Lovin' From the Oven

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

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Happy early Halloween! What are everyone’s plans for the holiday? Dressing up? I’ve always been a Halloween home body, giving out candy to kids that go trick or treating. I can’t believe how fast this year is going! I’m already starting to listen to Christmas music on Spotify. What can I say, it gets me in the baking mood. Michael Buble’s new Christmas CD is definitely a keeper!

As I’ve said before, I’ll never stop trying chocolate chip cookies, regardless of how great of a recipe I have. This one was just different enough to entice me into baking. They’re from Chic Life and are bite sized, cakey cookies. It’s not very sweet on its own, so it’s great for the ones missing a sweet tooth. The texture reminded me of a shortbread. If you like your cookies on the sweeter side, roll the cookie doll balls into sugar just prior to baking. This recipe is a keeper for many, but it just wasn’t for me (only because I’m a fan of sweet sweets!).

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 
  • 1/2 tsp salt 
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda 
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar 
  • 3/4 stick butter, softened/room-temp 
  • 1 tbsp sugar 
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla 
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. 
  2. Cream together the butter and sugars. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  3. Add in the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  4. Fold the chocolate chips into the dough and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.
  5. Roll the dough into balls and bake for 10-14 minutes. 

Chocolate Chip Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

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While wandering the aisles of Costco, I get tempted to buy things I might not need. Example? These dried tart cherries. They sounded good in my head, but by the time I got home and ate some, I was already regretting it. They were definitely too “tarty” for eating plain. My solution? Throw them in cookies! Cookies make everything better.

The cherries still stood out after being baked, but not as bad as straight out of the bag. If you’re fan of a tart taste, then try these cookies. The dark chocolate tone down the cherries and the oatmeal finishes off your palette. They’re not as thick as I’d like them to be, but that could be fixed by pulling them out of the oven just a bit earlier after refrigerating the dough. Recipe from Showfood Chef.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oatmeal 
  • 1 cup flour 
  • 1/4 tsp. baking powder 
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda 
  • 1/4 tsp. salt 
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 
  • 1 stick (8 Tbls. butter) 
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar 
  • 1 tsp. vanilla 
  • 1 egg 
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 
  • 1/4 cup dark dried cherries, chopped 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. 
  2. Beat the butter, both sugars, and vanilla until creamy. Stir in the egg.
  3. Add the flour, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until just combined.
  4. Gently Stir in the chocolate chips and dried cherries. 
  5. Scoop out cookie dough in tablespoon sized balls and place on a baking sheet. 
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Take them out and let them cool for five minutes before removing from pan.

Betty Crocker’s Apple Crisp

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My DB and I decided to make a surprise visit back home this past weekend because I didn’t know when I’d be able to come home next with my busy schedule coming up. It was a wonderful weekend filled with family, eating (LOTS of it), and getting my fix of the cutest nieces and nephew in the world. It was my DB’s nephew’s first birthday party and I just couldn’t miss it. I’m so glad that we didn’t because kids grow up so darn fast! The next time we come home, they’ll be taller than me!

It may officially be fall, but it sure doesn’t feel like it yet– up north or back home. I made an apple crisp to kick off the season and I ate it while watching my favorite shows start back up: Dexter, The Walking Dead, and Fringe.

I may or may not have been a little lazy and left the peel on, but I would never ever do that again. DEFINITELY PEEL YOUR APPLES BEFORE BAKING! I cannot stress that enough in an apple crisp. This recipe is your standard apple crisp, but it always hits the spot. I love the topping to apple ratio in this…. plenty of topping and just enough apples! From Betty Crocker.

Betty Crocker’s Apple Crisp
Click here for a printable recipe

Ingredients

  • 4 medium tart cooking apples, sliced (4 cups) 
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 
  • 1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats 
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened 
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
  • Ice cream, if desired 

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375ºF. 
  2. Spread apples in an 8×8 pan. In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients except for the ice cream until well mixed; sprinkle over apples. 
  3. Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with ice cream.

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