Cake Mix Cookies

Difficulty: Easy
I was in a pickle with a serious chocolate hankering and inspired by a fellow blogger, I used what ingredients I had on hand to make these amazingly easy and oh so wonderful cookies. All you need are 3 basic ingredients and if you want to dress them up with frosting and garnish, by [...]

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Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Difficulty: Easy
Mmmmmm, peanut butter & chocolate. I love how the Hershey kiss gets soft and the cookie is nice and chewy. A classic combination.
Makes about 4 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 bag Hershey [...]

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Soft & Chewy Chocolate Raisin Cookies

Difficulty: Easy
Phil’s grandma makes the best raisin cookies and she shared her recipe with me. I have made it twice now and have added my own touches. The first time I made them with dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, almonds and coconut. So good! The recipe below is the same combination but with raisins and [...]

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NM Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Difficulty: Easy
This recipe came from a family friend’s cook book. It is close to the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe and it is quite delish. Classic chocolate chip cookie with the addition of nuts and oatmeal flour, this makes a wonderfully chewy cookie that is just crisp on the outside and moist in the middle. The [...]

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Thick, Moist & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Difficulty: Easy
Very easy cookie recipe. This recipe is adapted from The Dessert Bible by Christopher Kimball. These cookies are thick and moist in the middle without being greasy. They also have a strong peanut flavor, which most cookies are lacking, thanks to a cup of ground roasted peanuts. I made half the batch with chocolate [...]

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Molasses Spice Cookies with Orange Glaze

Difficulty: Easy
These cookies are so yummy, warm and spicy with just a hint of a bite and the orange pairs lovely with the ginger. The cookies above are not glazed yet.
Courtesy of Cook’s Illustrated
Makes about 22 cookies
Bake the cookies one sheet at a time so they develop the nice cracks as seen above. Remove the [...]

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Paradise Wanna-be’s Black & White Chippers

Difficulty: Easy

Recipe & Photo Courtesy of Picky Palate
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder)
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 bag white chocolate chips

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