Mouth Watering Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes!

Chocolate chip cookies are a source of comfort food not only for kids but for adults as well. I mean, who doesn’t love these good old choco chip cookies? They have always been a staple in our household and even the adults can’t get enough of these much loved treat.

Here are 2 delightful and delicious choco chip recipes that you and your kids would surely love. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip, Pecan and Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1.5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground clove
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 cups pecans; chopped
2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
12 ounces semisweet choco chips

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350�F. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment or a Silpat (nonstick baking mat). Using an electric mixer, beat the butter in a bowl until it is light & fluffy.

Next, add both sugars, salt, and vanilla, and beat until well mixed, about three minutes. Stir in eggs,1 after the other. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove in a separate bowl.

Then add in half of your flour mixture to the butter with the mixer on low speed. Once the flour has been incorporated, add the second half. Stir in oats, pecans, orange zest, and choco chips.

Drop the dough, by the tablespoon, onto the cookie sheet then bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden. Remove from your oven then cool cookies on a rack. Store at room temperature in a cookie jar or other airtight container.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 scant teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
1.5 cups semisweet choco chips

Instructions:

Heat oven to 350�. Line a baking sheet with a silicone liner or spray with baking spray.

Combine the flour, baking soda & salt in a medium bowl.

In a mixing bowl with electric mixer, cream butter sugars together until light & fluffy. Beat in eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla.

Slowly beat in flour mixture until blended. Fold in choco chips. Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop, drop dough onto a baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.

Bake for 9 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned and set in the middle

7 Great Reasons Why People Still Want Homemade Cookies

Americans enjoy cookies and rightly so. I mean who doesn’t enjoy these treats. These tasty sweet bites are sold everywhere – from groceries, coffee and sandwich stores, gourmet or specialty stores, bakeries and shopping malls. You may also purchase gourmet or any kind of cookies via the internet and they’ll be shipped right at your doorstep.

But even if there are many choices, why do some people still want to have cookies that are freshly baked from their homes?

Listed below are some of the reasons why some prefer to prepare and bake their own delicious cookie treats.

1.Homemade cookies and pastries are tastier and more flavorful. Of course, nothing is better than your very own freshly baked cookies. Although, cookies that you buy from groceries are good, cookies made from your homes are still better.

2.Whenever you cook or bake your own cookies, you have control over the ingredients. If you will only read the labels of all cookies bought from groceries, they contain lots of preservatives, saturated fats and additives. While if you bake your own cookies, all ingredients are plain and simple, you just use eggs, sugar, butter and flour.

3.Baking your own cookies in your kitchen is enjoyable. Whenever you bake your cookies or any other goodies inside your homes, everyone in the family can take part, even your children. Baking healthy and fresh cookies inside your kitchen can create good memories for the family.

4.Baking your cookies inside your kitchen is 1 form of therapy. Whenever you smell the ingredients such as the vanilla scent, you feel calm because vanilla relaxes your nerves, prevents stomach upset and limits your food cravings. Also the sweet scents of your cinnamon powder pumps up your adrenaline by at least 25 percent.

5.Baking sweet and yummy cookies in your own kitchen is a tradition. You may not be aware but baking your cookies inside your house is an old tradition. In reality, cookies remain a part of most cultures.

6.Baking your cookies or pastries at your own kitchen is more economical. Obviously making your own cookies inside your very own kitchen is not as expensive as the ones you buy from grocery and gourmet stores.

7.Baking your cookies inside your house signals various feelings. You may show your love and concern for all your loved ones every time you prepare delicious cookies for them.

These are just a few of the reasons why baking cookies in your own home is a really great treat. They are inexpensive, symbolize caring & love, good for the senses & a stress reliever at times.

The 5 Basic Cookie Categories

Most people love cookies which are fresh and cooked to perfection at homes because it gives a very homely and nice atmosphere in your house. It also serves as therapy because of its delicious and relaxing aroma.

The cookie history was traced during the seventh Century in Persia. But during the 1800’s, cookie recipes started to get published on cook books. However, the name used was small or tiny cakes. The name cookies actually came from this Dutch term: koekje/koekie which denotes small or tiny cakes.

During the first part of 1900s until today, recipes for making cookies vary in flavors and styles. These little bites of sweetness are usual goodies baked inside one’s kitchen, and it is assessed that 50%PRCTG% of the entire homemade cookies were choco-chips.

