Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies :)

i got this recipe off my friend {ashley's} blog a while ago and they are sooooo yummy!!

ingredients:

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar, for rolling dough
36 mini peanut butter cups, chilled and unwrapped

directions:

preheat oven to 350 degrees. using an electric mixer, cream peanut butter and butter in a mixing bowl until smooth. add brown sugar; beat until combined, scraping down bowl as needed. add eggs and vanilla, and beat until incorporated. in a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. with mixer on low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture in two batches. scoop off dough by the tablespoon; roll into balls. place granulated sugar on a plate; roll balls in sugar, coating completely. place 2 inches apart on a nonstick insulated baking sheet. bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 7 minutes. remove from oven. press one peanut butter cup in center of each cookie. return to oven; continue baking until cookies are golden brown and chocolate has begun to melt, about 6 minutes more. let cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely. makes around 36 cookies.

{April's} Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

These are the {perfect} chocolate chip cookies! They are nice and fluffy and soooo good!

{cream together}

2/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

{then add}

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 1/2 cups flour

1 bag of semi-sweet or milk choc. chips

bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes :)

Peanut Butter Finger {goodness}

These are soooo heavenly! We made lots of cookies this past weekend for Jesse's open house :) I got this recipe from my friend Rachel and it's awesome!!

Bars

1 cup butter

½ tsp salt
1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla
1 cup brown sugar

2 cups flour
2 eggs

2 cups quick oats
1 cup peanut butter

1 tsp soda

Peanut butter frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
½ cup peanut butter
6-8 TB Milk

Chocolate frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
¼ cup softened butter
5-8 TB milk

Blend butter, sugar, brown sugar. Blend in unbeaten eggs, peanut butter, soda, salt and vanilla. Stir in flour and oats. Spread onto greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. While still hot spread peanut butter frosting evenly. Let cool and then spread chocolate frosting over top. Let set, cut into squares. Enjoy!!! {thanks Rach!}

Chocolate Scotcheroos

1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup peanut butter
6 cups rice crispies

1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips

Combine sugar and syrup in a saucepan. Cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently until mixture boils. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, mix well, add rice crispies, stir until well blended. Press mixture into buttered 13 x 9 pan.

Melt chips together. Spread evenly over bars. Cool until firm.

Melt-a-ways

2 Squares butter
3/4 Cup cornstarch
1/3 Cup powdered sugar
1 Cup flour

Cream butter till fluffy, then add rest of the ingredients and mix well.

Put dough in a cake decorating bag, and squeeze onto wax paper - so it looks like a long worm.
Cover, put in fridge and chill for 1 hour. Slice into size you want. You can make them very small to be bite-sized. Bake at 350 for 8 - 10 min. Let cool, put a drop of icing on top.

Frosting:
3 oz. cream cheese
1 Cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Another variation: One day my friend brought me some melt-a-ways from a bakery in Bountiful. They were regular cookie-sized. So, the last time I made this recipe, I chilled the dough for one hour, then used my ice-cream/cookie scoop and dropped them onto the cookie sheet in a regular cookie form. They were yummy that way too!

Whoopie Pies

Whoopie Pies

I remember my Aunt Sheridan making these when I was little, and they are so good!!

cookie
1 cup sugar
1/2 cups of butter
1 egg
1 yolk
2 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 hot water
2/3 cup buttermilk

bake at 350 for 8 minutes

frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg white
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter

Fudge!

This is again my cute Grandma's recipe! It is {soooo} good! Actually, it's pretty easy too!

4 ½ C. Sugar
1 Can evaporated Milk

Bring these two ingredients to a boil. Boil for 8 min. stirring constantly. Then pour hot mixture over the following ingredients that you have ready to go in a large bowl:

2 ½ C. Nuts
½ lb. butter
1 pkg semi-sweet choc chips
1 pkg milk choc chips
1 8 oz jar marshmallow crème
Pinch salt

Stir until smooth. Pour into a buttered 9x13” pan. Cool and enjoy!

Pumpkin Stuff Just Tastes Good this time of Year! Try these Frosted Pumpkin Bars

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 tspns baking powder
2 tspns ground cinnamon
1 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn ginger
1 can (15 oz) pure pumpkin (not the pie mix)
3/4cup butter
3 eggs
3/4 chopped dried cranberries (I use chocolate chips instead)

Mix in a large bowl ~wet ingredients first then add the dry~
Bake @ 350 for 25 minutes in a sheet cake pan
Cool completely before frosting

Frosting:
Whip 1 cube softened butter
abt 1/8 cup milk (m/l depending on desired consistency)
2 cups pwdrd sugar (m/l depending on desired consistency)
1 tspn vanilla

No-Bake Cookies

In Medium Sauce pan mix:

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup butter
1 Tbl. vanilla
1/2 cup milk

& boil 1 minute

take off heat & quickly mix in

1/2 cup peanut butter
3 1/2 cups oatmeal and 1/2 cup coconut

Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper
Cool and eat