S'mores Cookie Bars

 

A graham cracker cookie crust sandwiched between a layer of warm melted chocolate, and a layer gooey melted marshmallow. These will make you feel like your eating s'mores at a campfire! Everytime these cookie bars are made, they are gone within a few hours!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 king-sized Hershey's chocolate bars

1 1/2 cups of marshmallow creme or fluff

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease an 8-inch baking pan

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. 

3. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter and sugar mixture, and mix until thoroughly combined.

4. Divide the dough in half. Press half of the dough evenly onto the bottom of your prepared baking pan. Lay out the chocolate bars in even layers (breaking the chocolate if you have to). Spread the marshmallow creme on top of the chocolate. Then, roll the dough out between 2 sheets of parchment paper, until about the size of your pan (try not to go any bigger). Gently, remove the parchment paper and place the dough on top of the marshmallow creme. 

5. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until light golden brown. Let cool slightly before enjoying (they taste better warm)!

*TIP: Heat the leftover room temperature cookie bars in the microwave for 30 seconds to make the chocolate and marshmallow warm and melted again! 

Enjoy! :)

Source: the-girl-who-ate-everything.com

S'mores Cookie Sandwiches

 S'mores are great anytime! They are great in the winter when its cold, and great in the summer by a bonfire! S'mores are also a camping must! This recipe combines a homemade marshmallow frosting with melted chocolate sandwiched between two homemade graham cracker cookies. Talk about delicious! 

Ingredients:

For the cookie:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup graham flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup light-brown sugar, packed

1/4 granulated sugar

3 tablespoons honey

1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Filling:

4 egg whites

1 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

9 oz. (1 1/2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 teaspoons shortening 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, graham flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together, then set aside.

3. In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, whip the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium-high speed, until pale and fluffy. Blend in the honey. Add 1 egg and blend until combined. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and blend. 

4. While mixing on a low speed, slowly mix in the bowl of dry ingredients, mixing until thoroughly combined.

5. Scoop 1 tablespoons of dough and form into balls. Place the cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 9-10 minutes, them remove from oven and allow to cool completely. 

6. In a saucepan, bring a few inches of water to a simmer. In a metal or glass mixing bowl, add the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar and whisk over the simmering water. Whisk constantly for about 3-4 minutes until sugar has dissolved, and the egg whites are warm to the touch. Take off of the heat, and with an electric mixer, beat the frosting until stiff peaks form, about 5-7 minutes. Add vanilla in at the last 10 seconds of mixing. 

7. the cookies have cooled, melt the chocolate and shortening in the microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring in between until smooth.

8. On half of the cookies pipe the marshmallow frosting, you can torch it with a kitchen torch if you have one. On the other half of the cookies, spread a spoonful of chocolate and let cool slightly. Once the chocolate has cooled some, sandwich one chocolate topped cookie, and one frosting topped cookie together. 

Enjoy! :)

Source: Cooking Classy

Stars and Stripes Cookies

 

"Celebrate the freedom to express your creativity with this recipe for NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Stars and Stripes Cookies.An inspired display of American pride - these star-shaped cookies are decorated with red juicy strawberries and plump blueberries on velvety white cream cheese - all topped with a sprinkle of chocolate chip mini morsels.These star-spangled cookies are the perfect Independence Day treat."

-verybestbaking.com 

Ingredients:
1 pkg of Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
1 pkg of Light Cream Cheese, at room temperature
1/3 cup of Sugar
24 fresh, medium Strawberries, sliced
3/4 cup of fresh Blueberries
2 tbsp of Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels  

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º

2. Roll cookie dough between two pieces of wax paper, until it is 1/4 inch thick

3. Cut the dough into star shapes and place on an ungreased baking sheet

4. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until light golden brown, use a knife to press the sides to keep the star shape. Let cool completely

5. Beat the cream cheese and sugar in a small mixing bowl until fluffy

6. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the cookies. Top each cookie with strawberries (facing outward to resemble a star), blueberries and chocolate mini morsels

Enjoy! :)

Source: verybestbaking.com

Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cookies

I made these for my little girls 1st birthday party, and they were a huge hit! I was eating them the night before! They are soft, gooey, buttery, and taste like cake batter! :) It's a new take on the original chocolate chip cookies. I made these for a birthday party, so had the sprinkles in to make it look more festive, but you can definitely leave them out.  

Ingredients:

1 box of Butter Cake Mix

8 ox of Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup of Butter, Softened

1 egg

1 tsp of Vanilla Extract

1 cup of Milk Chocolate Chips

1/2 of Sprinkles (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Beat the cream cheese and butter together until they are well combined

3. Beat in the egg and the vanilla

4. Add the cake mix and beat until well combined

5. Stir in the chocolate chips and the sprinkles

6. Roll 1 tbsp of dough into balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

7. Bake for 10-12 minutes (The top will be set, but the center will still be gooey, but they are done! Check the bottoms to make sure they are done, the bottom should be golden brown, but be careful.. they burn easy!)

8. Let cool before eating

Enjoy :)

Source: bunsinmyoven.com