However, there are numerous tasty cookie flavors which have not yet been tested or baked at homes. Cookie recipes on cook books are categorized according to their manner of preparation and cooking. The five cookie recipe categories are as follow:

1. Drop Cookies: This is one of the usual categories of home-baked and yummy cookies. It is prepared and baked by pressing and dropping the dough or cookie mixture from your spoon down to the parchment or wax paper. This type is actually easy to bake. You just combine all the ingredients, scoop, drop and cook. The famous examples are peanut spread , choc-chip cookies and oatmeal cookies.

2. Cookie Bars, Squares/Pan Cookies: These are probably the simplest and the easiest cookie recipe. You surely can make it without dropping a sweat. The cookie mixture is placed inside a container or mold and then sliced in small sizes right after cooking. Brownies fall in this category even if it’s a batter cookie and it has many variations.

3. No-Bake Cookies: This category does not need any oven. It is one of the best ways to familiarize children to baking. Among the known samples of this type are krispies, coconut-date balls, peanut spread/butter squares/bars and rum rounds or balls.

4. Shaped Cookies: This cookie category is usually designed and molded by hands. Shortbreads and spritz cookies are samples of shaped cookies.

5. Ice Box/Refrigerator Cookies: This cookie is done by freezing or chilling the batter/cookie mixture before cutting and cooking/baking them. Some books classify this as the slice-and-bake cookies. Just keep small logs of your desired cookie mixtures inside the freezer or fridge, and then cut prior to baking and best eaten fresh out from your oven. This is good especially when you suddenly have cookie cravings.

Everybody in your family or even your friends will appreciate your effort regardless of the category that you would like to bake. Baking your own homemade cookies will always an extra special treat.

Delicious Choco-Oatmeal Cookies: No Baking Required!

Chocolate & oatmeal cookies that don’t require any baking are always great recipes to have because they’re fuss free and easily made. So for emergency gatherings or even during kid’s playtime session or actually anytime at all you would not have problems with making them because they can be done in a jiffy without slaving over that hot oven.

Recipes for no-bake cookies have always been a part of my own childhood years and it might have also been a part of your own childhood years too. The recipes for these cookies have always been here for quite some time now and you might just have missed it because they go by different recipe names & variations from its original one.

I have 1 recipe here for no-bake oatmeal choco cookies that you should try out then you should also experiment with it using different ingredients after you have successfully achieved mastering the basics.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 c milk
2 c white sugar
3 tbsps powdered cocoa (unsweetened)
3 tbsps crunchy peanut butter
1/2 c butter
3 c oats (rolled)
1 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. Wipe a 1-inch wide band of butter around the rim of a 3 quart pan to prevent boil-over.
2. Combine milk, sugar, cocoa, butter & peanut butter.
3. Stir and bring to a rolling boil on medium flame. Let boil for around 1.5 minutes, do not stir.
4. Remove from heat. Add in oats & vanilla. Continue stirring just until oats are evenly distributed.
5. Drop them by teaspoons onto wax paper. Cool. Makes 4 to 5 dozen.

Other Variations of No-Bake Oatmeal Cookies

You can add chunky peanut spread in place of your usual creamy & soft peanut spread for more texture with your cookies.

You can also combine oats & half a cup of grated coconut.
Another way to create a variation with your cookies would be to add oats with half a cup of crushed nuts.

A combination of oats with half a cup of berries and raisins are also good.

To create large and flat cookies, press your cookie dough mixture with either your fingers or using the backside of your spoon.

In making cookie squares or bars, you need to put your cookie dough mixture inside a square or rectangular pan that measures around 8 inches. Grease the pan with some butter or margarine. After pressing your dough in, wait until it’s firm then slice it according to your preferred shape and size.

Discover The Refreshingly Delicious Lemon Cookie Recipes!

Cookies are delicious and tasty treats that come in handy in almost any meal situation. You can serve cookies as accompaniment to coffee, snacks or for desserts.

One interesting flavor for cookies would be lemon. Lemon is a refreshingly interesting flavor for cookies. Below are 2 cookie recipes that have Lemon as their base flavor.

