Showing posts with label holiday cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday cookies. Show all posts

Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

We haven't made these easy chocolate crinkle cookies for a couple of years. So, this year Fran found the recipe and we decided to add this one to our Holiday cookie list.

These are so easy to make and oh-so-good. They're crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Who doesn't love chocolate? The chocolate flavor is to die for.

You can find many recipes to make these easy chocolate crinkle cookies using a cake mix or brownie mix. We prefer this easy-to-make homemade recipe.

Here is what you need: 


2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

How to make easy chocolate crinkle cookies:

We always use our KitchenAid Stand Mixer. But, you can mix this in a medium bowl using a hand mixer.

First mix together the cocoa powder, white sugar, and vegetable oil. Then beat in the eggs one at a time then, mix in the vanilla.

Add the flour, salt, and baking powder to the cocoa mixture. Mix this until a dough is formed. Then cover and refrigerate for four hours.

make chocolate crinkle cookies

Roll the dough into one-inch balls and coat with powdered sugar.

Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. I'm not so perfect so some of mine were a little bigger. 

I preheated the oven to 350 degrees and placed them on the center rake. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Since I made some a little larger than one inch I baked for about 14 minutes.

Leave these on the cookie sheet for a minute or more then you can move them to a rack to cool.



As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy it.

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Maple Twist Cookies

Maple Twist Cookies

It's four days before Christmas and we're still baking cookies. These Maple Twist Cookies are a favorite of mine. My mother and aunt would make these every year for Christmas.

I tried making these last year but they turned out to be an epic failure because my mother's recipe was a little short on instructions.

This year I called out the reserves on this one. My cousin Jimmy and our good friend Verna both had this recipe so I tried again this year.

They may not look perfect but the taste is what I remember as a kid. A sweet nutty cookie with a maple flavor. There are so many walnut cookie recipes, the combinations in this one are amazing.

What you need for the dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup butter Melted (save for later)

Using my Kitchenaid stand mixer, I added the flour and baking powder into the mixing bowl and sifted together.

Add the Crisco, brown sugar, and vanilla. I turned the mixer on low speed and added the eggs and milk. Continue mixing until the dough is formed. Separate the dough into 3 equal pieces and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.

While the dough was chilling it was time to make the filling and icing.

Filling for Maple Twist Cookies:
3 cups walnuts (Crushed)
6 teaspoons of brown sugar
6 teaspoons white sugar
Milk

Combine the crushed walnuts and brown sugar and white sugar in a mixing bowl. Add a couple of tablespoons of milk at a time and mix until it looks like a paste. Be careful, don't add too much milk, as it will become runny.

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon Maple extract
1 tablespoon milk

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We used our handy food chopper dicer to chop the walnuts fine enough for this recipe. We find this to be a very handy kitchen tool for small jobs like this one.
Combine and mix well until the icing is smooth.

My Icing and filling
Now that everything is prepared we can make these cookies. Roll the dough out thin on a floured surface. Brush with some melted butter, and spread the filling.

Fold this over 3 times and seal the ends. Cut them into 1/2 inch slices, give them a twist and place them on a greased cookie sheet or cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Ready for the oven
Bake these at 350 degrees for about 12 to 15 minutes. Let them cool and add your icing, or you can make the icing a little runny and brush it on while they are still warm.

I made my icing thick and iced them with a small spatula after the cookies cooled, If you do this you will need to double the icing recipe.

I yielded about 45 cookies you should get 15 or so cookies from each section of dough.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies

Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies

Well, it is Christmas cookie week at our house. Jamie and the boys came over yesterday and started off with one of our favorite go-to cookies for the Holidays the Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookie.

These cookies are actually great and fun to make any time of the year. These are known by many people as Peanut Butter Blossoms or chocolate kiss peanut butter cookies.

This time of the year you can find this recipe right on the back of the bags of  Chocolate Hershey Kisses. As for the recipe, we pretty much stick to the ingredients on the bag with the exception of, we use butter instead of shortening. Also, I've included 3 helpful tips that we always use when making these delightful treats.

Here is what we used for the Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies:

48 Hershey Kisses
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
More sugar for later

In a large bowl mix together the butter and peanut butter until it's blended. Add the 1/3 cups of sugar and brown sugar and continue to beat until it's fluffy. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and continue to mix.

Now stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt mix this until you have a dough.

 Tip number 1: Set the dough in the refrigerator while you unwrap the Hershey Kisses.

Tip number 2: After unwrapping the kisses set them in the freezer while you prepare and bake the cookies.

Preparing and baking these homemade Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies:

Add about 1 or 2 cups of sugar into a bowl, roll the dough into 1 inch balls and then roll them in the sugar. We just love having the kids baking cookies with us.

Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies
Bobby and Tyler rolling in sugar 

Place these on a ungreased baking cookie sheet about 2 inches apart or you can use parchment paper as we did.

Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies
Ready for the oven

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the cookies puff up and the bottom is a nice light brown.

Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies
Out of the oven

Now take the Hershey Kisses out of the freezer and press one into the middle of each cookie.

 Tip number 3: Place the completed cookie sheet in the freezer for about 5 minutes.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

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