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Monster Cookies- Soft Chewy & Flourless

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Monster Cookies

My mother in law got me started on these cookies. I had never had one or heard of them until I was over at her house and tried one.  Peanut butter, oats, M&M’s and chocolate chips…. you just can’t go wrong with these ingredients! They are really good and the M&M’s make them look great too. If you are taking them somewhere and what them to look extra good, save a few M&M’s and put them on the top before you bake them.

If you double check all the rest of you ingredients, then these are gluten free since there is no flour in them. You may have to buy gluten free oats.

They are great for all the holidays too since they make all the holiday colored M&M’s.

Monster Cookies

 

 

Monster Cookies- Soft Chewy & Flourless
 
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Recipe type: cookie
Serves: 30 cookies
Ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ cup soft butter
  • 1½ cups peanut butter (regular or chunky)
  • 4¼ cups oats (quick or old fashioned)
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup M&M's
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In large bowl mix eggs, sugars, vanilla, soda, butter, peanut butter and oats. Then add chips and M&M's and mix.
  3. Scoop large balls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. About 2 inch rounds, then take the back of a spoon and give them a small squish.
  4. Bake for 11-13 mins.

 

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Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts

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Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts, tastes just like banana bread!

Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts

I love any excuse to use my Wilton Donuts Pans, I actually own 4 pans now! Lately I’ve been trying to think of a new donut recipe to try. I was thinking about my favorite banana bread recipe & how I really wanted to make it soon then the idea came to me to try making banana donuts. Oh boy, I am so glad I did! This recipe is very similar to my favorite banana bread recipe because they both have sour cream (which keeps them super moist) & they are both coated in cinnamon & sugar! The one big advantage to making banana donuts vs bread…they bake super quick! 12 min. your done! No waiting around for 1+ hour for the bread to bake.

Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts

These are quick & easy to whip up for breakfast in the morning or you can easily make them the night before. I actually freeze mine & take them out when I want one. They freeze really well & thaw quickly. My niece was over & wanted one right away so I just popped it in the microwave for 20 seconds.

baked cake donuts

I like to use a small spoon to scoop the batter into the donut pan but you can also use a piping bag or make your own using a ziploc bag & cutting a bottom corner to pour the batter into the pan.

baked cake donuts (wilton donut pan) oven baked cake donut recipe

The tops will be a very light golden brown when they are done and they will be springy to the touch. If you have trouble removing them from the pan try using a rubber spatula. The bottom side of the donuts will be a nice dark golden brown color (as shown above on cooling rack).

Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts

This recipe makes anywhere from 6-9 donuts depending on how high you fill the donut pan. I’ve made it a few times filling all 6 donut cavities to the top & it makes 6 big donuts but the hole in the middle kind of closes up so now I usually make 8-9 smaller donuts.  If you don’t own a donut pan you can make your own using a muffin pan instead if you roll up aluminum foil into balls and place them in the middle of each muffin hole. To create the hole just pour the batter around the aluminum foil balls.

Baked Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Donuts
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 6-9
Ingredients
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil (I used soybean oil)
  • 1 banana (peeled & mashed)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • -For Coating-
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease donut pan with oil or cooking spray.
  2. Whisk together the sour cream, egg, vanilla, oil, & sugar in a bowl. Add in mashed banana & whisk again.
  3. Add flour, soda, salt, & cinnamon (optional) & stir together until well combined.
  4. Fill donut pan with batter & bake for 12-16 minutes or until the top is springy to the touch & the sides are turning golden brown. Remove from oven & let cool in pan for 5-10 minutes then transfer to cooling rack.
  5. For Coating: In a small bowl, combine sugar & cinnamon together. Melt butter in another small bowl & brush onto both sides of donuts. Place donut in bowl of cinnamon/sugar mix & flip over to coat both sides.

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Red White and Blue Dipped Cherries

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Red White and Blue Dipped Cherries

These are cute, yummy and you can make them very quickly. Perfect for Memorial Day and 4th of July parties.

I just melted the almond bark in the microwave and dipped the cherries. It was super easy and my daughter helped me too.

