Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies   

3/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor Shortening

11/4 cup brown sugar ~ packed  

2 tablespoons milk  

1 tablespoon vanilla extract  

1 egg  

1 3/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt  

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup coarsely chopped pecans ~ optional

Combine shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in egg. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into shortening mixture until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies, or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove cookies to rack to cool completely

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

These are such a fun cookie. Totally different from other cookies out there. My girls wanted to make these for a  friend who was having his birthday. So, we whipped them up and took some over and sang Happy Birthday to him. He thought they were the best cookies. They are very rich, but they sure are yummy.

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

1 chocolate cake mix

1/2 cup shortening butter-flavored

2 eggs

12-18 large marshmallows ~ cut in half

In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix, eggs and shortening.  Mix till well combines. Drop batter by the tablespoon onto a non-greased baking sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until cookies appear done, but centers are still soft. 

While cookies are baking, cut marshmallows in half. When cookies have baked for the 8-10 minutes, remove pan from oven and place a marshmallow half on top of each cookies. Press down gently.. Return pan to over and back for 2-3- more minutes. Till marshmallows are puffy. Remove pan and let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes. Right after pulling from over, press marshmallows down a little to flatten them. Repeat precess to all cookies and marshmallows. 

When cookies are fully cooled, frost with Chocolate Cream Frosting.

Chocolate Cream Frosting

1/2 cup butter ~ melted

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1/3 cup evaporated milk

1 1/2 pounds powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Mix till well blended. Slowly add in melted butter, vanilla, and evaporated milk. Beat on medium high till smooth, light and fluffy. Add more powdered sugar if necessary. Add frosting to piping back or frost with knife.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my moms recipe and These are by far the best pumpkin cookies ever.  They are fluffy, moist and just oh so yummy.  Any time these get baked and taken, there are always lots of compliments and asking for the recipe. I personally always double it.  Then I freeze some.  Have some now and pull some out later.  These also have a yummy frosting that can go on them.  I love the cookies both ways. If freezing some cookies, frost later.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 cup pumpkin

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 package of chocolate chips

1 egg

chopped pecans ~ optional 

Cream shortening and sugar together.  Add in pumpkin and egg.  Mix and add dry ingredients.  Then add in chocolate chips and pecans. Drop by teaspoon full on a non greased cookies sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. 

Frosting:

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

4 teaspoons milk

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Cook in a saucepan butter, milk and brown sugar until well dissolved.  Remove from heat. Add in vanilla and powdered sugar.  Beat together until powdered sugar is dissolved.  Spread on warm cookies. {Add more powdered sugar is needed.}

Vanilla Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies

I got this recipe out of a magazine years ago.  They are so yummy.  I love how you can totally taste the vanilla and it is good stuff, Real Vanilla.  Makes the cookies "pop" a little.

Vanilla Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies

3 1/4 - 4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/3 cup butter ~ softened

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar ~ packed

2 eggs

4 teaspoon real vanilla

1 package semi-sweet chips

Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.  In separate bowl, beat butter and sugars together on medium speed, until light and fluffy.  Add in eggs and vanilla.  Mix well.  Gradually add in flour mixture, on low speed, and mix till well blended. {add in extra flour 1/4 cup at a time, if needed}  Stir in chocolate chips. 

Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. 

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10  minutes, or until cookies are lightly golden.

Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies

My friend said these are her favorite cookies.  So, I decided to add them to the list and give them a try.  They sounded super yummy, just by reading all the ingredients.  These make a ton and my friend totally has a reason for these being her favorite.  They are super yummy!  I think these are now my favorite chocolate chip cookies.

Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoon baking soda

1-1/2 cup butter ~ softened

1-1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 (3.4 oz.) packages instant vanilla pudding

4 eggs ~ room temp

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cup of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together flour and baking soda in separate bowl and set aside; in a large bowl, cream butter, brown and white sugar. Beat in pudding mix until well blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. When smooth, slowly add in the flour mixture. This can take a little while, but make sure it's well incorporated into mix. Finally, add in chocolate chips. 

Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper and bake at 350 degrees for 9-12 minutes. 

Chocolate Chip n' Oreo Fudge Brownies

Ok, brace yourself with these.  These are for sure one of the best desserts out there.  My husband LOVES these. When eating these, be sure you have a large glass of milk to go with it.  You can also add a small scoop of ice cream to it to tone down the chocolaty goodness. These brownies are basically 3 amazing treats in one.

