Stuffed Carrot Cake Cookies - First Attempt at Making them Chewy

Cinnamon Almonds vs. Candied Pecans...candied pecans fo sho! My first attempt at our newest stuffed cookie taste wise turned out fabulous! However consistency and texture wise it fell a little short. I've never been a fan of cakey cookies. I just personally like my cookies dense and chewy so I always try to make my cookies in the same way I like them.  In this recipe I used grated carrots, which leave a lot of the water found in the carrots in the cookie batter.  I actually think I am going to juice the carrots first before putting them into the cookie batter.  I am thinking it will have less moisture and therefore bake a little less cakey.  I also think I am going to increase the amount of coconut to make up for the loss in moisture from the carrots.  I will let you know how it goes.

I will also testing which one I liked better...cinnamon almonds or candied pecan and the candied pecans came out so much better.  I ended up cutting them up and putting them on top of the cookies before baking them.  They stayed crunchy which I was very happy with and gave the top a nice crispy crunch in each bite! Delish! Now I just need to work on the texture.....keep you posted ;)

Cute Monkey Cookies

So I have never really been into decorating cookies.  All the decorated cookies I've ever had are dry hard sugar cookies....they look beautiful but don't taste all that great! But when my sister called asking for monkey cookies for her best friends bridal shower, I decided I had to at least try. So I recruited the help of a super talented cake decorator friend and asked what kind of monkeys she could make that would look good on top of a cookie and this is what she made me.  And I love them! They are too cute! I'm thinking I can still do a delicious stuffed Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chip cookies stuffed with a Dark Chocolate Banana Truffle.  That way they will look super cute and still taste great! I'll let you know how it goes :)

Happy Birthday to the Oreo Cookie!!! Can you believe a cookie can turn 100 and still taste this good?!

Yesterday the Oreo Cookie turned 100! Here's how we celebrated!! Stuffing them instead a chocolate chip cookie! Yum!!

3/4 cups (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted softened butter
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg yolk
1 3/4 cups AP flour (sifted)
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
8 oz chocolate chips
1 packaged of oreo cookies (extra for snacking)

Cream butter & sugars together.  Add vanilla and egg yolk.  In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda & salt.  Add to butter & sugar mixture until combined.  Stir in chocolate chips. Chill the dough for at least 45 mins.

After the dough has chilled roll the dough into tablespoon sizes in the palm of your hand.  Flatten it out and put an oreo cookie in the middle.  Cover it with the sides of the chocolate chip dough so that none of the oreo cookie is showing.  Bake for 8 mins in a 375 degree oven.

Make sure you enjoy with milk!! :)

How Sweet It Is - Valentine's Day Gift of Gourmet Cookies

Probably one of my favorite holidays of the year because I'm a hopeless romantic is Valentine's Day.  I love the feeling that of love in the air and that as long as your with your honey everything will be alright....at least for one day! This year is one of my favorite Valentine's Cookies packages of all time.  It's just soooo cute! :) I found these adorable mini cookie boxes, the super plush bear and a fun balloon and thought this would be a super cute Valentine's Day gifts.  Choose from our most popular stuffed cookies & un-stuffed cookie flavors and surprise someone special with even more sweetness.