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Carmelitas

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 7 November, 2014 None comments

Carmelitas

Oh my, simply heavenly. This is heaven in a bar, well as close to heaven in a bar as one could possibly imagine. I mean this with utmost respect to our Heavenly Father as well. :) I love these precious little puppies more than you know. This will FOREVER remind me of high school volleyball team dinners. Our entire team LOVED my mom’s cooking and always requested Chicken Alfredo with my moms homemade sauce and these delicious dessert cups.

The memories are fond but the bars are even better than that. I turned my non-loving oatmeal man into a oatmeal lover with this simple dessert. Michael hates oatmeal in any cookie as it “ruins” the cookie entirely. Well, to his great surprise, he became a oat-lover within one single bite of this heaven in a bar.

See for yourself.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 jar caramel sauce
2 cups milk chocolate chips

Grease a 9×13 bake dish and set aside. Meanwhile, mix together flour, oats, salt, baking soda and brown sugar together in a stand mixer.

Add in melted butter and mix until combined.

Take half the mixture and press into the baking dish reserving the other half.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from oven and top with chocolate chips

And drizzle the caramel sauce one top of the chocolate chips.

Drop the remaining mixture onto the top of the chips and caramel sauce.

Return to the oven and bake an additional 15-18 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool before cutting.

Enjoy with a delicious glass of milk or cup of water for those who are like me and despise milk. :)

Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Blondies

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 2 October, 2014 None comments

Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Blondies

DESSERTS!!!

It seriously must be “that” time of the month for me. And yes, I did just say that! :) I am craving, pinning and gaining weight all over looking at pictures of what I want to make to satisfy my “fat foodie” days.

The gloomy aspect outside isn’t helping with my dessert cravings either. Typically when it’s warm outside I have less cravings, but the colder it gets and the quicker winter approaches, I have my extra 5 pounds stored up for winter to help keep me warm. :)

Part of the weight gain comes from these amazing Snickerdoodle Blondies. They are incredibly moist and utterly satisfying for those days you simply need something sweet. Take the pan to the couch and enjoy every bite if that will make you feel better! :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cups butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
2 1/3 cup flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13 baking dish. Set aside.

In a stand mixer, beat butter on medium speed until light and fluffy (1-2 minutes).

Add in both sugars and beat another 2-3 minutes. (Scrap sides as needed)

Add in eggs and vanilla and cream together.

Scrap sides of the bowl and add in all dry ingredients. Mix just until combined.

Fold in chocolate chips.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl make the cinnamon mixture.

Place 3/4 of the dough into the bottom of the pan (reserving the rest) and sprinkle with 3/4 the cinnamon mixture.

Drop remainder of the dough into little chunks evenly across the top.

Sprinkle with remainder of the cinnamon mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Be prepared to be wowwed and devour.

We have enjoyed this cookie bar for breakfast with a cup of coffee. Super yummy if you are a pastry lover and a coffee lover.

Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 30 September, 2014 None comments

Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Peanut Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and 8×8 bake dish.

In a saucepan over med-low heat, melt butter and brown sugar until sugar is completely melted.

Once the mixture is completely melted, add in the peanut butter and melt thoroughly.

In a stand mixer combine all dry ingredients and pour liquid into dry ingredients.

Mix just until dough comes together.

Press mixture into greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Allow to cool before cutting. Enjoy with a cup of milk and maybe a scoop of ice cream! :)

Strawberry Cookie Cake

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 1 August, 2014 None comments

While I was up visiting my parents this past week, my mom (and I) made this DELICIOUS dessert. Well… my mom made it and I took pictures. I am not typically a fan of fruit with chocolate but this literally was AMAZING.

She wanted to share this delicious recipe with me and I was so thankful she did. I couldn’t stop eating it the second day. Mmmm it was good.

Ingredients:

2 package of 40 chocolate chip cookies (or homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies)
1 1/2 lb strawberries, chopped
1 1/8 cup heavy cream, divided
1- 8oz cream cheese (room temp)
2/3 cup sugar

For the whipped cream:

In a stand mixer add 1 cup heavy cream. Beat until stiff.

In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese til smooth. Add sugar and 1/8 cup cream. Beat until smooth. Fold in whipped cream.

Place cookies on a pedestal plate and layer on whipped cream.

