LIME COOLER COOKIES

This is the other new cookie I made for the husband's birthday.

I messed these up ... I obviously don't know how to follow directions.

They came out okay I guess...

Not my favorite; however, if I had made them correctly they would have been great.

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened

1 cup of powdered sugar, plus a little more for rolling

1 egg yolk

1/4 cup of fresh lime juice

1 tablespoon of lime zest

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder & salt.

In a large bowl, cream the butter & 1 cup of powdered sugar.

(This is where I messed up, I accidentally added a cup of regular

sugar instead of the powdered sugar... a dum dum move)

Juice your lime until you get enough for your 1/4 cup.

Now mix together the egg yolk, lime juice and zest.

Add the dry ingredients, mix on low.
The dough should be crumbly.

Roll the dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Move the cookies to a wire rack.
Take the remaining powdered sugar & cover the cookies with the sugar
while they are still warm.

BIRTHDAY COOKIES

So, my husband's birthday was this week.

YAY, (happy birthday booger face)

I asked him what kind of B-day delicatessen he wanted... a cake, cupcakes,

lemon bars?

He wanted a cookie buffet. 

If I had a full day off I would have made him 29 batches of cookies, (he just turned 29)

however I had to work so I could only make 4 different kinds.

Two of which I have previously blogged about, and two that I shall blog about now.

The first cookie I shall Blog about is the no bake cookie.

Surprisingly I have never made these before, but have

eaten so many of them.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter

2 cups of sugar

1/4 cup of coca powder

1/2 cup of milk 

3 cups of oatmeal

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Directions:

Stir the butter, sugar, cocoa powder & milk together in a saucepan.

Boil for about 3 minutes.

Remove from the heat & add the oats, peanut butter & vanilla.

Mix thoroughly.

Drop a spoonful onto waxed paper & allow to cool and harden.

I had to put mine in the fridge, mainly because I am very impatient. 

I personally think these cookies would be better without the oats & with Rice Krispies instead.
CJ tells me then it would be a completely different cookie, I'm okay with that.

CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

I just got back in town, and my husband was needing some home baked goods.

It's also Monday, and I'm hosting "The Bachelorette" girls night.

I have exactly 2 hours to run to the store and bake brownies before my Monday night girlfriend comes over.

(I also made some bruchetta snacks)

Ingredients:

Brownie Layer:

4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

1 stick of butter, cut into small pieces

3/4 cup of sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon of salt

Cheesecake Layer:

8 ounces of cream cheese, room temperature

1/4 cup of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 large egg

2 tablespoons of heavy cream

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a glass pan with a non-stick spray.

In a large heat-proof bowl, melt the chocolate & butter in the 

microwave in 30 second intervals. 

Mix in between the intervals until melted.

Add the sugar and mix until combined.

Then add the eggs, one at a time & mix.

Add the vanilla & salt stir some more.

Sift in the flour & fold it in with the chocolate mixture.

Set aside 1/2 a cup of the batter and pour the rest into the sprayed pan.

Time for the Cheesecake part.

In a different bowl, using a mixer beat the cream cheese until smooth.

Add the sugar & beat until smooth.

On a low speed, beat in the egg & vanilla extract.

Add the heavy cream and beat until smooth.

Pour this on top of the brownie layer in the pan.

Take the reserved brownie batter and spoon dollops onto the cheesecake batter.

Take a toothpick and swirl the batters together until you get a marble effect.

Bake for 35 minutes.
Let them cool until the cheesecake layer has set.
I put it in the fridge.

RAINY DAY COOKIES

Well, it's raining been raining for almost 24 hours.

Cookies are in need but I am limited on supplies; I have no eggs or milk.

After scouring the inter web for a cookie recipe that 

does not need either of those ingredients I found one for 

short bread cookies.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of mini semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup of Reeses peanut butter chips

2 cups of flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 cup of powdered sugar

1 cup of softened butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the butter in a large bowl until light & fluffy.

Sift in the powdered sugar and blend until all the lumps are out.

Stir in the vanilla.

Add in the flour and mix by hand.

Now add both  kinds of chips, and mix by hand.

Roll the dough into ball and place on a covered baking sheet.

I used my silicon baking sheets...best thing ever.

Bake in the oven for about 14 minutes, until the bottoms are golden brown.

Let them cool on a wire rack.

2 out of 5 stars

✭✭☆☆☆

Taste Testers:

LAUREN: EHH they were cookies, nothing to really brag about. They were dry and crumbly but for no other options and having a killer sweet tooth I guess I'm glad I made them.

CJ: Not my favorite cookies that Lauren makes but they did the job in a pinch.  And I still ate like 7 of them.