As I did last year, I’m recapping my favorite desserts from each month in 2011 (which is probably not going to help your new year’s resolution). Enjoy!
Archives for December 2011
Day 12: Chocolate Oreo Cookies
Day 12 of my 12 days of cookies: Hurray! We made it to the end. Thanks for following along this month with my never ending cookie posts. Since my Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies were such a hit, I had to end the 12 days of cookies with another recipe that ended up being one of my favorites.. the chocolate version!
I saw these Oreos while walking through the cookie aisle in Target and had to get them because 1. they were on sale and 2. they were decorated with winter designs. I’m such a sucker for themed food.
You know that the last cookie of the 12 days has to be a good one. This one lives up to all my expectations and then some. I loved seeing a bit of the red cream peeking out of the cookies; it’s so festive! This is yet another chewy cookie that has a bit of a crunch from the Oreos. Recipe slightly adapted from Brown Eyed Baker, so you know it’s good.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season celebrating it with the people that you love. Merry Christmas!
Ingredients
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup dutch processed cocoa
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped Oreo cookies
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cream together the butter and sugars. Add in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- Gradually stir in the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder until just blended.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and oreo pieces.
- Drop cookie dough by 2 tablespoons (or larger if you want bigger cookies) and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- When out of the oven, let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.
Day 11: Peanut Butter & Nutella Swirl Cookies
Day 11 of my 12 days of cookies: I admit, there’s a whole lot of peanut butter going on in this year’s 12 days of cookies. Why? Perhaps those two giant sized family pack of Skippy at Costco was a bit too much for two people. Whoops.
I made these a while ago when I went wine tasting and everyone loved them. Maybe one day peanut butter and Nutella cookies will replace the cheese and crackers in wine tasting. If that were the case, I’d definitely go wine tasting a lot more. These cookies were sturdy, thick, and soft. They also had a bit of a crumb texture, but it’s just the right amount. Try not to swirl the Nutella in completely.. you want ribbons of it going through the dough. Recipe from Delightful Bitefuls.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Approx. 1/4 cup Nutella
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Cream together butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla. Gradually add the flour, baking soda and salt. Drizzle Nutella on top of the dough then swirl it through the dough with a butter knife.
- Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes. Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls and use a fork to gently flatten the balls and create a criss-cross pattern. P
- Bake for 7-10 minutes.
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