Lovin' From the Oven

Vanilla Pudding Candy Corn Oreo Cookies

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My DB is a HUGE fan of Reddit. I mean, he’s on that site day and night. He’ll share the links with everyone he knows according to their likes. For example, he’ll send his friend political links, another friend gets nothing but memes, and I get puppies (mostly German Shepherds).

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Are there any Redditors on here? I swear I would have never even known what that site was if it wasn’t for my DB. I do have one confession, though. Whatever I do, I just can’t get into that site. It doesn’t entertain me nearly as much as it does others. My DB will constantly show me things that he finds funny on that website and I’ll just look at him like, “Seriously? How do you think this is funny at all?” I guess to each their own.

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One day, my DB shouts at his computer while browsing Reddit, “OH MY GOSH!” and then turns around to ask me if I’ve seen this. Candy Corn Oreos. He claims that he’s on one of the few people in the world that likes candy corn.

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The next day while I was at Target, guess what I see while walking through the cookie aisle? You guessed it, candy corn oreos. I can always count on Target for the latest version of Oreos. Intrigued more than anything, I bought a bag to see how they taste.

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Not bad, but they weren’t for me. I’m a sucker for the original Oreo. My DB, on the other hand, loved them. Determined to not let him eat the entire bag, I baked them into some cookies since he has a bit more self control with my cookies than he does with cookies that come straight out of a bag.

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I decided to use a regular pudding based cookie and toss in crushed up candy corn oreos rather than regular chips. The result? An extremely soft, moist, and holiday appropriate cookie.

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These would be perfect for a Halloween party. Although the cookies don’t really taste like candy corn, they have the festive colors for the holidays. Plus, they’re so good that no one will notice what they’re supposed to taste like.

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By the way, I had to go through this post multiple times because apparently I cannot type “candy corn oreos” for the life of me. Every time I typed it, I wrote “candy cane oreos.” Hmmmmm… new idea for you, Nabisco! Is it Christmas yet? 🙂

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Recipe adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod.

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Vanilla Pudding Candy Corn Oreo Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3.4 oz. package vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 12 Candy Cane Oreos, broken into pieces

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Cream together butter and sugars. Add in pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract.
  3. Slowly stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the Oreo pieces.
  4. Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly golden.
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Double Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies

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I got to spent my weekend reminiscing about the wonderful high school days. Some people say that college was the best time of their life, but I have to disagree. I loved my high school experience- the good and the bad.

Sure, I may have been a bit… thicker. I may have had stricter parents than most. I may have gone through an awkward “A&F, but only on sale because I can’t afford full price” phase. But I can 100% say that I had and still have the best of friends.

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This past weekend, I spent my time outside all day, in the pool, “peppering,” playing HORSE, and taking in the gorgeous day. After ordering in some pizza, my friends and I played Mario Party volleyball on the good ol’ Gamecube for three hours straight. Before we knew it, it was 1 AM.

That also describes pretty much every day of my high school weekends. It may sound pretty tame to most of you, but that’s just the way I like it.

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Alright so these aren’t the prettiest cookies on earth. That may or may not be my fault because I didn’t use a scale to measure. I just eyeballed it, like I do with everything else.

I’m guessing my fudge side had more butter/sugar than the other portion because they didn’t spread out as much. The chocolate chip side flattened out like a pancake. Whoops.

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Good thing the cookie dough was delicious, despite it’s shape. They may have failed on my thickness test, but they passed my consistency test with flying colors; Perfectly chewy, just how I like my cookies.

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How Sweet It Is‘s cookies are much prettier than mine. In fact, hers are perfect. Everything that she bakes or cooks looks beautiful, so I’m not surprised. Seriously, that girl is amazing!

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Double Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) of unsalted butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. Cream together butter and both sugars. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
  3. Divide the sugar mixture in half and separate the doughs into two different bowls. Use a scale to measure them exactly (This is the part I failed at).
  4. In one bowl, add 1 cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda and a pinch of salt, then mix until a dough forms. Fold in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips. Set aside.
  5. In the second bowl, add remaining flour and baking soda, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt, mixing until a dough forms. Fold in remaining chocolate chips.
  6. Roll each dough into 24 balls (about an inch thick). Take one chocolate chip half and one double fudge half and merge them together by one end. Place on baking sheet at least 1 1/2 inch apart.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until just golden.
https://lovintheoven.com/double-fudge-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cookies/

Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

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Man, Starbucks has been all kinds of disappointing as of late. I JUST got my gold member status and what do they do? Take away the best perks of having a Starbucks reward card: no more free syrups and no more free soy milk.

Starbucks tried to make it sound better in the email they sent out by saying that the program was going to give you “fastier, tastier rewards.” I don’t care about the free drink for every 12 stars instead of 15 (uh, do you know how long that takes me to drink 12 Starbucks?), just give me my free soy milk back!

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I spent all that time making sure to reload my gift cards and use it on every purchase so that I would get those dang stars. Now, it’s all gone to waste. I guess that’s what I get for supporting a huge corporation. Back to ma & pa coffee shops for me… where they have friendly service and 8 drink punch cards!

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You might mistaken these cookies for snickerdoodles. Nope, they’re just plain ol’ cinnamon sugar cookies. What’s the difference, you ask? They’re missing the key ingredient that would make them snickerdoodles: cream of tartar. Without that, you just have regular cookies.

Maybe the bar is set too high with my usual snickerdoodles, but these cookies were pretty plain. Don’t get me wrong, they were by no means bad. Perhaps they’re the perfect kind of plain to go with some tea or coffee. They have that wonderful crinkle on top and the nice crusty outer layer with a tender center. Recipe adapted (only in the directions part) from AllRecipes.

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Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Mix the 1/2 cup white sugar and 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
  2. Cream butter with the 1/4 cup of white sugar and brown sugar. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  3. Slowly stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  5. Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and and form them into balls. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture, making sure to coat every side.
  6. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
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