Cookies | STEPHANIE'S SLICE OF LIFE

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- Peanut Butter Cookies
  
  Posted at 9:20 am by StephMo
  
  Oct 3rd
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  It had been so long since I baked Peanut Butter Cookies, I’m guessing 16 years, that I wasn’t even sure which recipe I used to use. After my son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy I completely stopped baking anything with peanut butter. I dug through my favorite stash of recipes, and the only one I was able to find was one I made every Christmas with Hershey Kisses on top. I also found one with a peanut butter cup stuffed inside and topped with chocolate, I will have to make that soon. I was pretty sure the Kisses recipe may have also been the recipe I used without the Kisses as well, so I gave it a try.
  
  I had my peanut butter cookie connoisseur daughter give them a taste test and she gave them a thumbs up. She also said she wished her brother had gone to college sooner, so I guess she liked them.
  
  For Peanut Butter cookies to work best you need to use the “unhealthy” peanut butter. While we keep natural peanut butter in the house, I had to buy the non-natural kind. I used creamy peanut butter, but after tasting them I might try crunchy the next time I bake them to see how those taste. You can make these with or without chocolate chips, I made half with and half without. I personally like them with chocolate.
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 cup butter flavor Crisco
  
  1 cup creamy peanut butter, not natural peanut butter
  
  1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  
  1 cup sugar
  
  2 eggs
  
  1/4 cup milk
  
  2 tsps vanilla
  
  3 1/4 cups flour
  
  2 tsps baking soda
  
  1 tsp salt
  
  1 cup milk chocolate chips (optional)
  
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  
  In a large mixing bowl combine Crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar, and sugar. With an electric mixer or stand mixer, beat at medium speed until well combined. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and milk.
  
  In a small mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended. Mix in chocolate chips.
  
  With a cookie scoop, scoop dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet. I used my large scoop for these and made big cookies.
  
  Using the back of a measuring cup or the bottom of a glass, press the dough to flatten it out. Using a fork, press into the dough to make criss cross indentations.
  
  Bake for 11 minutes or until the edges look brown. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
  
  Pour yourself a glass of milk and enjoy! Yum, yum, yum!
  Peanut Butter Cookies
  
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  Ingredients
  
  1 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
  1 cup peanut butter
  1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  1 cup sugar
  2 large eggs
  1/4 cup milk
  2 tsp vanilla
  3 1/4 cups flour
  2 tsp baking soda
  1 tsp salt
  1 cup milk chocolate chips, optional
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  In a large mixing bowl combine Crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar, and sugar. With an electric mixer or stand mixer, beat at medium speed until well combined. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and milk.
  In a small mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended. Mix in chocolate chips.
  With a cookie scoop, scoop dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet. I used my large scoop for these and made big cookies.
  Using the back of a measuring cup or the bottom of a glass, press the dough to flatten it out. Using a fork, press into the dough to make criss cross indentations.
  Bake for 11 minutes or until the edges look brown. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
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- Kitchen Sink Cookies
  
  Posted at 3:31 pm by StephMo
  
  Feb 17th
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  You may be wondering why these are called Kitchen Sink Cookies. The name comes from the saying “everything but the kitchen sink” which means basically everything you can imagine is in them, except the kitchen sink. I was curious where this expression originated from, and it began during World War II when troops were bombarded and would say they were hit “with everything but the kitchen sink”. Kind of an interesting little fact.
  
  The ingredients I had in the house allowed me to make a salty and sweet cookie. I used chocolate chips, pretzels, coconut, and potato chips. Yes, potato chips. I must admit I was skeptical adding them, and must also admit they were not my favorite ingredient. I have seen them used before in cookies and decided to give it a try. I had planned on using M&Ms until I realized my husband had eaten them, I wasn’t very happy about that. The point of Kitchen Sink cookies is to add whatever you want! You can use butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, toffee bits, nuts, whatever.
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 cup butter, softened
  
  1 cup sugar
  
  1 cup brown sugar
  
  2 eggs
  
  2 tsp. vanilla
  
  1 tsp. baking soda
  
  2 tsp. hot water
  
  1/2 tsp. salt
  
  3 cups flour
  
  1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I prefer milk chocolate)
  
  1 cup crushed pretzels
  
  1 cup crushed potato chips
  
  1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
  
  Coarse sea salt (optional)
  
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  
  In a stand mixer, or by hand, cream together the softened butter and sugars until smooth.
  
  Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla.
  
  Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Add baking soda mixture to the batter along with the salt and combine well.
  
  Add flour and combine well.
  
  Gently mix in the rest of your ingredients.
  
