Ooey Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

Alrighty, another cookie recipe.  This is definitely one of my favorites, especially right out of the oven!  No matter how quiet I am taking them out, my husband always knows too!  So a little tip:  if you have anyone else living in your home other than yourself, make sure you bake more than you need because they WILL be eaten!

Ooey Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies:


1 1/2 sticks softened butter
1 cup light brown sugar (it can overflow a little)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups dark chocolate chips (even if you don't like dark chocolate, use them anyway!  They make the cookie taste SO much better)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl and mix until creamy.  Add in the eggs and vanilla extract.  Mix again until light and fluffy.  In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda.  Now combine the flour mixture and butter mixture until well mixed.  Add in the dark chocolate chips and stir with a spoon (do not use your mixer, the dough is already mixed enough!).  Now just roll up 1/2 - 3/4 inch balls and place about an inch apart on a non-stick cookie sheet.  The cookies are done when they are a nice golden brown, usually about 15 minutes, depending on the size of the balls you made.  Using this recipe, I got about 3 dozen cookies.  Enjoy as always!!! :)

Sugar Cookies!

Although Christmas has past, we can still bake cookies!!  I decided to post some of my recipes for the cookies that I made this year.  Try them out, they're super yummy!

First:  We have the ultimate sugar cookie!  How is Christmas complete without frosted sugar cookies?  Don't want to frost them yourself?  Grab the nearest kid, I'm sure they'd be happy to help! :)

***My measurements are a little less than scientific or exact.  I hate having to look at a piece of paper every step while I'm cooking/baking, but for those of you that would like a recipe, this will get ya there!***

Chewy Sugar Cookies

2 sticks softened butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 containers of pre-made frosting (I use the Pillsbury Whipped frosting in Vanilla)
Food colors of your choice

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Make sure your butter is very soft and then beat together the butter and sugar until creamy, then add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy.  In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.  Now mix together your butter mixture with the flour mixture until well blended.  Roll the dough into balls and place on a non-stick cookie sheet.  You can make big balls or small balls...your choice.  I prefer big balls.  (Stop laughing right now!!!)  Now bake your dough balls for approximately 10 minutes.  You'll know that the cookies are done when they are a nice light brown around the edges.  Let your cookies cool for at least a half hour and then you can begin decorating them!  Have fun and go wild!  Use your imagination and your candy drawer to bring those cookies to life!  Here are a few pics of the ones I made this year...enjoy!

The Beginning of a New Adventure!

Hello to you!  Thanks for taking the time to look at my shiny new blog!  This is my first blog, but I think it's going to be fantatstic!!  Recently, I was extremely stressed out (because being an adult sucks sometimes) and I realized I was craving certain comfort foods, and once I finally got my hands on them it felt great!  To some people, this would be considered unhealthy and "stress eating".  In my opinion, anything that makes you feel better is NEVER a bad thing!  Just imagine...a big ol' chocolate chip cookie, warm and gooey, fresh out of the oven (salivating yet?), or that big string of melty cheese that comes along with your slice of lasagna...how could that be a bad thing?!?!  Comfort food may not be the healthiest thing for your body but it sure does taste good, and that's what I'm here for...to make good tasting food!