Lovin' From the Oven

Day 9: Chocolate Bliss Kisses

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So lately I’ve been addicted to watching Food Network Challenges and Unwrapped. The latest food network challenge that I watched was the one where they had to make a bridge out of cereal. It makes me think… have they run out of ideas on what to make? I mean, bridges… really? Oh well, it still beats most of the other stuff that plays on TV now and days. Hah.. listen to me, I sound like some old woman.

Life has kind of become monotonous for me. It’s the same routine, over and over again. Now that I know for sure I’m not going to be back in school in January (Dang you CSUN for screwing up my app!! Sorry, I’m still bitter), I’d like to take advantage of the free time I have. I really want to take another trip somewhere. Anyone have any suggestions for a good foodie town to visit?

Day 9 of my twelve days of cookies: I knew I wanted to make something with Hershey’s kisses, but I didn’t want to do the normal peanut butter blossoms since I realized I wasn’t a fan of peanut butter cookies. I saw this recipe from Dragon’s Kitchen and had to give it a shot. They turned out very light and vanilla-y. Perfect. One of my friends claimed that they tasted like vanilla ice cream. The use of powdered sugar in place of granulated sugar makes the cookie base very fluffy and light. I was caught off guard at first because there were no eggs involved, but don’t fright! They turned out just fine. This recipe makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 36 Hershey Kisses, unwrapped

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 325F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  2. Cream the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
  3. Sift salt and flour together. Add to the butter mixture. Stir until dough forms.
  4. Scoop dough and shape into 1 inch balls. Place the balls 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 12-14 minutes just until set and the bottoms begin to turn a light golden brown. Remove baking tray from the oven and immediately top each cookie with a Hershey kiss, pressing down lightly.
  6. Cool cookies on the tray for 2 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Day 8: White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

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Eeeeek! 5 more days until Christmas (just in case you didn’t know already). Good thing I only have my boyfriend to shop for and that’s already been taken care of. Well, I also got my dad a Ronald Reagan bomber jacket from my work which he absolutely adores. I think it’s cute how much he loves his Ronald Reagan gear. I even bought him an air force one plane toy for him! He stared in awe at it for a solid minute and said that this was all he wanted for Christmas. How precious!

Day 8 of my twelve days of cookies: I adapted this recipe from allrecipes. I seriously love that website. You can find a recipe for ANYTHING and know that they’ve been tried and true. I tend to lean toward the recipes the have a lot more ratings, cause you know it’s gotta be good to have that many people try them out. Anyways, I took these to a dinner party and they raved about them! They were soft with the perfect amount of sweetness. The white chocolate balances out the cranberries nicely and it’d be a great addition to your Christmas cookie list!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cranberries

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the white chocolate chips and cranberries. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. For best results, take them out while they are still doughy. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Day 7: S’mores Cookies

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Day 7 of my twelve days of cookies: These pictures are pretty self-explanatory if you ask me. Do you even need to ask me if you need to make these? Heck no. I say get in your kitchen and start baking! These are just that amazing. Dare I say that these cookies have joined by top three list? I do! I love these cookies and they were gone within a day among my friends and coworkers. I’ll definitely be baking them again for Christmas. The crushed graham crackers that were incorporated into the dough gave the cookie a chewy and pleasant texture. Besides, I’m such a sucker for s’mores! They remind me of starry nights by the campfire surrounded by good friends. S’mores are surely a beautiful thing. This recipe is adapted from Baked Perfection, who got it from Cookie Madness.

  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups miniature chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
  • 2 Hershey bars, chopped

  1. In a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugars until fluffy.
  2. Mix in egg and vanilla until combined. Add the flour, graham crackers, salt, and baking soda, mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  3. Refrigerate dough for about an hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
  5. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes, and remove from the oven. Push 3 to 4 marshmallows and a few pieces of a hershey’s bar into each cookie. Return to the oven and bake an additional 2-3 minutes until fully cooked. Cool cookies on a wire rack.
  6. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

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