More Drop Cookies

Remember these?  Well I told you there would be more experimenting to come!  Here are chocolate cherry cookies!  Mmmm, they were good.  I followed the recipe from before, this time I used a chocolate cake mix and maraschino cherries  They were fantastic!

Two for One Desserts!

Saturday evening my husband wasn't feeling well, so since I was pretty bored I did some baking.  I had a dozen left-over frozen cookie dough balls so I made a dozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes.  I just got my Pampered Chef Medium Scoop and it was the perfect size for the cupcakes!

Note:  The above photo is from Pampered Chef

I still had some batter left over so I drained a can of pineapple (saving the juice) and added it to the mixture.  I beat it with my standing mixer to puree the pineapple.  Then I placed the batter into tiny loaf pans.

I baked them at 350* for 20 minutes and got four of these...

I used the pineapple juice I saved to make a glaze...1/4 cup of powdered sugar and 2 TBS of juice.

They were really moist and yummy...It's been requested by my sampling committee to make full size loafs.

Enjoy!

Ridiculously Easy Cookie Made Your Way

One of my favorite things about working in an office environment is the constant sharing of recipes, here is one that takes the cake, or should I say cookie.

This recipe is so stinking easy and you can get very creative.

1 package of cake mix, any flavor (pudding in the mix cakes will require a 1/2 cup of flour added to them)
1/2 cup of oil
2 eggs
Anything you want to add!

So easy, so many possibilities and a wonderful drop cookie

I only had a pudding in the mix cake mix and same with my mom so I added the 1/2 cup of flour and 2 eggs.  Then I added a can of fruit cocktail, syrup and all (since I had the syrup from the cocktail I left out the oil)
I used my standing mixer which pureed the fruit chunks and oh my what I had was a mouthful of tropical goodness!  They were seriously moist and yummy.

Next time I'd like to add white chocolate chips and some Macadamia nuts.

I imagine I'll be using this recipe a lot in the future with all kinds of new ideas.

Get creative and enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Yesterday I made the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes from Kevin & Amanda.  They are even more delicious than they look!  Below is the recipe, I made my cookie dough balls Saturday afternoon and froze them overnight.

For the cookie dough (there are no eggs, so no worries about eating raw dough, YAY!)
2 sticks softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp milk
1 tbsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips

I filled my cupcakes with 3 TBS of batter and it was a little bit too much, next time I'll put a little less.  You just plop the frozen cookie dough balls in the center and follow the baking directions for your cake mix.

I cheated and went the easy way with a plain yellow cake mix and chocolate frosting, but you can get more creative with your own recipes for cakes and icings or check out what Kevin & Amanda did, maybe some other day I'll be that ambitious!

It may not look like it, but there is a center of ooey gooey cookie dough deliciousness hiding in there!