Cookies 'n Creme Cookies

I was eyeing a box of cookies 'n creme pudding in my pantry and these cookies came to me. If you like the ice cream flavor I am certain you will love these. They are soft, sweet and chalk full of white chocolate and Oreo cookies! I thought it would be silly to make cookies with cookies in them. Silly or not, they are so good! I had a ton of neighborhood friends at our house yesterday and thought if I made a batch they could eat them all for me but then when I tasted them I was disappointed that I gave them all away. What did I do? Made them again today! Unfortunately, there were no friends over today and I ate way more than my fair share of them. Totally worth the calories, my friends.

Cookies 'n Creme cookies

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 (4.2 ounce) package Cookies 'n Creme pudding mix

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups white chocolate chips

15 Oreo cookies, very coarsly chopped

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars, add pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking soda with a whisk then add it to the butter mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips and Oreo cookies. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven until cookies tops barely have a touch of brown. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Tell me you don't want to eat a big spoonful of this cookie dough:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Raise your hand if you love peanut butter M&M's! These chocolate cookies are my new favorite chocolate cookie. These are delicious with white chocolate peanut butter cups, white chocolate chips, mint chips, you name it. These cookies always turn out soft and chewy and we love them.
This version has peanut butter chips in the dough and I topped them with peanut butter M&M's.

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Cookies

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 cups chocolate chips
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt


1.In a large saucepan over low heat, combine butter, sugar and water until butter is melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. Transfer into a large bowl and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.

2.Add eggs to cooled chocolate mixture and beat on high, one at a time. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, beating until blended. Add your choice of mix in (peanut butter chips, chopped white chocolate peanut butter cups, or other type of chip or candy) Place cookie doug in refrigerator for 1 hour.

3.Preheat oven to 350 degrees

4.Roll dough into balls and place about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes.

Hot Chocolate Cookies

I have not blogged in a while and have many recipes to post. This one gets to be first in line because they are SO darn good. They just may be my new favorite cookie, or at least in the top three! I had my husband take all the extras to work but next time I am going to hide them in the freezer and enjoy them all to myself.

Hot Chocolate Cookies

2 sticks softened butter
1 cup sugar
⅔ cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-¼ flour
4 packets hot chocolate mix
1 teaspoon salt
1-¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Each White, Milk, And Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
mini marshmallows

Cream butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, hot chocolate mix, salt and baking soda. Add to wet ingredients until well combined. Fold in chips. Chill the dough for about an hour. Scoop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown. During the last couple minutes of baking add marshmallows to the tops of the cookies. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Adapted from: Tasty Kitchen

Peanut Butter Cup Sugar Cookie Cups

This is one of the most delicious and easy recipes. You need only four ingredients and one bowl. I made a batch of 24 from start to finish in under 30 minutes and the clean up was a breeze. Did I mention how delicious these are?

You will need a package of sugar cookie mix. My mom and I were at Costco last week and they were sampling Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix and it was so good. I reminded us both a lot of these, which has been our favorite cookie lately.

This is all you need: (the big box is the Costco size of the small pouch, you only need one pouch)

Peanut Butter Cup Sugar Cookie Cups

1 sugar cookie mix

1 egg

1 stick of butter

24 mini Reeses peanut butter cups

Make cookies according to package directions. Roll a heaping Tablespoon size into a ball and put in a mini muffin tin. Press peanut butter cup into dough until top is even with dough. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes, or until the edges are golden. Makes 24.

Chewy Chocolate Cookies with White Reese's Chunks

I bookmarked these in September when I saw them and I am wondering what took me so long to try them. I am in love with the chocolate cookie mixed with white chocolate and peanut butter. I found them at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, a wonderful blog full of yummy desserts. It is easy to see why I love it so much, I have such a sweet tooth and I drool over all the desserts posted there.