  You can either use a cookie scoop, or roll the dough into balls, and place on an un-greased cookie sheet. If you’d like, sprinkle a little coarse sea salt on the cookies before putting them in the oven.
  
  Bake for about 11 minutes or until cookies start to brown. Let cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
  
  Get yourself some milk and enjoy!
  Kitchen Sink Cookies
  
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  Ingredients
  
  1 cup butter, softened
  1 cup sugar
  1 cup brown sugar
  2 large eggs
  2 tsp vanilla
  1 tsp baking soda
  2 tsp hot water
  3 cups flour
  1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
  1 cup crushed pretzels
  1 cup crushed potato chips
  1/2 cup shredded coconut
  1/2 tsp salt
  coarse sea salt
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  In a stand mixer, or by hand, cream the butter and sugars until smooth.
  Add the eggs, combine well. Add the vanilla, combine well.
  Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Add to the mixture along with the 1/2 tsp salt, combine well.
  Add flour, combine well. Gently combine the rest of the ingredients into the batter.
  Using a cookie scoop, or roll into balls by hand, and place dough on an un-greased cookie sheet. If you'd like, sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Bake for 11 minutes, or until starting to brown.
  Let cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
  Posted in Cookies, Kitchen Sink Cookies | Tagged cookie recipe, everything but the kitchen sink cookies, food blog, food blogger, kitchen sink cookies, Recipes, stephanie's slice of life
- Soft Snickerdoodles
  
  Posted at 10:47 am by StephMo
  
  Jun 2nd
  
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  Snickerdoodles have never really been one of my favorite cookies because they are typically a crunchy cookie, and I prefer softer cookies. Recently my cousin made these cookies and I was surprised that they were soft, and very quickly became one of my new favorites. She was kind enough to share the recipe and today I gave them a try. So good!
  
  If you like a crunchier Snickerdoodle, you can find another recipe in my blog that should satisfy your crunchy craving.
  
  These are really easy to make, and a little too easy to eat multiple of in one sitting.
  
  Ingredients:
  
  3 cups flour
  
  2 tsp cream of tartar
  
  1 tsp baking soda
  
  1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  
  1/2 tsp salt
  
  1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  
  1 1/3 cup sugar
  
  1 large egg, + 1 large egg yolk
  
  2 tsp vanilla
  
  1/3 cup sugar
  
  1 tsp cinnamon
  
  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  
  Sift together the dry ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl. Set aside.
  
  In a stand mixer, or with a hand held mixer combine the softened butter and sugar on high speed until smooth and creamy. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, and beat on medium speed until combined while scraping the bowl frequently.
  
  With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until combined. Dough will be thick.
  
  Combine the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon on a plate or in a bowl. Roll the dough into balls with your hands and roll the balls into the cinnamon sugar topping.
  
  Place on the cookie sheets. You can top with a little more of the cinnamon sugar if you’d like, and honestly why wouldn’t you?
  
  Bake for 10 minutes. The cookies may be puffy so you can flatten them a little with a spatula.
  
  Let cool on the cookie sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to a cookie rack. Eat and repeat.
  
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- M&M Brownie Cookies
  
  Posted at 5:25 pm by StephMo
  
  Jan 3rd
  
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  When I first found this recipe it was called a one bowl recipe, which of course I loved. However, after reading the recipe I decided to make it a two bowl recipe. One bowl is ideal, but two bowl isn’t all that bad right? The cookie dough consistency resembles brownie batter which of course is why they are called brownie cookies.
  
  I used to make another brownie cookie recipe for years, I’ll have to dig that out at some point and compare the two. Or maybe not since these turned out so good! If you are looking for a non-chocolate M&M cookie recipe you can also find one in my blog.
  
  So let’s make some cookies!
  
  Ingredients:
  
  3/4 cup butter
  
  1/2 cup sugar
  
  3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
  
  1 egg
  
  1 tbsp. vanilla
  
  1 1/2 cups flour
  
  1/2 cup cocoa powder
  
  1 tsp. baking soda
  
  1/2 tsp. salt
  
  1/2 cup M&Ms
  
  1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  
  In a large mixing bowl melt the butter in the microwave and let cool for a few minutes. Add the sugar and brown sugar, mix well.
  
  In a separate mixing bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. As you know I always encourage sifting flour mixtures but especially when using cocoa powder. That is why I changed this one bowl recipe to two bowls. Cocoa doesn’t incorporate well unless it is sifted. It’s worth the extra bowl.
  
  Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and combine well. It is a very thick dough. Fold in the M&Ms and chocolate chips.
  
  Refrigerate the dough for about an hour.
  
