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Cinnamon Chip Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars and a Giveaway!

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Did I have you attention at “cinnamon chip?” Or was it “snickerdoodle?” Perhaps “cookie bars?” Maybe you’re here for the giveaway. Either way, I’ve got your attention.

I found a bag of cinnamon chips at Target (where else?) and picked them up. They’ve been sitting in my pantry for a couple of months before I stumbled across them again while looking for something to bake with. It was fate.

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Cinnamon chips are way better than butterscotch chips. They look exactly the same with their color and texture, but butterscotch chips are kind of… meh to me. I do love See’s Candies butterscotch lollipops, though.

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Anyways, these bars are chock full of cinnamon and resemble a thick snickerdoodle. They’re a lot more rich, so you can’t eat as many of these as you could with cookies.

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These bars are also a lot sweeter than your regular snickerdoodle, so be prepared for a good sugar kick for the day.

Recipe from Epicuricloud

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Cinnamon Chip Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars

Ingredients

  • 3 cups + 3 tablespoons flour
  • 3 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 10 ounces cinnamon chips
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a rimmed half-sheet (17" x 12" x 1") baking pan.
  2. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
  3. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
  4. Gradually mix in flour mixture.
  5. Stir in the cinnamon chips.
  6. Spread in prepared pan and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
  7. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the center is set.
  8. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into 48 squares.
https://lovintheoven.com/cinnamon-chip-snickerdoodle-cookie-bars/

Speaking of sugar, have you decided what you’re baking for Easter? It’s coming up in just over two weeks!

To help you out with your Easter baking, SweetWorks is hosting a giveaway on my blog for some wonderful themed Easter candies. One lucky winner will receive:

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That’s a whole lot of goods! They’re great for stuffing Easter eggs with and the kids will be so happy to open eggs filled with shimmery spring Sixlets. I’d be happy eating the foiled solid dark eggs by itself. You could even hide the semi-solid milk chocolate rabbit as the “golden ticket” for kids to find on their Easter egg hunt!

To enter the giveaway, just fill out the Rafflecopter below:
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Pillsbury Holiday Giveaway

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Just like my last Pillsbury® dish in fall, I’m also doing a holiday giveaway! Read on to see what exactly you’ll be getting..

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Holiday Celebration Starter Reader Giveaway Kit:

·         Garland Green Vanilla Flavored Holiday Funfetti Frosting
·         Rudolph Red Vanilla Flavored Holiday Funfetti Frosting
·         Dark Chocolate Seasonal Cake
·         Chocolate Peppermint Cookie and Peppermint Frosting
·         Holiday Sugar Cookie
·         $100 dollar Visa or American Express gift card
·         Total estimated giveaway value: $115

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To enter, just vote for my mac n’ cheese recipe HERE and leave a comment letting me know you did so by Saturday, November 30th, 11:59 PST.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this post, but the opinions expressed are my own. ©/® The J.M. Smucker Company. Pillsbury is a trademark of The Pillsbury Company, LLC, used under license. 

Dulce De Leche Espresso Bean Cookies and a KitchenAid Giveaway!

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This is my biggest giveaway yet… but we’ll get to that later. 🙂

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Today, I’m coming at you with not one, but TWO recipes in a post! I never really ate any dulce de leche until I started dating my DF. His grandma makes it from scratch and puts it into her alfajores (another dessert I never ate until my DF) or serves it with her homemade flan. I can’t compete with her kitchen skills, but I found an easy way to make dulce de leche at home when I can’t get homemade sweets from Abuela.

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All you need is some Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and a crockpot! It’s that simple. You can have freshly made dulce de leche at home with a touch of a button.

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I then took the finished dulce de leche and mixed them into my cookie dough with dark chocolate covered espresso beans to create this cookie.

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As if that wasn’t enough, I drizzled some more dulce de leche on top because you can never have enough of that stuff. Seriously. I love eating it with everything: with bread, in my coffee, on ice cream, by the spoonful…

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With my DF’s family, it’s almost guaranteed that we have dulce de leche at every big family gathering (he’s Argentinian) and I’m so grateful to be a part of it. With my family, the only dessert that we ever had for the holidays was a bûche de Noël cake. My mom lived in Paris for a couple of years and the Vietnamese culture was heavily influenced by the French… or maybe my parents just only liked bûche de Noël cakes.

Is there a particular dessert that you always have around the holidays?

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These cookies are extremely soft and full of dulce de leche flavor. The dark chocolate covered espresso beans give it a nice crunch and balance the sweet flavor with a bitter touch.

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Dulce De Leche

Ingredients

  • 1 can of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (you can do more at a time if you want)

Directions

  1. Take the labels off of your cans. Place your can in the slow cooker laying down on its side.
  2. Pour hot water in the slow cooker, making sure to have at least an inch of water above the can.
  3. Place lid back on and cook on slow for 8-10 hours. Do NOT open the top at any time during cooking!
  4. Once done, carefully remove the can with tongs and place in cold water. Wait until the can has cooled completely before opening, to prevent any injuries.
  5. For a firmer dulce de leche, cook for the whole 10 hours. If you like yours a little runnier (like mine), 8 hours will do.
https://lovintheoven.com/dulce-de-leche-espresso-bean-cookies/

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Dulce De Leche Espresso Bean Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Yield: 1 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup dulce de leche
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup dark chocolate espresso beans, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Cream together the butter, dulce de leche, and both sugar.
  3. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  4. Gradually stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until just combined.
  5. Mix in the chopped dark chocolate espresso beans.
  6. Drop onto baking sheet and bake for 8-9 minutes.
https://lovintheoven.com/dulce-de-leche-espresso-bean-cookies/

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for…. THE BIGGEST GIVEAWAY ON MY BLOG SO FAR!

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I’m giving away a BRAND NEW 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head KitchenAid Stand Mixer and Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk! There are a couple of ways to enter, as shown. The easiest way? Keep voting for my Macaroni and Cheese once a day and you’ll get two entries a day until the contest is over! This contest ends at 12AM on December 2nd, so good luck!!

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This is a sponsored post, but the opinions expressed are my own.

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