Lemon Snaps

Ingredients:

1/3 c unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 c sugar
3 tbsps lemon juice
1.5 tsp lemon extract
3.5 c flour
2.5 tsps baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
A tsp of lemon peels
A few gratings of whole nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
Sugar (to coat)

Directions:

Oven should be preheated to around 375 deg. F

Cream butter and sugar together and beat in eggs. Add lemon juice and extract. Mix dry ingredients and stir in until well blended.

Roll dough between hands to form walnut sized balls. Roll in sugar and place them on cookie/baking sheet that is covered with silpat. Bake for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven then gently press down tops while cookies are warm. Makes 4 dozen.

Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze

Ingredients:

Cookies:

2.5 c flour (all-purpose)
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of salt
2 c of sugar
A stick of unsalted butter, softened
1 lemon, zested
2 eggs
1 (15-ounce) container whole milk ricotta cheese
3 tbsps lemon juices

Glaze:

3 tbsps lemon juice
1.5 c sugar (powdered)
1 lemon, zested

Directions:

Preheat your oven at 375 degrees F.
Cookies:

Into a medium bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Into another bowl mix the butter and the sugar. Using your electric hand held mixer beat the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, about 3 mins.

Next, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until incorporated. Then, stir in ricotta cheese, lemon juice & lemon zest. Beat to combine. Stir in your dry ingredients. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spoon the dough (about 2 tablespoons for each cookie) on your baking sheets. Bake for 15 mins., until slightly golden at its edges. Remove from your oven & let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 20 minutes.

Glaze: Combine sugar (powdered), lemon juice & lemon zest inside a small bowl and stir until it is smooth. Spoon about 1/2-teaspoon onto each cookie and use the back of your spoon to gently spread. Let glaze harden for 2 hours. Pack the cookies into a decorative container.

Hassle Free Delicious Cookies With Cake Mixes!

Did you try to make delicious cookie treats out of your regular cake mixes? Did you even think that it was actually possible to create these homemade great tasting cookies using the regular cake mixes in your cupboard?

Normally I really bake my cookies from scratch although I have recently begun to try out with cake mixes and see how I can turn them into delicious cookie treats.

From your ordinary cake mixes you actually have tons of options for really delicious cookies. So, if you’re busy and looking for shortcut ways to prepare those lovely cookies then cake mixes might be the answer to your baking needs.

Cookies Out of Cake Mixes are good for:

1) To help out amateur bakers have more confidence in their baking.
2) Help the busy mom and make things easier for when she bakes these goodies.
3) To make baking cookies a fun activity together with the kids.
4) To ease the budget. Cake mixes are sometimes on sale at %1 or even less. So it’s great for the budget.
5) If you want to make delicious cookies & you don’t have much time, then the cake mixes would help you get those lovely cookies at your table in no time at all.

Some great tips to help you with baking cake mix cookies:

1) Be sure to thoroughly read recipe and instructions before baking.
2) Do not overmix your dough.
3) Make sure that you drop your dough mixture onto cool sheets and not on warm ones.
4) Be sure to line your cookie/baking sheets using silicone mats or parchment paper.
5) Do not overbake cookies. The baked cookies must still be a little bit soft at the top but already set at the edges.
6) Allow cookies to cool completely prior to storing them so that they will not become soggy later on.

Here are a few tried and tested cake-mix cookies that I have baked and found really delicious:

Devil’s Food Cookies
Choco Peanut Butter Cookies
Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy Choco Cookies

Here is a recipe you should try. Enjoy!

Chewy Choco Cookies

Ingredients:

1 box dark chocolate or milk chocolate cake mix (preferably use 1 of the brands that have the one cup of pudding mix already added to the mix. Use either Pillsbury or Betty Crocker.)
1 cup baking chocolate chips
Halfway in-between 1/3 and 1/2 cup oil
2 eggs

Instructions:

Mix together into a large bowl your cake mix, eggs and oil, using large mixing spoon. The oil must be halfway in between the 1/3 and 1/2 mark. I’ve found that any more is too oily and any less makes the cookies dry.After finishing mixing the ingredients, pour in 1 cup chocolate chips and mix again. Drop one inch balls onto cookie sheet.

Try to smooth out the balls by rolling them in between your palms before plopping them down for a more evenly baked, round cookie
Bake at 350 degrees, for 6-8 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before serving. Cookies initially will come out a bit puffy, but will sink down once cooled for a few minutes.

