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PEANUT BUTTER CUT-OUT COOKIES

February 9, 2019 by Sarah Baade 8 Comments

In high school I was known for being the girl who was nice to everyone. Not a bad thing to be known for but that doesn’t necessarily make a girl particularly popular. Most people knew who I was and which activities I was involved in. I had a solid couple of groups of friends but I certainly wasn’t getting invited to any big parties on the weekends. In fact, the one time did attend a party with the popular kids, I found the scene to be boring and didn’t understand what the draw was. The get-togethers that stand out in my mind are actually almost juvenile. One of my friends would invite a few of us over at Easter and Valentine’s Day for cookie decorating. Her mom was the one who actually wanted her to host these decorating parties, my friend might have even been embarrassed to have us over for cookies and hot chocolate. I hope she looks back at it as fondly as I do though. I remember there being tons of cookies, tons of frosting, tons of sprinkles, and tons of laughter. There was no pressure to impress boys or to do something that might get us into trouble. It was just pure fun. I’m hoping my daughter will want to host similar parties as she grows up.

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As I’ve gotten older, I still occasionally spend days decorating cookies but I’ve expanded beyond sugar cookies. Over the past few years I’ve favored gingerbread but February doesn’t exactly feel like gingerbread season. The cooler temperatures still have me thinking deep flavors – I’m just not quite ready for light floral/spring flavors. With Valentine’s Day coming up I still wanted to incorporate chocolate without making it the main event. What could pair better with chocolate than peanut butter?! So, I’ve created peanut butter cut-out cookies. The flavor is traditional but they are just as fun to decorate as a sugar cookie.

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Tips:

  • While you don’t have to refrigerate this dough before rolling and cutting it, you can if you want to. Feel free to make the dough a day ahead, wrap it in plastic wrap and then chill in the fridge. Just be sure to pull it out and get it back to room temperature before rolling it.
  • I know it can be tempting to dunk the entire cookie in chocolate but try to show some restraint. Honestly, if you cover more than about half of the cookie, the chocolate will overwhelm the peanut butter flavor.

Peanut butter cookies dipped in dark chocolate – the perfect cut-out cookie for Valentine’s Day.
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups creamy style peanut butter
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 10 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
  • variety of sprinkles for decorating (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. 
    In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt then set aside. 
    In a large mixing bowl, beat peanut butter, butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. 
    Beat in eggs and vanilla. 
    Gradually stir in flour mixture. 
    Once flour is fully incorporated, place 1/3 of the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap and roll to ¼” thick. 
    Remove top layer of plastic wrap and cut dough with cookie cutters. 
    Bake on a parchment lined sheet pan for 11-13 minutes or until edges start to brown. 
    Cool cookies completely before decorating. 
    Melt chocolate wafers according to package. 
    Dip cookies in chocolate then add sprinkles as desired. Alternatively, drizzle chocolate over cookies.
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Filed Under: Recipe, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chocolate, Cookie Recipe, Cookies, Cut-Out Cookies, Dessert, Homemade Cookies, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Cookies, Sprinkles, Vegetarian

SOFT BATCH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

October 29, 2018 by Sarah Baade 1 Comment

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The other night we were invited to a friends’ house for an impromptu dinner – with no need to bring a contributing dish. What?! These friends were just wanting to love on our family and spend time together in community. How awesome is that??? An evening filled with conversation, kids running around playing and adults catching up on life. This is what sharing a meal is really all about. That being said, I struggle to just show up at someone’s house for a meal without having some sort of food in hand. I looked through the pantry, found some basic baking ingredients and whipped up some chocolate chip cookies.

Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies - Slice Of Honey Blog

A classic, simple dessert that is always a crowd pleaser. One of the neat things about chocolate chip cookies is how many variations are out there. And people have strong opinions on what they prefer. Soft batch (like this recipe), chewy or crisp. The way to vary the outcome is through changing the flour, the sweetener and the leavening agent. The other thing I like to do is use more than one kind of chocolate in my cookies just to add a little more depth to each bite. If you’re ever creating your own recipe, play around with these variables and see what you come up with!

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Tips:

  • If you have left your cookies out too long when cooling them and they end up dry, put them in a zip lock bag with a slice of bread. You’ll be amazed at how much moisture those cookies will absorb!
  • If you don’t need three dozen cookies at one time, you can scoop the dough into individual servings and freeze it. Later on, you can pull out what you need and bake just a few at a time.

Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sarah Baade
This classic cookie is elevated by using maple syrup and two types of chocolate.
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips
  • 4 oz 70% cocao extra bittersweet chocolate bar, chopped into chunks

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat sugar with butter. Add eggs, maple syrup and vanilla. Ingredients will not fully combine just yet. Mix in dry ingredients 1 cup at a time, until all ingredients are fully combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
  • Scoop tablespoon-sized mounds of cookie dough onto parchment lined baking sheet. Leave 2-inches between the cookies. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove cookie sheet from oven and transfer the cookies from the parchment to cooling racks.
Keyword Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Christmas Cookies, Homemade Cookies, Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Filed Under: Recipe, Uncategorized Tagged With: Baking, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Chips, Cookie Recipe, Cookies, Dessert, Homemade Cookies, Sweets

Potato Chip Cookies

April 16, 2018 by Sarah Baade 1 Comment

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As I look through my grandmother’s recipe box, I realize that she saved far more dessert recipes than any other kind. I can relate! For years, I have cut out recipes and carefully taped them into notebooks by category. I have a notebook for main dishes, one for sides and one for drinks. Each of these is partially filled. Then I have two notebooks for desserts that are overflowing. No lie, I have loose cut out recipes tucked away in the back of each one. Perhaps it is time for another notebook? I clearly started this habit pre-Pinterest but I still enjoy flipping through those pages and seeing the “love” (okay, mess) and notes that I made on some of those recipes. You know it is a really good one if there are stains all over it!

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So as to live up to my grandmother’s standards, I decided it was time to make another dessert. There are so many to choose from in that recipe box and eventually I hope to get to most of them – have no fear, I will not resort to the shrimp Jello recipe I found. I’ve been wanting something unique rather than classic lately so I’ve opted to update her recipe for potato chip cookies.  After a quick google search, I learned that this is more common than I thought (even Martha Stuart has a recipe for them!) but the butterscotch chips set this recipe apart from any other I’ve seen.

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Tips:

  • If you’re not a fan of butterscotch, swap those chips out for chocolate.
  • I used plain ridged potato chips for this recipe. I placed them in a large zip lock bag and then rolled over them with a rolling pin until they were evenly crushed.

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Potato Chip Cookies

Makes 4 ½ dozen cookies

 

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

11oz package of butterscotch chips

2 cups crushed potato chips

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Beat in eggs then stir in vanilla and baking soda. Gradually mix in flour. Stir in butterscotch chips then stir in crushed potato chips.

Scoop teaspoon-sized mounds of cookie dough onto lined cookie sheet, leaving 2-inches between the cookies. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and transfer the cookies to cooling racks.

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Original recipe source unknown. Recipe has been modified from this version for the purpose of this blog.

Filed Under: Grandma's Recipe Box, Recipe, Uncategorized Tagged With: Baking, Butterscotch, Butterscotch Chips, Cookies, Cooking at Home, Dessert, Home Cooking, Homemade, Homemade Cookies, Potato Chips, Sweets

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