Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Christmas Recap
Monday, December 22, 2014
Jackson's Baptism!
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Holiday Cookie Time: Taylor's Peanut Butter Blossoms
Cookie time...day two! Today I'm featuring a recipe from my girl Taylor over at Not Just Another Teen Mom. Her cookies look kind of ridiculously delicious. Enjoy!
Taylor’s Peanut Butter Blossoms
48 Hershey Kisses
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup JIF Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg or egg whites
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Mix shortening and peanut butter together.
(Tip: Spray your peanut butter measuring cup with non-stick cooking spray. This makes it slide out, and ensures you don’t miss any peanut buttery deliciousness!)
3. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 1/3 cup of brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla;mix. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
4. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned (mine took exactly 8 minutes). Immediately press a chocolate into center of each, and place into the fridge to cool!
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Holiday Cookie Time: Heidi's Peppermint Stuffed Cookies
Who has time to make cookies from scratch? Certainly not me!! While making cookies is a fun tradition its just so tedious and time-consuming. I tend to gravitate towards little to no baking recipes. Between normal holiday hustle and bustle, working full time, and battling some sickness around here I actually contemplated NOT making any cookies this year. Lucky for me, during one of my daily Target trips, I found this recipe in a coupon book at the register! Target had all 5 ingredients practically sitting next to each other so it didn't get much easier than that. I decided to go for it!
24 HERSHEY’S® peppermint bark bell candies, unwrapped
- 1/3 cup HERSHEY’S® semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy canes (10 miniature)
Directions
Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, make dough as directed on pouch for Cutout Cookies.
Shape dough into 24 (1-inch "ish") balls. Press 1 HERSHEY’S peppermint bark bell into center of each dough ball, covering completely. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, place chocolate chips and shortening. Microwave uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir until melted and smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Immediately sprinkle with candy. Let stand until set, about 1 hour. Store cookies in tightly covered container.
Enjoy!
Holiday Cookie Time: Brittany's Boyfriend Cookies
- One softened cup of butter
- 1/4 cup of white sugar
- 3/4 cup of brown sugar
- 3 1/2 ounces of instant vanilla pudding mix (YES, the entire package of the dry pudding mix)
- 2 eggs
- one teaspoon vanilla extract (or a couple drops of pure vanilla extract)
- 2 1/4 cups of flour
- one teaspoon of baking soda (the fresher the baking soda the better, or else your cookies may not hold together as well)
- One cup of milk chocolate chips
- One cup of semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup of peanut butter chips
- 1/2 cup of M&M’s, any kind you like (you could definitely make these the 'holiday' aspect)
- 1/2 cup of Reese’s Pieces (the orange and brown M&M looking candies)