Chocolate Chip n' Oreo Fudge Brownies 

1 1/2 rolls of refrigerated cookie dough ~ softened

1 package double stuffed oreo cookies - crushed into big chunks

1 box brownie mix ~ family size

1/4 cup hot fudge

Grease a 9x13 baking dish and spread cookie dough in the bottom of the whole pan.  Add oreo chunk to top of cookie dough.  Make brownie mix according to box directions.  Add hot fudge into brownie mix.  Add brownie batter to top of oreo chunks. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.  Or until middle of bars are done & toothipick inserted into middle comes out clean. 

Brown Sugar Cookies

These are so yummy and super super soft. Plus, the brown butter frosting that goes on top makes them even better! Just a heads up on these ... When they are cooked, they will "uncooked" and that is normal. I made these for a friend the other day, but instead of using the browned butter frosting, I used a store bought vanilla {They weren't as yummy.  Still good, but not the same}

Brown Sugar Cookies

2/3 cup butter ~ softened

1 1/2 cups brown sugar ~ packed

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sour cream 

Blend butter and brown sugar together.  Slowly add in eggs one at a time, blend well.  Add in vanilla.  in separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Add some of flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating with sour cream and mix well.  Once all flour and sour cream is added to sugar mixture, drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a non-stick or lightly greased baking sheet.  

Bake at 350 degrees for 9-10 minutes.  Remove from sheet to wire rack and cool completely and then frost. 

Brown Butter Frosting

1/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 tablespoons milk {more if needed}

Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat until it turns golden.  Watch carefully because it happens pretty quick.  Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar.  Add enough milk, SLOWLY, to make frosting a spreading consistency.

Best Ever Snicker-Doodles

I got this recipe from my sister in law.  These are seriously the best snickerdoodles!  I am not a fan of them, when they are crunchy.  I love them when they are soft and chewy {but not undercooked}.  Well these are my kind of cookie.  They make a ton.

Best Ever Snicker-Doodles

1 cup butter ~ softened

1 1/2 cup sugar 

2 eggs

2 teaspoon vanilla

2 3/4 cup flour

2 teaspoons white vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Cream butter, 1 1/2 cup sugar, eggs and vanilla together.  In seperate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt together.  Then blend into wet ingredients and add in vinegar.  DO NOT OVER MIX

Shape dough into round balls, about 1 inch diameter.  Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon together in bowl.  Roll balls in cinnamon sugar mixture.  Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.  

Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. 

{Cookies should be slightly puffy when getting them out and set around edges.}

Chocolate Lemon Cream & Chocolate Mint Cookies

This past weekend, I was asked to make a dessert for a funeral luncheon.  I love being able to help/serve others at any time, so I was happy to make some thing. I came up with the idea to do cookies, but those are simple with kids.  But I wanted to have them a little "fancier" then just plain cookies.  So this popped into my mind and I ran with it.  On Sunday, the women that helped serve at the luncheon kept complimenting the cookies and saying how fast they went and people asked if there were more.  I am glad they were enjoyed!

Devils Food Cookies

2 boxes devils food cake

4 eggs

1 stick butter

2 tablespoons flour

Mix all ingredients together and roll batter into balls, about the size of a walnut.  Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.  Cool completely. Once fully cooled, frost & decorate.

Lemon Cream Frosting

Cream cheese frosting

1 block of cream cheese ~ softened

yellow food coloring

3 drops lemon extract

Cream frosting and block of cream cheese together.  Once well blended, add in food coloring {about 24 drops} till it is the shade of yellow you desire.  Then add in lemon extract.  Refrigerate frosting till you use it. 

Mint Frosting

Vanilla frosting

green food coloring

mint or peppermint extract

Mix frosting and food coloring together {about 24 drops}.  Add in mint or peppermint extract.  Refrigerate frosting till you use it.

Magic Cookie Bars

These are super yummy! .... If you enjoy Chocolate, Coconut and Nuts. Lucky Unlucky for me, I am the only one in my house that loves these.  The kids will eat them sometimes, and my husband doesn't care for coconut. So, therefore they go straight to the freezer once they are cut and cooled.  That way they last longer!  plus, they are very delightful when they are cold or frozen.

Magic Cookie Bars

2 packages graham crackers {about 22 rectangles} ~ crushed into crumbs

1 stick margarine ~ melted

1 1/2 cups shredded coconut

1 package chocolate chips

1 can sweetened condensed milk

In large mixing bowl, combine cracker crumbs and melted butter.  Mix well.  Add coconut, nuts, sweetened condensed milk and mix till well blended.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Spray an edge cookies sheet with cooking spray and pour dough into sheet.  Wet hands and spread dough and pat down.  Press hard so it gets kind of a glaze on top. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Score while hot into 40 bars (5 rows by 8) When cooled, finish cutting into bars and store in tupperware.

