texas sheet cake cookies

Ingredients

Cookies
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Icing
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 3 Tbsp milk
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

How to Make

Cookies
1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Line baking sheet with parchment or silicone mat, set aside.
3. In bowl of stand mixer beat butter and sugar together until light, scraping sides frequently.
4. Add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until incorporated. Mix in baking powder and salt.
5. Turn mixer to low and slowly add in flour. Dough will be thick.
6. In a microwave safe bowl heat chocolate chips on high in 30 second increments until melted, stirring after every 30 seconds.
7. Mix melted chocolate directly into cookie dough until evenly mixed.
8. Drop dough by a measured tablespoon sized mounds onto baking sheet. Bake for 7-8 minutes until cookies just appear set. They will still be very soft on the inside. DO NOT overbake!!
9. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Icing
10. In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder and milk over medium heat, whisking until melted together. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar.
11. Pour icing over cookies and allow icing to set before serving.

Notes

store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

*Make sure not to overbake these cookies. The insides will remain soft and dense if baked correctly.

Chocolate Dipped Chocolate chip Macaroons

Here’s what you need:

• 14 oz. sweetened coconut
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 14 oz. can condensed sweetened milk
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• Candy and molding chocolate

Here’s what you do:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheet with non-stick foil
• Mix coconut, vanilla, condensed milk and chocolate chips together in large mixing bowl
• Take a teaspoon size of the mixture and roll it in a ball with your hands (please wash them first 
• Place each on the cookie sheet spaced apart (they will spread a bit)
• Bake about 15-20 minutes until golden brown (this really depends on your oven, you don’t want them to burn, so watch them carefully)
• Cool on a wire rack
• When totally cool – melt candy chocolate in a double boiler (follow your chocolates instructions) and dip the bottom and roll the bottom sides in the chocolate.  Let cool for about 15 minutes in the refrigerator
• Serve and enjoy!!

Candy Corn Cookie Crunch

Candy Corn Cookie Crunch

Ingredients

1 lb. almond bark candy coating or white chocolate

14 Oreos, broken into pieces- I used the Halloween ones with orange filling

1 and 1/2 cups pretzels, broken- I used the thin straight ones

1 cup candy corn

1/2 cup peanuts

1/4 cup Reeses Pieces

1/2 cup Peanut M&Ms (fall colors)

Halloween sprinkles

Cover a cookie sheet with waxed paper or foil. Spread the broken pretzels, broken cookies, peanuts, and about 3/4 of the candy corn on the prepared cookie sheet. Melt the white chocolate or candy coating until smooth, according to package directions. 

Drizzle the melted white chocolate over the pretzel mixture, spreading with a spatula if needed. Before it sets, sprinkle on the remaining candy corn, M&Ms, Reeses Pieces, and sprinkles. Place the tray into the refrigerator until set. Break into pieces and enjoy! 

Loaded baked potato bites

Ingredients

• 3 Russet Potatoes
• ¼ Cup of Butter
• ¼ Cup of Green Onions Diced
• 1 Cup of Cheddar Cheese
• Bacon Bits

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Slice the potatoes - I made them a little under ½ inch wide - place onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
3. Melt the butter and brush onto the potatoes - I made sure to cover the potato fully
4. Bake the potatoes for about 20 minutes --- this will make them crispy
5. Take the potatoes out of then oven and brush the rest of the butter onto the potatoes ( one side)
6. sprinkle with cheese and bacon bites
7. Bake for 10 more minutes
8. Garnish with the green onio

Slow cooker pizza sloppy joes

Ingredients

Ground Beef Mixture

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 small onion, chopped
• ½ medium-size green bell pepper, chopped

Sauce

• 2 cups Spaghetti or Pizza sauce
• ½ cup water
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 1 tablespoon soya sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-1/2 teaspoons italian seasoning
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)

Toppings

• 16 slices pepperoni
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese
• 8 hamburger buns, toasted

Instructions

1. in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, brown beef  with onion and bell pepper stirring 10 minutes or until beef crumble and are no longer pink. Drain well.
2. Place beef mixture in a slow cooker. Stir in pizza sauce, water, vinegar, mustard, soya sauce, garlic, italian seasoning, and crushed red pepper (if desired). Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Serve on hamburger buns. Top the meat with Mozzarella cheese

Cinnamon Apple Bread

I made this bread... and OH MY it was good!! the bread is sweet but the apples give it a little something!! 

• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅔ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• 1 large apple, peeled and finely chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
3. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside.
4. In a stand mixer, combine white sugar and butter until smooth.
5. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat on medium speed until combined.
6. Add flour and baking powder, then milk.
7. Pour half the batter into the prepared pan.
8. Cover with half of the apples.
9. Pat apples into batter with the back of a spoon.
10. Sprinkle with half of sugar and cinnamon mixture.
11. Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
12. Pat topping into the batter with the back of a large spoon.
13. Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.

Apple pie rolls

Apple Pie Rolls


My 2 cents:

I made these and they were super simple!! However.. I made the glaze and found it was too sweet along with the sweetness of the apples.