Showing posts with label cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cookies. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Crunchy Cornflake Cookies

I ate a  cornflake cookie at a cafe when we lived in Oklahoma and it was 
love at first bite!  I threw this recipe together almost 5 years ago, 
and the taste is deliciously spot on! These cookies are loaded with some 
of the best pantry goodies imaginable, so of course they are certain to be a hit!


 What you need:
 1 cup Butter, soft
1/2 cup + 2T Oil
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 cups Cornflakes
1 cup Quick Oats
1 cup Raw Pecans
1/2 cup Shredded Coconut (unsweetened)
3 1/2 cups AP Flour
1 T Baking Soda
3/4 tsp Salt
2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Place the oats, coconut and pecans in a food processor fitted with the
sharp blade. Pulse until consistency of large crumbs.

I feel certain we over pulsed the three ingredients as I had eager helpers
in the kitchen, after their soccer game. Wouldn't have it any other way!

Next, pulse in the cornflakes until bits of cornflakes appear throughout.
Then set the food processor aside

In the green bowl are the wet ingredients whipped together: butter, oil,
eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar and pure vanilla extract. I use an 
electric hand mixer to blend the wet ingredients.

In the sifter, awaiting a sift, are the dry ingredients: AP flour, 
salt, baking soda and cinnamon.

Slowly sift and hand mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. 

Then fold in cornflake crumble goodness.

 Use a small scoop (this is ~2 T scoop, but you could do as small as 1 T)
Line 12 on a parchment lined baking sheet and press the dough 
balls flat with clean finger.  

Bake for ~13 minutes in a 325 degree oven.

Remove the cookies from the oven, then edges should be a tad 
darker in color than the centers.  Allow the cookies to cool for 
a minute on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack 
for complete cool.

Enjoy. 
xo

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Ghostly Pretzel Rods & Cookie Headstones

I am in charge of dessert for Logi's kindergarten class Halloween party, and I decided I would create a graveyard of cupcakes and top them with frosting and Oreo cookies crumbled into dirt.  and then top the dirt with gummy worms, ghosts and headstones.  Very spooky and Very tasty!

 I buy bags of melting vanilla chips online.  I am certain you
can find at any baking supply store. 

Use a glass or stainless steel bowl, over a pot of water 
(only a few inches of water, as the water should never touch the 
base of the bowl) on medium heat.  Stir often.

Keeping the the double boiler on medium heat, I switched out bowls
and started melting some standard dark chocolate chips.

I used a spoon to coat the pretzel rods (broken in half, as I am going
to stick them in cupcakes and full size would be maj overkill). Then
set dipped (and dripped off, into bowl of coating) pretzels on a 
parchment lined tray to fully set up.

Melted dark chocolate.  Be responsible, don't like the bowl!
After melted turn the heat off, but leave over the warm water until
you are ready to transfer.  The best thing about working with melted 
chocolate, if it starts to harden, pop it on the heat for a minute and it
will quickly melt again!

I bought single layer cookies (this cookie is usually sandwich cookies,
so I was excited to find them as singles)  I placed them plain side up, on
a parchment paper lined tray.

Transfer the melted dark chocolate to a bottle. 

 They aren't perfect, but sure did turn out cute! 

 I used too many vanilla chips, so placed the excess melt on a piece
of parchment and spread out with a spatula to set.  I then broke
it up into bits and popped in a freezer safe bag and into the freezer for
a later date bake session. 

I will certainly post a picture, once these little goodies are plopped 
in the cupcake graveyard!!!

Final Product!
They were scrumptious and adorable!
Use my recipe for frosting, at the beginning of this
post, and use green gel to get the 'grass' then crush
Oreo cookies for the 'dirt'.

 So easy, cute and tasty = Halloween success!

Monday, November 19, 2012

CONTEST TIME...delish cookie mix giveaway!



 
I am back on the blogging horse, full stop!  I am taking pictures like a picture-taking-fiend, carrying a little notebook with me to jot down recipe ideas and dreaming of all things rusty & chippy paint.  To celebrate my return as a legit blogette (I totes just made that up), I am having a little contest.  All you have to do to enter is become a follower of the blog, via the 'join this site' link along the right side of my blog page.  Do this, leave comment that you did so (if you are already listed as a follower and want a chance to win, just leave a comment), and you will have a chance to win a package of my new favzy cookie to whip up. 

I simply call them TRAIL MIX COOKIES.  They are legit, with a L!  The perfect blend of buttery pecans*, sweet dried cranberries, rich dark chocolate and oatmeal.  Are you drooling yet?  You should be.

Just in time for all the holiday cookie exchange parties, let me do the work for you...all you will have to do is add 1 egg and 6 T. of butter and get your bake on!  The mix will yield roughly 2 dozen cookies.

On Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 around noonish I will pick one winner for every 15 comments (the moral of the story is: more comments = more winners).  Get after it, and please tell your friends too! 

*If you have a nut allergy (real or fake) I feel really bad for you, seriously...but, I won't judge. Just let me know and I will certainly omit.  I have many fake allergies: cilantro, seafood, parsley, ham...the list goes on and on, so for reals I shant judge. 
xoxo. 

am I the only one who just tried to chew on my computer screen?