Add strawberries

And cookies yet again

More whipped cream…

More Strawberries

Is your mouth watering yet?

And pile way up high…6 layers to be exact.

On your 6th layer, leave strawberries off and refrigerate for 2-4 hours before serving.

Doesn’t this look incredible???

Cover and refrigerate 2-4 hours. The longer you refrigerate the better it is. The whipped cream molds into the cookies leaving the dessert to be easily cut.

When serving, top with strawberries and take a picture as you will devour this dessert immediately.

Summer won’t last long…better hurry and make this amazing treat!

M&M Cookies

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 20 June, 2014 None comments

Yummy yum! As I prepare for this coming week extravaganza I decided to make some cookies to take with us. We will be taking my dad to the beach for his 60th birthday and Coopers 2nd birthday. We wanted to do something fun and memorable. We will be taking off for 5 days and enjoying lots of good food and entertainment with the family.

I am trying to make as much food for us as possible without over doing it. My sweet mom will be helping out as well and it’s greatly appreciated. :) Thanks mom!

My father-in-law gave us three large bags of M&M’s as he was overly stocked for his wife before she passed away. She loved M&M’s and they were easy for her to eat. He shared in the abundance of M&M’s with us this past weekend which sparked my desire for M&M Cookies.

Ingredients:

2 sticks (1 cup) softened butter
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups M&M’s

Preheat oven to 375. In a stand mixer, mix together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Beat well.

Add in flour, salt and soda. Mix well.

Fold in M&M’s.

Place on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool on a wire wrack.

These cookies freeze nicely as well.

Easy cake pops

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 14 March, 2014 1 comments

Cake pops can take a lot of work and a lot of your precious time to compile them. After all the time spent into making delicious cake pops the family devours them leaving you with nothing but crumbs and begging for more.

Do you ever think about the amount of time you spend in the kitchen slaving over breakfast, lunch, dinners, and tasty desserts? I don’t think about it as I know the hours are beyond what I can count. Although my husband is an accountant I still refrain from asking him as I still like to believe ignorance is bliss. :)

These are pretty good and I freeze them and pull one out at a time to enjoy throughout the month. (Okay maybe I take a few out at a time)

Here’s what you do…

Ingredients:

1 box yellow cake mix
¼ cup oil
2 eggs
Water (as per the box of cake mix)
8 oz Sweet cream frosting
2- 16oz bag of chocolate (I used semi-sweet and white chocolate for a variety)

Bake the cake according to package instructions.

Let cool fully! Once cooled take a butter knife and slice through every which way to crumble to cake easily and into small pieces.

For easy use, in a stand mixer combine the cake crumbs with the frosting.

Roll into small balls and place in muffins cups or line up in a 9×13 pan.

Place in the fridge for 2 hours.

Once cold, melt chocolate and 1 tbsp of butter (optional) together until fully melted.

Dip each individual ball into chocolate and place back in the pan. Keep in the fridge.

Once chocolate is hardened you can drop them into a plastic bag and keep in the freezer if so desired.

Iced Pumpkin Delights

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 12 December, 2013 None comments

Icing really does make or break a cookie. These cookies were good but the icing transformed them from a simple cookie to a magnificent dessert. Okay maybe that’s a big statement but they really did make the difference. unfortunately I think Cooper and I ate over 5 cookies together in one afternoon. I convinced myself that due to the holidays rapidly approaching, it was healthy for us to binge throughout the day on anything and everything that was considered “unhealthy” and that’s just what we did. :)

I have been wanting to make these cookies for awhile and now that Fall is behind us I still took the opportunity to make them as Christmas desserts can continue to be made through the new year. (And, I have a lot of pumpkin puree in the freezer)

Ingredients:

Cookie:

2 cups unbleached flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp allspice
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup canola oil
1 cup pumpkin puree

Icing:

1 cup powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk

Mix together the first seven ingredients and set aside. In a kitchen aid mixer add eggs, brown sugar, canola oil, and pumpkin puree. Blend well until smooth and creamy.

Add dry ingredients a 1/2 cup at a time and thoroughly mix through.

Drop by spoonful’s onto a cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven of 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Let cool on a wire rack. Once thoroughly cooled to room temperature, mix the icing together. If icing is too runny simply add more powdered sugar to thicken it up. This will allow it to keep from running off your cookies and stay right where you want it. :)