Recipe: Chocolate Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe consisted of trying to jam as much as I could into one cookie, while still tasting like some awesome creation from Cold Stone. I think it turned out pretty well, and next time I will try regular cake batter for sure! Try these out when the kiddies are coming to your house, or when you are heading out to a game night with a bunch of hungry friends, you won't be sorry.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup flour

1 1/4 cup boxed cake mix (devils food, yellow, white, whatever you fancy)

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 and 1/2 stick of softened butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup chocolate chip mix ( white and milk is what I like)

1/2 cup sprinkles

To Make:

1. Mix together flour, cake mix and baking soda in a small bowl and set to the side. 
2. In a mixer, cream the sugars and butter on medium for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla until creamy.
3. Gradually mix in the flour mixture until combined, and then fold in the chocolate chips and sprinkles.
4. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and let your dough get a little stiff in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
5. Scoop the dough by tablespoons and roll into balls. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are set and lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool on the tray for about 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.


You will not be disappointed.



-Sara Jacqueline

Recipe: Coconut Chocolate Chip Bars

These babies are very delicious, and taste pretty close to a Samoas girl scout cookie. Last weekend, I was low on eggs, and needed to bake or else I would die, and thought of these yummy little bars that don't make too many. Sometimes, I bake with the intentions of eating the entire pan, so I at least had to make a small batch of sweets in order to survive. I think next time I will concoct some caramel topping as well...hmmmm.

 

Ingredients:

1 cup flour



1/2 cup butter butter, melted 

1 cup brown sugar


1 egg


1½ teaspoons vanilla extract


1 cup sweetened flaked coconut


1 cup chocolate chips 

Topping:
1 cup  chocolate chips

To Make:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease  an 8-inch square baking pan.

2. Stir the melted butter and brown sugar together until smooth then beat in egg and vanilla until well blended.

3. Slowly beat in the flour until blended, then stir in the coconut and chocolate chips.

4. Scrape the batter into the pan and smooth evenly.

5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until set in the center but still soft.

6. Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave or with a double boiler and drizzle across the top of the bars. I spread mine (after taking that picture) evenly across to create a nice chocolate top. Wait until cool, or throw them in the freezer for faster results!

Eat up!

-Sara Jacqueline

The Week the Cookies Crumbled

 This week it was nuts with homework, and busy with class and kindergarten and wild with bumps in the road and also has a lot to do with cookies. Call me crazy, I know its the truth. Here shows how it all went down, in picture form.

I made these Girl Scout Cookie inspired bars, that tasted super close to the chocolate coconut Samoas. I will have to share the recipe later, cause you will need it!

Pay day and pick up your GS cookie day all in one day of the week?! Woahh, that is just dangerous. What's a girl to do with boxes of cookies and a nice chunk of change? 

You probably already can tell, but I have quite a memory attached to these GS cookies. I used to be one of the super selling goody two shoe wearing girl scouts around the age 8. I was the girl who won the t-shirt, the sleeping bag, and the light up singing jump rope. A.K.A I sold a TON of boxes, and no I don't mean like a hundred or two. It might have something to do with the fact that I can fundraise like nobody's business for my school.... not to brag, but I am pretty good at my job.

I am not really up and up on those fancy printing machines..something like a cricket..a ladybug..I don't know... but both of my best girls have one, and I got to play along this week too! We made these fun painted signs with cute little quotes on them. I am actually pretty impressed that it turned out good, however I think I am going to paint that khaki border white.

Again with the girl scout cookies. Actually this has more to do with what it says than what it is. I really really miss Mexico, everything about it. It was an experience I will definitely forget, and lately I have just been wanting to go back super bad...and take Justen with too! Heck that would be a crazy trip. It's nice to dream, huh?

As soon as March 1 hit, I yanked down that Valentines Day wreath and refashioned it into this nifty spring wreath.  I love Easter, it is so bright and cute, and kinda gives me hope to finish the spring semester up. Also, that little sparkly monogram egg was 97 cents at the Walmart and I thought it was perfect to represent these two Turleys- score for cheap crafty stuff! 

( I owe all my bow making skills to Lauren)

This was my Saturday. We had a fun date all day long. It started with an elementary science fair, and after walking into and out of 6 restaurants(literally, I am the most indecisive person), we settled on Chipotle because Justen was gonna murder me if I asked to go to Chick-Fil-A one more time. Turns out our meal stunk, and after we left, he was begging me to go to Chick-Fil-A. We shopped till we dropped, got some free stuff ( yay for gift card stock piles) and cheap stuff. Finally we made it home for dinner! 

(His serious face is a complete lie by the way.)

-Sara Jacqueline