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  
  You can either roll the dough into balls with your hands, or use a cookie scoop like I used. If using a cookie scoop use your fingers to pack the dough into the scoop.
  
  You can add a few extra M&Ms on the top of the cookies if you want.
  
  If the dough gets too warm you can put it back in the refrigerator between batches.
  
  Bake for 10 minutes, and let cool on the cookies sheets for 1-2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
  
  Yum!!
  
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- Chocolate Covered Oreos
  
  Posted at 1:39 pm by StephMo
  
  Jan 1st
  
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  For years I have been chocolate dipping Oreos around the holidays, but they never looked professional. I would use tongs and dip them in the melted chocolate and remove the excess chocolate by tapping the tongs on the edge of the bowl. They looked nice, and of course tasted delicious, but never looked like the ones I had seen in stores and I always just chalked it up to the fact that I wasn’t a professional candy maker.
  
  Well, one day not too long ago I had an “ah ha” moment and realized there must be a mold to make these professional looking Oreos, and sure enough there was. I purchased an inexpensive set of silicone molds on-line and they are one of the best purchases I have made. I’m not sure if you are like me, but I get very excited about things like this. A simple silicone mold and a little patience can get your Oreos to look like you are a professional, or pretty close to it.
  
  They make perfect gifts, and anyone that receives them will surely be impressed. There are so many different colors and flavors of melting wafers available that you can be as creative as you want. I made batches for Halloween,
  
  and even for birthdays.
  
  I even got a little creative this Christmas and made little snow scenes on the Oreos.
  
  Here’s how to get these Oreos looking so pretty:
  
  I put the molds on a cookie sheet even though I did not photograph it that way, it makes it easier to move the molds.
  
  Once you have melted your chocolate, put about a tablespoon full in each mold. Tap the cookie sheet repeatedly on your counter or table to spread the chocolate and to get rid of some of the air bubbles.
  
  I was doing this one day while my husband was in the next room on a business call and his client asked if he was in a gold mine, it can get quite loud.
  
  Top the melted chocolate with the Oreos, and fill with additional melted chocolate. Once again tap the cookie sheet so the air bubbles come up and the mold fills completely with the chocolate.
  
  This will often cause the Oreos to pop up a little. I use a toothpick to push them back down, then a few more counter taps with the cookie sheet and they should look great.
  
  Let them cool in the refrigerator before removing from the molds.
  
  Once cool you can drizzle melted chocolate on them to decorate. Beautiful and delicious!
  
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- Strawberry Oat Bars
  
  Posted at 10:05 am by StephMo
  
  Jun 25th
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  I was trying to think of a nice summery dessert to serve to friends coming over and remembered I still had some of the beautiful strawberries left from when I went strawberry picking. While strawberry shortcake would have been delicious, I wanted a little bar type of dessert. Fruit bars with an oat streusel topping sounded perfect, and they were!
  
  The strawberries I was using were very juicy and I was concerned the bars wouldn’t set properly, and when I first cut into them they were quite mushy. I ran out and bought a back up dessert just in case, but I put them in the refrigerator for an hour or so before serving and it did the trick. They were a huge hit! So good!
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1/2 cup butter, melted
  
  1 cup flour
  
  3/4 cup oats
  
  1/2 cup, plus 1/3 cup sugar
  
  1/4 cup brown sugar
  
  2 cups strawberries, chopped
  
  2 tbsp. lemon juice
  
  2 tsp. cornstarch
  
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 8″ baking pan with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray. I only had a glass dish with me in Maine so I reduced the heat to 325 degrees.
  
  For the bottom layer combine the melted butter, flour, oats, 1/2 cup sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. It will be crumbly.
  
  Set 1 cup of the mixture aside. With your hands or a spatula firmly press the remaining crumble in the bottom of the baking dish.
  
  In a mixing bowl, I used the same one, combine the strawberries, lemon juice, 1/3 cup sugar, and cornstarch.
  
  Spread the strawberry mixture evenly over the layer of crust.
  
  Using your hands, crumble the remaining cup of streusel evenly over the strawberry layer.
  
  Bake for about 50 minutes or until the bars are set and the juices are bubblying on the edges.
  
  Let cool for a few hours before trying to cut. As I mentioned previously, they are quite messy when first cut so you may want to put them in the refrigerator before serving so they set fully.
  