Chocolate Cookie Recipe

German Chocolate Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

For Crust:
a pack of cookies (choco chip, 18 ozs); chilled

For Filling:
1 can of pecan frosting (coconut, 15 ozs)
1 can of condensed milk (sweetened, 14 ozs)
2 pieces of eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla

For Topping:
1.5 cups of choco chips (semi-sweet)
3 tablespoons of oil
a cup of pecans; chopped coarsely

Instructions:

Preheat the oven (350 degree F). Slice cookies into half-inch pieces and arrange slices on 15″ x 10″ x 1″ ungreased baking pan. Put flour on your fingers and press the dough firmly and evenly on the baking pan, creating the crust. Put into oven ’til crust is a bit gold brown in color, or approximately 8 to 12 minutes.

Beat the eggs ’til foamy and pour the rest of the ingredients for filling. Continue beating with moderate speed for a minute or ’til well-blended. Slowly spread the mixture evenly on the half-baked crust. Return to oven and bake ’til the surface is dark gold brown in color or around 20 to 25 minutes, and when center sets.

Using a saucepan, cook the oil and semi-sweet choco chips on moderate heat while stirring regularly. When the chips already melts completely, slowly pour and distribute evenly on filling. Add pecans on top and put into the refrigerator for about one and a half hour or ’til the chocolate sets.

>> German Chocolate Bars Recipe

Chocolate Caramel Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pack of caramels (14 ozs)
1/3 c of milk (evaporated)
1 pack cake mix (chocolate,17.5 ozs)
3/4 c of softened butter
1/3 c of milk (evaporated)
1 c of nuts; chopped (opt)
1 pack choco chips (6 ozs)

Instructions:

In a pan, melt the caramels with 1/3 c evap milk and set it aside. Butter a 9×13-inch baking pan. Mix evap milk, cake powder mix, nuts and butter. Use your hands to stir till firm.

Push 1/2 of your dough into pan’s bottom. Bake for exactly 6 mins. at 350 degrees F. Drizzle choco chips on crust right after baking.

Spoon melted caramels on chocolate layer. Next, crumble other half of dough on top of your caramels & bake again for 15 to 18 mins. Let cool for a while, then chill for 30 mins.

>> Chocolate Caramel Bars Recipe

Baklava Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cans of crescent rolls; refrigerated
3 to 4 c of walnut; chopped finely
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 c of sugar

For the Glaze:
1/2 c of honey
1/4 c of sugar
2 Tbsps of butter (or margarine)
2 tsps of lemon juice

Instructions:

Set oven at 350 degrees F. Open one of the dinner rolls, then roll it into two rectangles (long). Put it on 13×9″ pan (ungreased). Press rectangles firmly on the base, then carefully mold the crust up to 1/2″ on sides. Bake it for 5-7 minutes. Once done, take it out of the oven.

Using a big bowl – mix the sugar, cinnamon and walnuts. Spread evenly onto prepared crust. Roll out the second dinner roll can. Roll it into two rectangles (long), then cover the filling. Press edges together.

Score the top of the dough with 5 markings lengthwise, as well as 7 markings diagonally, to outline 28 diamond-shaped sections. Use the pointed end of the knife to do this.

Combine ingredients for glaze in small saucepan. Boil slowly then remove it from the heat. Spread 1/2 of the glaze over diamond shapes, and then place back into oven. Finally, bake till it browns (for another 25-30 minutes). Take out of oven and spread remaining sauce over diamonds. Leave to cool.

>> Baklava Bars Recipe

Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pkg of cake mix (yellow)
1 fresh egg (large)
1/2 c of butter (unsalted)
3 fresh eggs (large)
1/2 c of sugar (brown)
1.5 c of corn syrup (dark)
1.5 c of pecans (ground)

Instructions:

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.

Place 2/3 c of cake mix in another bowl; set it aside. Stir the remaining mix with butter and egg. Press firmly on the bottom and on pan sides. Bake for 15 to 20 mins or till slightly brown. Let it cool.

Combine the eggs, syrup, sugar, and other cake mix. Incorporate well and transfer over crust then sprinkle the pecans. Return it in the oven for another half an hour.

>> Pecan Pie Bars Recipe