Earlier this week we celebrated my baby boy’s 3rd birthday (where did the time go?!), and even though we weren’t having a big party, I wanted to still make his actual day special. We had celebrated with family over Thanksgiving weekend, because it was more convenient than celebrating on a random Tuesday night, but these birthdays only come around once a year, and I wanted Austin to live it up! Since he loves M&M’s, baking cookies, and ice cream, I wanted to put them all together for a fun treat. We started by baking the M&M cookies and then letting them ...
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Cookies & Cream Cookies
For the longest time I have been wanting to bake a cookie in a cookie…have you heard of that? I have seen recipes where they use Nutter Butters, inside of peanut butter cookies and whole Oreo’s inside of chocolate cookies. They all just look so cookie-licious. I decided to mix it up a bit and use Oreo's for this cookie, and do a play on cookies n’ cream. The cream of the Oreo and the chunks of chocolate really balance out this simple sugar cookie base. I have seen a few recipes out there that are similar, but add chocolate chips to the cookie as well. This would be delicious if ...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Whenever there is some sort of school party, potluck, holiday gathering, etc...I love to make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. I was first introduced to this classic recipe when I lived in Connecticut, by a mom who had been making these since her children were just toddlers. After trying the cookie bars, I begged her for the recipe. She laughed and said that people ask her all the time for it, and it's right in front of your eyes! Literally right in front of my eyes, on the Tollhouse chocolate chip bag. I looked at the packaging, but I only saw a recipe ...