They only take a few minutes to set up after you put them on the parchment paper.

Red White and Blue Dipped Cherries

Red White and Blue Dipped Cherries
 
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Recipe type: dessert
Serves: 20-30
Ingredients
  • Cherries
  • 2-3 squares White Almond Bark Melt
  • Blue Sugar Sprinkles
Instructions
  1. Wash and dry the cherries.
  2. Melt the white almond bark according to the package.
  3. Dip them in the sprinkles, and then put them on a piece of parchment paper to dry.

 

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The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies

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Thin Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies

The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies

Sometimes I just crave a big chewy sugar cookies smothered with vanilla frosting & sprinkles. You know the ones I’m talking about…they are thin, chewy & oh so good!

The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies

In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a thing for sugar cookies. They are one of my weaknesses. I can’t stop with just one. I love all kinds of sugar cookies. I’m always looking for another amazing sugar cookie recipe to put in my recipe box. I have already posted quiet a few of my tried & true favorites. They are are all very different & unique from one another but I love them all! I have shared my Amish Sugar Cookies, The Best Soft & Chewy Sugar Cookies, Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies, Frosted Shortbread Cookies, etc.

The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies      The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies

To get them nice & thin you use the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar & flatten them down. You don’t have to flatten them down too much because they will flatten out more while they are baking in the oven.

I have a picky sugar cookie eater in the family…they are really hard to please. They don’t like cookies that are crispy or have any hard edges. With this recipe you don’t have to worry about crispness. They are soft & chewy through & through.

The Best Chewy Frosted Sugar Cookies
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • -Cookie Dough-
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 ounces cream cheese, cut into pieces
  • 6 Tablespoons salted butter, melted
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • -Frosting-
  • 2½ cups powdered sugar
  • 5 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 Tablespoons milk
  • -sprinkles for decorating (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with baking mat or parchment paper.
  2. Whisk flour, baking soda, & baking powdered together, set aside.
  3. Using a large mixing bowl add sugar, cream cheese & warm melted butter & whisk together. Whisk in oil. Add egg, milk, & vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture & mix with a spoon or rubber spatula until soft dough forms.
  4. Take a large scoop of dough (about 2 Tablespoons worth) & roll into a ball. Place on prepared cookie sheets. Use the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar to flatten dough balls slightly.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-13 minutes or until edges are just starting to brown.
  6. To make the frosting combine all 4 ingredients in a mixing bowl & use an electric mixer to mix ingredients until smooth. Once the cookies have cooled spread frosting over tops of cookies.

recipe source: adapted from food.com

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Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookie (Starbucks Copycat)

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Starbucks Copycat Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Starbucks Copycat Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookies

If you’ve ever tried those flourless chewy chocolate cookies that Starbucks sells & wanted to try to make your own at home then you’ve come to the right place. I have an amazing copycat recipe to share with you that I have been tweaking for months. This recipe is great if your on a gluten-free diet too because it’s flourless. I actually made these for my aunt because she loves chocolate but can’t have gluten.

Starbucks Copycat Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookies

I love that this recipe is easy to whip up, its made with only a handful of ingredients. It has semisweet chocolate chips & dutch cocoa powder which give it a rich chocolate flavor.  Just a warning: the batter looks a little weird but that’s just because it doesn’t contain any flour. If your batter is too dry when you mix it up & all the powdered sugar/cocoa isn’t getting absorbed, add 1 more teaspoon of water. This happened to me once because the amount of egg whites in each egg varies a little.

Starbucks Copycat Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookies    Starbucks Copycat Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookie (Starbucks Copycat)
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup dutch processed cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa)
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 3 teaspoons water (you may need to add 1 more teaspoon depending on how much egg white was added)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper, a baking mat, or grease it.
  2. Whisk together dutch cocoa powder, salt, & powdered sugar. Add vegetable oil, vanilla, water, & egg whites. Stir or whisk together. If it's too dry add 1 teaspoon more of water.
  3. Stir in chocolate chips.
  4. Drop by the teaspoon full onto cookie sheets.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until they puff up and the tops are glossy.

 

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