recipe | pumpkin spice frosted cookies

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

1 stick butter, softened

½ cup coconut oil

1 cups granulated sugar

1 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoons baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

½ teaspoon all spice

2 eggs

1 teaspoons vanilla

8 ounces pumpkin puree

2 cups all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and coconut oil until well mixed and creamy. Add granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice. Beat until combined. Beat in the eggs and 2 teaspoons of vanilla until combined. Beat in the pumpkin puree. Gradually mix in the flour until all is well combined.

Drop a spoonful of dough two inches apart on to a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10  minutes. Move cookies to a wire racks to cool completely.

Cinnamon Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

6 ounces cream cheese, softened

½ stick butter, softened

¼ cup light brown sugar

¾ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon vanilla

1-2 Tablespoons milk

2-4 cups powdered sugar

Mix softened cream cheese and butter until it is smooth and creamy. Mix in the brown sugar and
cinnamon. Mix in the vanilla and milk. Finally, gradually add in the powdered
sugar one cup at a time, until it is the proper consistency.

The frosting goes so perfectly on these cookies. They are amazing!

I am so happy it is time for fall baking!

recipe: the best chocolate cookies ever.

 

I was watching an episode of The Pioneer Woman & I saw Ree making these amazing chocolate cookies... Immediately I knew I had to try out the recipe for myself!! And I am so glad I did!

These are the perfect chocolate cookies. They are somewhere between a cookie & a gooey brownie. They are made with a lot of cocoa, so they are very chocolatey, plus they have a perfect balance of dark & white chocolate chips. It doesn't get much better than triple chocolate!!! These cookies quickly became a favorite... My uncle said they are the best cookies he has ever had & my brother has already requested that I make them again! 

And I do plan to make them again (& again....)!!!!

Triple Chocolate Cookies

(Recipe from The Pioneer Woman)

Ingredients…

2 ½ sticks Butter, Softened

2 cups Sugar

2 whole Eggs

3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

2 cups Flour

¾ cups Cocoa Powder

1½ teaspoon Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Salt

1½ cup Dark Chocolate Chips

1½ cups  White Chocolate Chips

Directions…

Preheat oven to 350°F.

 Using a mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, scraping the sides.

Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Mix in vanilla.

Sift together dry ingredients, then add in batches to the mixer, mixing until just combined after each addition.

Gently blend in the chocolate chips and white chocolate chips.

Using a cookie scoop, add 1 tablespoon portions to baking sheet. Dot the top of each cookie with 3 white chocolate chips if you'd like them to really show up on top. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are barely done but still soft and chewy.

Let cool on a baking rack.

* *  Here are a few of my personal changes to the recipe  * *

I only used 2 sticks of butter instead of the 2 ½ that she called for and I don’t think it hurt them one bit.

 I used 1 cup white sugar & 1 cup brown sugar, instead of 2 cups white, because I like brown sugar in cookies. 

Also, I added a bit more salt than it called for, because chocolate & salt is my favorite combo! 

recipe: lemon & coconut meltaway cookies

Lemon & Coconut Meltaway Cookies

Ingredients for the Cookies…

1 cup butter, softened

½ cup powdered sugar

Zest from whole lemon

Juice from half lemon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Ingredients for the Glaze…

Juice from half lemon

1 ½ cup powdered sugar

¼ cup coconut, toasted

Directions to make cookies…

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add in the powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice & vanilla; beat well. Gradually mix in the flour & salt; beat until combined. Stir in the coconut. Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into 1" balls and place them 1” apart on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until golden on bottom, but pale on top. Transfer cookies to wire racks and allow them to cool.

While the cookies are baking, make toasted coconut to top each cookie. Evenly spread ¼ cup of coconut on to a small baking pan and toast it in the 350° oven for about 5 minutes or until it is golden.

Directions to make Glaze...

 Put the juice from the other half of your lemon into a small bowl.

Whisk in approx. 1 ½ cup of powdered sugar. This should be a thick glaze. If it is too thin add a little bit more powdered sugar; if it is too thick add a little bit of water.

Once the cookies are completely cool, dip the top of each cookie into the glaze & sprinkle each one with a little bit of toasted coconut. 

So lemony & they melt in your mouth!! Yumm!!

sugar cookie love...

yesterday, i made heart-shaped sugar cookies, for a little valentine party that me & my sister are doing for the kids in my church! the kids will get to frost & decorate their own cookies! fun!! also, we are going to watch "be my valentine, charlie brown"... oh, i love charlie brown, so cute!! :) the party is tonight... it should be a lot of fun!! hopefully not too chaotic...

anyway, i love making sugar cookies...
& heart-shaped ones are even better!

so i just couldn't resist a couple of photos:

isn't this so cute??    i ♥ it.

recipe box ♥ soft molasses cookies

christmas time is coming & i am starting to get excited!!

last night, i made a batch of my grandma's soft molassas cookies.

oh, i love all of the spices... these cookies taste just like christmas!
my family has always done a lot of baking this time of year & i love it!

SO... during this happy season, i thought i would share some
free printable recipes of my favorite christmas sweet treats...

:)

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