Brandy in the Kitchen

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^Very cool Jon! I'm impressed!

[Brandy524I make cake]

^Sounds Yummy.

I ended up making the cake pops for Halloween. I used spice mix and cream cheese frosting but skipped on the sticks. They were delicious and everyone raved about them, but in retrospect not using sticks made it more difficult and I think I didn't get the candy coating hot enough.

Those are awesome! Great job! If your candy coating is not fluid enough, you can add a little vegetable oil to it. I definitely recommend getting a candy melter. The Wilton one I have is about $20. It keeps the candy at the right consistency for dipping.

So I promised that I would post a new recipe on Monday, but I ended up having to decorate the office for Christmas on Monday and Tuesday, then I had lots of stuff to catch up on from when I was out of work with the death flu the week of Thanksgiving. So I'm just now getting around to posting this. I'm so sorry! Oh, if you'll notice, my counters are a different color. This is my first post from our new house!

Recently I joined Pinterest. It is like crack. I could spend all day on there. Seriously. All. Day. I have found tons of recipes on there that I WILL make during the holidays, so look forward to that. This recipe was one of the first things that I repinned on there. I am a sucker for anything cookie dough related, so when I saw these I knew I had to try them. I ended up making them for Cammy's 5th birthday party. They were definitely a hit. If you love cookie dough, then you must try these asap. The original post is on Disney Family, HERE.

Cookie Dough Bites

Hands-On Time: 20 minutes
Ready In: 1 hour
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, softened
1½ cups packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
6 ounces miniature chocolate chips

Directions

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well -- use your hands to get it together the best.
Roll into 1-inch balls.
Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Dip in chocolate, drizzle with chocolate or eat as is -- equally delicious no matter what!
Let stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes before serving.
Store in the refrigerator.

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So question for you from someone who LOVES cookie dough...

Was the taste pretty much spot on without the eggs and other ingredients?

I fully admit I push my luck and eat raw cookie dough with eggs, but if this tastes the same I could make this and feel better about it!

[doublestufforeoI used to pimp out donkeys at IOA.]

I just made 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies yesterday, and this just makes me want to bake more!

[Brandy524I make cake]

So question for you from someone who LOVES cookie dough...

Was the taste pretty much spot on without the eggs and other ingredients?

I fully admit I push my luck and eat raw cookie dough with eggs, but if this tastes the same I could make this and feel better about it!

YES! The taste was so close it would almost make you want to stick them in the oven and bake them. I was surprised how close they tasted. I have pushed my luck with raw dough for 30 years.

I've also come across a "healthy" cookie dough dip made from chickpeas (!) that I'm a little scared to try, lol. All the comments swear you'd never know what was in it and that it tastes just like cookie dough. I may have to break down and do that one.

I just made 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies yesterday, and this just makes me want to bake more!

Surprisingly enough, with all the baking that I've done and recipes I've tried, I've never made homemade chocolate chip cookies!

[doublestufforeoI used to pimp out donkeys at IOA.]

I just made 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies yesterday, and this just makes me want to bake more!

Surprisingly enough, with all the baking that I've done and recipes I've tried, I've never made homemade chocolate chip cookies!

Oh dang, well if you ever want to do it here is the recipe I used:

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/18476/Original-NESTL%C3%89-TOLL-HOUSE-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/detail.aspx


It's just a simple recipe nothing special, but what I did differently, I made each cookie pretty big taking up the entire pan and baked them for 17 minutes, I like to get cookies golden brown on the outside, then turn off the oven let them sit there for a minute, then cool in the pan for a few and then onto cooling racks, it crisps the edges up perfectly, while the middle is still gooey deliciousness!

[Brandy524I make cake]

Oh dang, well if you ever want to do it here is the recipe I used:

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/18476/Original-NESTL%C3%89-TOLL-HOUSE-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/detail.aspx


It's just a simple recipe nothing special, but what I did differently, I made each cookie pretty big taking up the entire pan and baked them for 17 minutes, I like to get cookies golden brown on the outside, then turn off the oven let them sit there for a minute, then cool in the pan for a few and then onto cooling racks, it crisps the edges up perfectly, while the middle is still gooey deliciousness!

Thanks! I'll have to try it!

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Okay, I'm on a cookie dough kick now. I found another one I had to try. Actually, I found three that were on the same blog post, which I found on Pinterest. Crack, I tell ya. I chose one of the three to do this weekend, mainly because it was the only one that I had everything on-hand to do. Safe-to-Eat Sugar Cookie Dough. Elissa, you HAVE to try this! I could have sat and eaten the whole bowl by myself. I had to make myself stop! It's so easy, and you probably have the ingredients already. My mom asked me what you do with it. I said, um, you eat it. She couldn't grasp the concept of making cookie dough JUST to eat and not bake it. Eat it with a spoon or with your fingers (which I am not ashamed to admit to doing!).

Safe-to-Eat Sugar Cookie Dough

1 1/3 cups and 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1-2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light, fluffy, and pale yellow. Mix in flour and vanilla. Add water one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each, until you reach cookie dough consistency.

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I love that there are other messed up people like us out there interested in making just the dough!

I'll never forget when they asked at KT's gymnastics class what her favorite dessert was and she responded with Brownie Dough. The teacher said, oh brownies? And she said, no, I don't like to cook them, just eat the dough!

[Brandy524I make cake]

I love that there are other messed up people like us out there interested in making just the dough!

I'll never forget when they asked at KT's gymnastics class what her favorite dessert was and she responded with Brownie Dough. The teacher said, oh brownies? And she said, no, I don't like to cook them, just eat the dough!

The dough is the best part! I'd rather have it than the actual cookies, so this was the perfect recipe. My girls love to get those holiday cookies that are in sheets that are pre-cut shapes (like pumpkins, trees, etc.) just so they can eat the leftovers after we punch out the shapes!