Chewy Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Reese's Chunks

Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

1 1/4 cup butter, soft
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
3/4 cups cocoa
1 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
20 oz bag Miniature Reese's White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, chopped into chunks (or about 2 generous cups)

Preheat oven to 350.

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time then add vanilla until just combined.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to butter and mix until well blended. Add white chocolate chunks.

Drop by tablespoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet for 7-9 minutes or until the edges look set. They will continue to bake a bit as they cool. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to cooling racks.

Oatmeal Coconut Chewies

I knew I had to try these when Melanie from Mel's Kitchen Cafe declared them her new favorite cookie. I knew I was going to love them before I even tried them. They are the perfect oatmeal cookie and very addicting, I don't even want to admit how many I must have eaten. They reminded me a little of oatmeal crispies but I think I like these even better.

Oatmeal Coconut Chewies

Mel's Kitchen Cafe

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 stick butter, room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups flour

1 cup shredded, sweetened coconut

1 cup quick oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugars, eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Place on greased or parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are set but not overly brown. For crispier cookies, bake longer.

Pumpkin cookies with Caramel Frosting

These are incredibly soft and the caramel frosting is quite tasty. I enjoyed these much more after they had completely cooled. I first tried them out of the oven and I was actually a little disappointed. I thought I would have a bite of one the next morning and I suddenly loved them. If you make these, be sure they have plenty of time to cool before sharing them.

Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting

1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1Ttablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour

Cream together butter sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well then stir in pumpkin. In a separate bowl, add the baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, salt and flour and combine with a whisk. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Drop onto a parchment lined or greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Caramel Frosting

3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup powdered' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
Pinch of salt

In a medium saucepan, combine butter, cream, and brown sugar over medium heat until it just begins to boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Cool then stir powdered sugar into it. Spread over cooled cookies.

Originally found in the kitchen of Let's Dish.

Orange Cookies

These are a new family favorite, I made a batch last night, hid some in the freezer and the rest? Gone. My husband already asked me when I am making them again. These cookies are very soft with a hint of crisp on the outer edges and the glaze is just heavenly. I will be making these a lot in the future. My husband even dared to say he likes them better than these Lemon Drop Cookies. I was a little offended but I can almost see why he said it ;)

Orange Cookies

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening

2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons grated orange rind
3 Tablespoons orange juice
4 cups plus 2 Tablespoons flour

1 Tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat until smooth and creamy.
Add orange rind and juice; beat well.
Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt in a separate bowl with a whisk; gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well.
Drop cookie dough onto greased cookie sheets; bake at 350 degrees for 14-16 minutes or until edges just begin to brown.
Cool on wire racks.Spread tops of cookies with orange glaze.

I would actually prefer them completely submerged in the glaze, but maybe that is just me :)

Orange Glaze

2 pound bag powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons grated orange rind5 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients; beat until smooth.

Add more orange juice if needed to thin or more powdered sugar to thicken.

Source : 30 Handmade Days

Mom's Sugar Cookies

There are so many good sugar cookie recipes and I have tried many of them but I always go back to the one my mom has made for as long as I can remember. It is not a soft, fat, chewy cookie but rather one that has the most perfect flavor and it keeps its shape great when baked. I like to bake them until they are golden brown on the bottom. The flavor is even better when browned just a bit. Among many delightful cookie recipes this one stands out as my all time favorite. I don't think I'll ever find a recipe I like more. I will continue to make other recipes as well because Aaron's perfect sugar cookie is one that is soft and chewy.

Mom's Sugar Cookies

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3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Combine wet and dry ingredients in separate bowls. Add the dry to the wet. Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. If you like yours on the softer side, bake them less. Like I said - I like them golden brown on the bottom, the flavor is stronger and better to me.

For the frosting, I just combine a stick of butter, a bag of powdered sugar, milk until desired consistensy and some almond extract. I used to always add vanilla extract until I went to a bakery and had a cookie that had an almond flavor to it. I never used vanilla after that. The almond in the frosting makes it absolutely delightful!

Enjoy!