Cowboy Cookies

I got this recipe from my sister in law years ago.  I love how different they are and you can really put anything in them that ya want.  These have just the right amount of cinnamon in them and all of the flavors just blend together so well.  I also did a little digging on trying to find out why they are called Cowboy Cookies, and I came across some information revealing that the recipe has probably been around for at least 60 years.  For whatever reason they were given this name, I love smelling them bake!  Plus my kids love them!  But really, what kid doesn't like a cookie?

Cowboy Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar ~ packed

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups oatmeal

1/2 package chocolate chips

1 cup nuts ~ of choice

Coconut ~ optional

1/2 package peanut butter or butterscotch chips ~ optional

Cream together shortening, sugar and brown sugar.  Add in eggs one at a time and vanilla.  Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Mix in oatmeal, chips and nuts. (and any other goodies).  

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. 

Double Chocolate Twix Cookies

My friend Nat makes the most yummy double chocolate cookies.  I was totally wanting them the other night, so I snagged the recipe from her.  But, I also wanted caramel as well. Needless to say, I went down to my trusty food storage, Pulled out a cake mix and a bag of bite sized candy bars. The perfect combination of chocolate and caramel. You can really add in any type of "goodies" that you want. 

Double Chocolate Twix Cookies

1 devils food chocolate cake mix

2 eggs

1/3 cup oil

1/2 cup goodies of choice 

{chocolate chips, nuts, chopped cookies, chopped candy, etc.}

Mix together cake mix, eggs and oil.  Add in desired goodies and mix.  Roll batter into rounded tablepsoon balls and bake on ungreased cookies sheet. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  Let cook for 3-5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Lollipop Cookies

Also known as Balloon Cookies, Play Dough Cookies, and Rainbow Cookies. I will warn you, these are another recipe that your hands get pretty messy.  Spray hands with cooking spray & section of counter top you use.  Makes things easier, trust me.  Though they do create some mess, these are such fun & very creative.  My girls have a blast making these & then love sharing them with friends & neighbors.  They each get to pick a couple colors & have fun with all the mixing.  You can either make these swirl & form a lollipop or you can just smash colors together for some fun "tie died" cookies. You don't have to make them with sticks.  Every time we make these, they are different colors.  A very enjoyable time with kids.  I love it.

Lollipop Cookies

3/4 cup butter ~ softened

3 ounces cream cheese ~ softened

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

assorted colors of  food coloring

24 lollipop sticks

In large bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add in egg and vanilla; beat cream mixture till smooth.  In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, slowly. Stir till soft dough forms. Dough will be "tacky."  If too tacky, add a little more flour.  Divide dough into fourths & put in separate bowls.  Tint each with a different food color. Once well colored to desire, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours. Dough is also fine to sit over night. 

Working with half of each color, shape dough into 3/4 inch balls and for each cookie place 1 color together & make 1 large ball.  Shape into a 6-12 inch long roll (like a snake), starting at one end, coil roll to make about a  2 3/4 inch round cookie. Place cookies 3 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Carefully insert lollipop sticks into bottoms of cookies.  

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container.  

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are so rich & yet so yummy.  My hubby loves these just plain & simple.  Me, I love to have them like a little Cookie Sundae.  Put a scoop of ice cream on top with a few toppings of choice. (Hot fudge, Carmel, Chopped nuts, Sprinkles, etc.)

Be prepared ... When making these cookies, ever cookie "patty" has to be shaped by hand.  Therefore, your hands get a little messy.

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup brown sugar

6 tbsp granulated sugar

1 stick butter ~ softened

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

23 oz (2 bags) Milk Chocolate Chips

Cream together brown sugar, sugar, & butter till fluffy.  Add in egg & vanilla.  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt together.  Slowly add into cream mixture.  Then add in chocolate chips.

Shape cookie patties to be a little bigger than palm on hand & also make a little thin.  If dough is too stick, add a little more flour & then shape. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.  Bake on Parchment Paper & let cookies completely cool on sheet after baking. 

Makes about 6-8 Cookies

Whoopie Pies

Also known as Homemade Oreo Cookies. Spice these up by using different fro stings in the middle.
(Lemon, Strawberry, Butter Cream, Cherry, etc)
You can also put different colors in cream cheese frosting & make them fun.
(Red, Purple, Lime Green, Blue, Orange, etc)

Whoopie Pies

2 boxes devil food cake mix

4 eggs

2 tbsp flour

1 cup margarine or butter

Mix all ingredients together.  Batter with be thick & sticky.  Roll batter into balls. about the size of a walnut. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.  Let cool completely. 

Frost bottom of one cookie & sandwich with the bottom of another.