Sunday, December 20, 2009

White Dove Bird Nests

White Dove Bird Nests (inspired by Cara McNeany):

*2 12oz bags of white chocolate chips

*La Choy Chow Mein Noodles – 2 1/2 cups

*Mixed nuts (approx. 1 lb.)

Melt white chocolate chips in a double burner. When melted, add noodles and nuts. Mix thoroughly and scoop with a spoon onto a cookie sheet. Cool in the fridge. ENJOY!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups all purpose lour

And to make the cookies really delicious add 1 cup peanut butter chips and 1 cup semi sweet chocolate morsels.

Mix pb and butter on high speed w/ and electric mixer. Add sugars, baking soda and powder and beat until well mixed. Add egg and vanilla till combined and then beat in flour. Bake at 375 degrees for exactly 7 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.

The cookies can also be rolled and put into mini muffin pans (no muffin cup needed), bake for 7-9 minutes. As soon as they come out press mini reesces pb cups into the "muffin" and allow to cool before you remove. Another variation is to cook the pb cookie on a cookie sheet and then press a hershey kiss into the center upon removal from the oven.

ENJOY!! (Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens cook book)