that about her?

I pre-ordered Patricia Heaton’s cookbook via her social media and received a signed copy from Frankie… I mean Patricia. With her signature in my copy of her cookbook, it’s the closest I will ever be to Patricia Heaton. So I take comfort with her hanging out in my kitchen on my DIY farmhouse shelves.

If I start talking to her cover photo I might need professional help.

Over the weekend I had a chance to ~~sit~~ stand and flip through the new, unstained pages of her cookbook. I landed on her spring cleaning cookies recipe. Just as the title suggestions, the ingredients were in my pantry. It was the perfect way to clean out the pantry and reward myself with a batch of cookies. I had at least one bag of crushed potato chips and M&M bags from the holidays held together with a paperclip.

The add-ins for my spring cleaning cookies included 1/4 full bags of seasonal M&M’s and an almost-empty bag of Kroger potato chips. I added a few semi-sweet chocolate chips to balance the milk chocolate M&M’s. wink

It’s what I like to call a dump and dough recipe; you dump the ingredients and bake the cookie dough.

Patricia suggests finding a balance between the salty and sweet add-ins for this recipe. My son guessed the salty add-in after a few cookies. They were a hit at our house. I froze a dozen to have on hand when my son’s friends come over and his squad shows up on the weekends looking for food. Food is a great bribe to get your kids to stay in on a Saturday night.

PATRICIA HEATON’S SPRING CLEANING COOKIES RECIPE

Patricia Heaton’s Spring Cleaning Cookies

Recipe Type: Cookies

Author: Patricia Heaton

Ingredients

1 STICK UNSALTED BUTTER
1/2 CUP LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
1/4 CUP SUGAR
ONE EGG ROOM TEMPERATURE
1 TSP VANILLA
1 1/4 CUPS FLOUR
ONE TSP BAKING SODA
PINCH OF SEA SALT
2 1/2 CUPS MIX-INS (TOTAL) COMBO OF SALT AND SWEET

Instructions

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350
LINE BAKING SHEETS WITH PARCHMENT PAPER
BEAT THE BUTTER AND SUGARS UNTIL SMOOTH. ADD EGG & VANILLA
MIX IN FLOUR, BAKING SODA & SALT.
ADD THE MIX-INS AND STIR TO COMBINE
DROP DOUGH BY DOUGH SCOOP.
BAKE 11-14 MINUTES DEPENDING ON A CHEWY OR CRISPY COOKIE

Oh, and if this recipe got you in the mood for some spring cleaning in the kitchen check out this tip on how to organize the cleaning products under the kitchen sink; no tools required. And, then treat yourself to a batch of spring cleaning cookies.

White Peppermint Valentine Cookies

February 1, 2018

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. That’s crazy? What happened to January? Does anyone feel like the holiday sugar binge cycle begins in October and wraps up in April? And, then we get a few summer holidays to keep us from falling off the wagon before candy corn stocks the grocery shelves the end of August. Whew… who has time to pout about Christmas season being done. It will be here before you know it. Well, consider these Peppermint Valentine Cookies one of the season’s last hoorah if you love an M&M filled cookie. What makes them qualify as a Valentine cookie? The red and white M&M candies. Don’t overthink it.

These cookies are made with Peppermint M&M’s which are conveniently dipped in white and red candy coating so if you stock up on a few bags you can recycle this recipe for the 4th of July too, Memorial and Labor Day and Christmas. See how fast the calendar turns?

Here’s the recipe my sister (in-law) gave me after I devoured at least a 1/2 dozen of these peppermint M&M laced cookies. And, the dry vanilla pudding that is added to the mix does something to these cookies. I can’t figure out what.. exactly. But, you want to have a box of vanilla pudding handy before you make this recipe.

peppermint valentine cookies recipe

Peppermint M&M Cookies

Recipe Type: Cookies

Author: adapted from What’s Cooking Love

Ingredients

Peppermint M&M Pudding Cookies
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 box (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding, dry
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup Andes Peppermint Crunch pieces
1/2 cup White Chocolate Peppermint M&Ms

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add the vanilla pudding mix and beat until incorporated.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
In a small bowl combine the flour and baking soda. Slowly add this mixture to the wet ingredients until all ingredients are mixed.
Stir in the Peppermint Crunch pieces and M&Ms until they are all mixed into the dough.
Roll the dough into rounded teaspoonfuls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
Makes about 2 dozen cookies

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Graham Cracker Reindeer Squares

December 7, 2017

Who doesn’t love a reindeer? Especially at Christmas! In Colorado, we don’t get reindeer but we get a distant cousin… deer. When my kids were little I told them the deer in our neighborhood were checking up on the kids to report back to Santa. Some of my kids believed it… there’s always one who is not buying it.

I ruined many batches of sugar cookie trying to make reindeer sugar cookies It was a rare baking sheet that had a reindeer sugar cookie intact with both antlers and hooves. So these graham cracker reindeer squares were a fun and easy way to include reindeer in the holiday after school snack rotation.

And, the best part … the antlers were made with broken pretzel twists.

reindeer squares

Not only are these graham cracker reindeer squares easy they are a kid-friendly baking treat. Except, there is no baking. Just a microwave-safe glass dish and microwave.

The details are simple.

Break full graham crackers in half.

Melt 1-2 cups of milk and/or semi-sweet chocolate chips in a microwave-safe dish. Spread the melted chocolate on the front of a graham cracker square. Add broken pretzels for the ears. Add candy eyes, mini vanilla wafers and red m&m’s to complete the face.

If you want to make this even easier just use a tub of chocolate frosting for the front of the reindeer’s face. I found these cute wrappers here. They were the perfect size and color to tuck each reindeer into; like a sleeping bag.

Oh how fun would these be for a sleepover with cousins? Or, the baking sleeves make for an easy class party treat.

SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

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Frosting Fiasco

FROSTED SUGAR COOKIE BARS

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Peppermint Cookies

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Chocolate Chip-Peanut Butter-Banana Cookies

Chocolate Chip-Peanut Butter-Banana-Cookies

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almond joy cookies

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LEGO SUGAR COOKIES

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PATRICIA HEATON’S SPRING CLEANING COOKIES RECIPE

peppermint valentine cookies recipe

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