Cookies

Caramel, Pretzel, Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 C butter flavored shortening or butter

3/4 C white sugar

3/4 C brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 C flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 C milk chocolate chips

1 C caramel bits

1/2 C broken pretzel pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In your mixer cream together shortening/butter with brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and beat until combine. Add in vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt and stir until combined. Do not over mix. Add in chocolate chips, caramel bits and pretzels.

Drop by spoonful onto a prepared cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool on sheet for five minutes and then move to a wire rack.

Makes 3 dozen.

I have been eating really healthy of late and with the end of the school year pending I am planning my celebration treat. And I love cookies...

Malted Milk Ball Chewies by Your Homebased Mom

3/4 C butter, softenend

3/4 C brown sugar, packed

3/4 C granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 vanilla extract

2 C flour

1 C quick cooking oats

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

2 C malted milk balls, coarsely chopped

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In your mixer, combine the butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and mix. In another bowl combine your dry ingredients – flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Add into the butter mixture and combine well. Add in malted milk balls. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 8-12 minutes, depending on the level of crispness you would like. Cool for a few minutes and then move to a wire rack.

Twix Bar Cookies by Your Homebased Mom

2 C plus 2 Tbsp flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

12 Tbsp unsalted butter,melted and cooled until warm

1 C packed brown sugar

1/2 C sugar

1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk

2 tsp vanilla

2 C coarsely chopped Twix Bars

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Chop your Twix bar into 1/4 inch chunks. Cut each bar in half lengthwise and then chop into 1/4 inch pieces width wise. In a bowl combine flour, soda and salt. Set aside. In your mixer blend butter and sugars together until combined. Beat in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Add in dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Fold in Twix Bar chunks. Bake for 13-16 minutes until light golden brown and edges start to harden but center is soft. Do not overbake.

Because of the caramel in the Twix they may stick a bit to the cookie sheet so use a spatula to remove.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal & Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe by Everyday Occasions

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

-Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

-In a mixer, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar until creamy. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Add egg and mix until creamy.

-In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, soda, powder, and cinnamon. Whisk together. Add to butter mixture, stir until just combined.

-Add oats. Stir until just combined (do not over mix).

-Add chocolate chips. Stir until just combined.

-Scoop out with ice cream scoop onto baking sheets lined with silpat sheets.

-Bake for 9-12 minutes.

Baby Blue Monster Cookies byI am Baker

Ingredients:

1 bag Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie (Or you can use the plain Oatmeal Cookie)

1 bag Peanut Butter Cookie

Any additional sweets of choice. In the past I have added caramel bits, heath, more peanut butter, gourmet chocolate, cranberries, etc. The sky is the limit! (The link also goes to a 'from scratch' recipe if you are opposed to the semi homemade version)

For these cookies I added:

1 container blue M&M's (For our baby boy!)

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup white chocolate chips