  A perfect Summer treat!
  Strawberry Oat Bars
  
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  Ingredients
  
  1/2 cup butter, melted
  1 cup flour
  3/4 cup oats
  1/2 + 1/3 cup sugar
  1/4 cup brown sugar
  2 cups strawberries, chopped
  2 tbsp lemon juice
  2 tsp corn starch
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 8" square pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
  Combine the melted butter, flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Set aside 1 cup of mixture. Mixture will be crumbly.
  Press firmly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  Combine strawberries, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a mixing bowl.
  Spread strawberry mixture over crust. Top with remaining cup of crumble.
  Bake for about 50 minutes or until bars seem set and juices on the sides are bubbling. Let cool for at least an hour before cutting. Best refrigerated for a few hours to fully set before serving.
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- Sugar Cookies
  
  Posted at 4:47 pm by StephMo
  
  Feb 17th
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  Sugar cookies are such a fun cookie as you can make them into so many different shapes, sizes, and colors. I just made a batch in the shape of elephants for some students at my daughter’s college, whose mascot is an elephant. Next month I will be making some shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day. The other good thing about them is if you don’t feel like adorning them with colored sugar or frosting, they are just as tasty plain. Here is the recipe I use:
  
  Ingredients:
  
  2/3 cup butter flavor Crisco
  
  3/4 cup sugar
  
  1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. milk
  
  1 tsp. vanilla extract
  
  1 egg
  
  2 cups flour
  
  1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  
  1/4 tsp. salt
  
  In a large bowl combine the crisco, sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat on medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Beat in the egg.
  
  In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  
  Add into the creamed mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
  
  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least a few hours.
  
  When you are ready to make the cookies, roll out the dough on a floured board and cut into shapes. Maybe about 1/8 – 1/4″ thick.
  
  Re-flour the board every time you roll out a new batch. Place on an un-greased cookie sheet.
  
  Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Remove immediately from pan to cooling rack.
  
  I have never been very good at decorating cookies, but I found this really easy technique on-line that worked well. For the icing combine:
  
  2 cups powdered sugar
  
  4-5 tbsps. half and half
  
  1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  
  Food coloring
  
  Mix the ingredients together until they form a thick icing. Dip the cookies into the icing and hold over the bowl for about 15 seconds allowing the excess icing to drip off. Then quickly turn the cookie over and gently move side to side to let the icing cover the entire cookie evenly. Allow to set on a wire rack.
  Sugar Cookies
  
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  Ingredients
  
  2/3 cup butter flavor Crisco
  3/4 cup sugar
  1 tbsp. milk
  1 tsp. milk
  1 tsp. vanilla
  1 egg
  2 cups flour
  1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  1/4 tsp. salt
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  In a large bowl combine the crisco, sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat on medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Beat in the egg.
  In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the creamed mixture on low speed until well mixed.
  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least a few hours.
  When you are ready to make the cookies, roll out the dough on a floured board and cut into shapes. Maybe about 1/8 – 1/4" thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Remove immediately to wire cooling rack.
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- Amazing Brownies
  
  Posted at 3:32 pm by StephMo
  
  Feb 10th
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  These brownies are absolutely amazing! Hence why I named them Amazing Brownies. It is the easiest recipe, and it only uses one bowl which is a huge bonus. They are fudgy and delicious, and honestly one of the best recipes you will find.
  
  I have used this recipe for the Santa Hats and Brownie Trees that I have written about, and as I have mentioned it is the recipe inside the Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate box. I have been using it for years and will never switch or try anything else.
  
  Ingredients:
  
  3/4 cup butter
  
  1 4oz. package Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate
  
  2 cups sugar
  
  1 tsp. vanilla
  
  3 eggs
  
  1 cup flour
  
  In a large mixing bowl add the butter and chocolate. Microwave for 2 minutes, then stir until the chocolate is melted. It may take a a little while but it will melt from the heat of the butter.
  
  Add the sugar and combine well.
  
  Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  
  Add the flour and mix until well incorporated.
  
  Pour into a 9″ x 13″ pan lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with cooking spray. You don’t have to use aluminum foil, but it is so much easier to cut the brownies this way. Once the brownies are cool just lift the aluminum foil out and put on a flat surface to cut.
  
  I usually either add chocolate chips or M&Ms to the brownies. If you are going to add something I suggest waiting about 10 minutes after they are in the oven and sprinkling the chocolate chips or M&Ms on top, then continue baking.
  
