Lovin' From the Oven

Day 7: Carmelita Cookies

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Day 7 of my 12 days of cookies: carmelita cookies. I’ve made carmelita bars before, and now I can cross them as cookies off of my list! Oozy caramel, chocolate, and oatmeal come together to bring you this joyous treat.

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They even browned just right on the edges. I love when that happens.

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These cookies are so so good. Rolos were made to be in cookies, not eaten alone. That’s silly.

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Can you imagine biting into a cookie and having soft caramel spill out of the sides? It’s a nice and welcoming surprise to most cookie monsters.

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Recipe from from Cookies and Cups

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Carmelita Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups butter (2 1/2 sticks) room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cups quick oats
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • approx 40 unwrapped Rolo candies, frozen

Directions

  1. Cream together the butter and brown sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
  2. Gradually add in flour, baking soda, salt and oats until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
  3. Chill dough for at least an hour. During this time freeze your Rolo candies.
  4. When dough is ready preheat oven to 350° and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  5. Wrap about 1 1/2 tablespoons of cookie dough around a frozen Rolo, forming a ball. Place your dough balls about 2 inches apart on lined baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are golden and tops have just set.
  7. Let cookies cool completely before moving.
https://lovintheoven.com/carmelita-cookies/

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

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Sorry guys, I think I’ve skipped Thanksgiving in my home and went straight to Christmas because it looks like a glitter bomb went off in my living room. The Christmas tree is up, the stockings are hung, the fireplace is decorated, and there in tinsel EVERYWHERE. I put everything up when I was home sick and it instantly made me feel better.

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This is the first year that we (my DH and I) actually have a Christmas tree. We were constantly moving from apartment to apartment and never had the storage space for a tree before. We also knew we were eventually coming back to LA from the bay area, so that was one less item that we worried about taking with us. The tree is a skinny one because of our small space, but it just about touches the ceiling. I plug it in every night and stare at how beautiful it truly is. I started collecting ornaments on all of our trips, so it’s a reminder of all of the places we’ve traveled… Our little traveling tree.

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I figured I’d make up for jumping holidays quickly by posting some more pumpkin recipes before we hit Thanksgiving (which, by the way, is only 4 days away!). I still don’t know what cookies I’m baking for Thanksgiving yet. Do you already have your menu together? I’d love to hear what everyone’s making!

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As you can see from the pictures, these cookies didn’t flatten AT ALL. I didn’t press down on them prior to baking, but make sure to do so if you don’t wan’t cookie balls! I didn’t mind, they still tasted great.

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These cookies had a mild/medium pumpkin taste. I thought that the oats went wonderfully with the pumpkin. It’s almost as if it absorbed all of the moisture from the pumpkin puree and locked it in to keep them soft. Recipe from Baking Bites.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: 2 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Cream together the butter and both sugars. Add in the egg, pumpkin, and vanilla.
  3. Gradually stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice until just combined.
  4. Working by hand, stir in the oatmeal and chocolate chips.
  5. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls of the dough onto the baking sheet.
  6. Bake for about 11-13 min.
https://lovintheoven.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies/

Blackberry Crumble

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Did you know that September is the most popular birthday month? I missed it by 6 days (My birthday is August 26)… Bummer! McCormick didn’t miss the deadline, though. They’re celebrating their 125th birthday/anniversary on September 28th!

They’ve introduced a new version of vanilla extract to celebrate their birthday: Extra Rich Pure Vanilla Extract. The name says it all… it’s deep, flavorful, and rich. It’s twenty five percent stronger than the classic vanilla and is a mix between sweet caramel and bourbon-rummy flavors. Since vanilla extract is used in practically every dessert, it only makes sense to make it a bit stronger. Less is more, in this case!

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McCormick is also celebrating their birthday by giving back to communities around the world through stories and conversations about the importance of flavor in our lives through their Flavor of Together program. It’s a yearlong initiative to share 1.25 million stories about how flavor brings together people from around the world. For every story shared on McComick’s social sites and website, McCormick will donate $1 to United Way.

Come join the conversation at flavoroftogether.com or use the hashtag #flavorstory to help contribute to a wonderful cause!

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In elementary school, all I ever had was cake for my birthday. It was always an ice cream cake from our local ice cream chain store with lots of frosting and mini ice cream cones on the side. I LOVED it when I was little, but as I grew older, I realized that I didn’t really care for cake. There are so many other good desserts out there! Cake just seemed kind of… ordinary.

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For my latest birthday, I celebrated it with a peach and strawberry crumble. It was perfect– something sweet, but not too powerful, and felt just like home. Crumbles are something that I envision a grandma making for having her grandkids over. You know, something made when the sun is shining and the birds are chirping through the window.

I have no idea where I get these visions from. It’s just what crumbles to do me.

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They’re so easy to make, too. There’s no rolling out dough or cutting anything out. You simply lather one layer on top of another and bake away.

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Those butter slices kind of look like potato chips, don’t they?

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I had a lot of blackberries on hand from my end of summer haul and decided to use them to make a crumble in order to bring back birthday memories. It was everything that I hoped for and more.

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Seriously, it was perfect. Look at the beautiful color oozing out of the sides!blackberrycrumble-6

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The crumble on top was crispy, buttery, and crunchy.

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Blackberry Crumble

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh blackberries
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick’s Extra Rich Vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons butter, divided

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mash together the blackberries, sugar, vanilla, and lemon. Pour into shallow baking dish.
  3. In another bowl, mix together the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon of the butter until coarse. Pour evenly on top of the blackberries.
  4. Cut the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter on top.
  5. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve warm.
https://lovintheoven.com/blackberry-crumble/

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