  Bake for 27-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted comes out with fudgy crumbs.
  Amazing Brownies
  
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  Ingredients
  
  3/4 cup butter
  1 4oz. package Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate
  2 cups sugar
  1 tsp. vanilla
  3 large eggs
  1 cup flour
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a aluminum foil lined 9" x 13" pan with cooking spray.
  Microwave chocolate and butter in a large mixing bowl for 2 minutes. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
  Add sugar and mix well. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and mix well.
  Bake for 27-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out with fudgy crumbs.
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- Sprinkles Blondie Bars
  
  Posted at 4:52 pm by StephMo
  
  Feb 5th
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  If you aren’t in the mood for chocolate, then give these buttery, sugary, chewy, yummy Blondie bars a try. They are not really a cookie bar, they are more of the consistency of a chewy brownie. You can absolutely make this recipe without the sprinkles, but don’t the sprinkles just make them look happier! 😅
  
  Ingredients:
  
  2 cups brown sugar
  
  1 cup butter, melted
  
  2 eggs, room temperature
  
  2 tsp. vanilla
  
  1 3/4 cup flour
  
  1/2 tsp. baking powder
  
  1/2 tsp. salt
  
  1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
  
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9″ x 9″ or 13″ x 9″ pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
  
  Melt the butter and let it cool slightly. Combine with the brown sugar in a large bowl and mix well.
  
  Look at all that butter! Yum! Brown sugar and butter just go so well together.
  
  Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well until smooth.
  
  Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a small mixing bowl. Add to the butter mixture until well combined.
  
  Then…..stir in the sprinkles!
  
  Spread the batter into the greased pan and sprinkle some additional sprinkles on top. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  
  Let cool before cutting. The nice thing about using aluminum foil is you can just lift it out of the pan and it makes it much easier to cut.
  Sprinkles Blondie Bars
  
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  Ingredients
  
  2 cups brown sugar
  1 cup butter, melted
  2 large eggs, room temperature
  2 tsp. vanilla
  1 3/4 cups flour
  1/2 tsp. baking powder
  1/2 tsp. salt
  1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9" x 13" pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
  Combine melted butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
  Add eggs and vanilla and beat well until smooth.
  Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Add to butter mixture and combine well. Stir in sprinkles.
  Spread into greased pan and top with additional sprinkles. Bake for 30 minutes or until brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  Cool before cutting.
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- Italian Sesame Seed Cookies
  
  Posted at 5:48 pm by StephMo
  
  Jan 2nd
  
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  My mother passed away recently and while going through her recipes I came across this recipe for Sesame Seed Cookies. These were one of her favorite cookies, and when she made them she would always enjoy a few while she was sipping a cup of coffee or tea. This recipe may have been my grandmother’s recipe, but I do not know for sure. I never really paid attention to these cookies because to be honest, they weren’t my favorite so I can’t say if they taste like they did when she made them. They still aren’t my favorite cookie, but I liked the batch I made and my daughter really liked them.
  
  I can remember fondly how at least once a year she would buy a bag of sesame seeds at Polcari’s Coffee on Salem Street in the North End of Boston. I haven’t been in that store in years but I can still remember being mesmerized by all of the big bins filled with seeds and nuts. I’ll have to stop in there some day to see if the store is as I remember. While I don’t have a fresh bag of sesame seeds currently in my home, or never have, I just used the ones I purchased at the super market. Maybe I’ll have to start following her tradition and buy my sesame seeds in the North End from now on.
  
  This index card is the recipe I found and apparently I must have had a type writer at some point when I was a child and transferred some of her hand written recipes on to cards for her. The funny thing is there is no mention of sesame seeds in the recipe. Or how long to bake them for. They could be missing another ingredient as well for all I know as I obviously missed a few steps 😅. I am also confused by why her Ricotta Pie recipe that I typed out has no mention of ricotta. Thank goodness transcribing was not the path I chose in life.
  
  The ingredients are wonderfully typed above as seen, except for the sesame seeds and I think I used about a cup of seeds. Now let’s break down the instructions a little bit better.
  
  In a small mixing bowl combine the flour and baking powder, set aside.
  
  In a large bowl mix together the oil, eggs, and sugar. Add the vanilla and salt and mix well.
  
  Add in the dry ingredients and combine well.
  
  Put the sesame seeds on a small plate and put some milk in a small bowl.
  
  I assumed “dip fingers in milk” meant to do so before grabbing some of the dough and rolling it in your hands. Once the dough is in the shape of a ball roll it in the sesame seeds.
  
  I remember my mother’s cookies being more of an oval shape so I shaped them after I placed them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  
  Since there was no mention of time on the recipe I tried a few different times. My first batch was about 10-11 minutes and they were just slightly brown on the bottom. Then I tried 13 minutes and the bottoms tasted over done, so I settled on right in the middle at 12 minutes.
  
  I like cookies soft and while these are most likely supposed to be a hard biscotti type cookie, I don’t prefer them that way.
  
  If you prefer an all around darker cookie you may want to try a higher temperature and see how they turn out.
  
  I hope you enjoy my mom’s favorite cookie as much as she did 😊
  
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