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Turtle Cookies

November 18, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

It’s cookie exchange season and there’s few things we love more than something that seems really special, but is secretly super easy! So what can take cookies to that next level? Candy. Or emulating your favorite candies. How about turtles with their pecans, chocolate and ooey gooey caramel. I took that idea and combined it with my favorite cookie recipe to create turtle cookies.

Go ahead, lick the screen, I won’t judge. The best thing about this recipe? It’s made with a cake mix which makes it sooo easy and fast to throw together for last minute on a busy week. This shortcut just gives you time to make them special with drizzed chocolate and a delicious caramel center that is secretly made so easily with the help of our friend the Rolo.

Ok, now that we’ve made you drool, on to the recipe.

TURTLE COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:

2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
Devil’s food cake mix
Rolos (about 24)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix eggs, oil, and cake mix. Place a Rolo in a dough ball just large enough to cover the whole Rolo. Roll the top of the dough ball in the chopped pecans. Place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake for 9 minutes. Let them cool for one minute on the pan and then move to a cooling rack. (or sneak one while they are warm and the caramel is gooey!)

Microwave the chocolate chips in a bowl for 30 seconds at a time, stirring between, until smooth. Drizzle the chocolate over the top of the cookies using a spoon. Once all cookies are drizzled place them in the fridge for a few minutes to help the chocolate set.

Place on a plate for a cookie exchange or stack your delicious turtle cookies in a clear treat bag and add a festive ribbon for a cute and easy gift!

Maple Bacon Cookies with Snap

August 20, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

Hi Tipsy readers, my name is Tauni. I run a daily site called Snap and several times a year host a competition called So You Think You’re Crafty.

I’ve known Michelle for quite a while. Since we live fairly close, she’s one of the first bloggers I met in real life. I have had fun watching her little family grow…especially because she’s running a home full of boys just like me!

I don’t know what dinner is like over at Michelle’s house, but in our house things can get a little bit crazy. Every once in a while I throw up my arms and we either settle on having pizza delivered or breakfast for dinner.

Truth be told, I am actually a huge fan of breakfast for dinner. Breakfast foods are my favorite. The other day while dreaming of ways to incorporate more breakfast food into my life, I decided to come up with a breakfast cookie and maple bacon cookies were born…

These maple bacon cookies consist of a nice soft cake cookie, topped with a thin maple glaze and crumbled bacon. It’s like a full breakfast in every bite!

In addition to the delicious taste, these little bites of yum are super-easy to make.

Ingredients:
1 yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1/4 c. softened butter

3 c. confectioners sugar
1/4 tsp. maple extract
1/2 c. milk

bacon

Directions:
Prepare crunchy bacon bits (I used three large strips of bacon cut down into small pieces).

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/4 softened butter. Roll dough into one inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

While cookies are baking in the oven, mix confectioners sugar, maple extract and milk until sugar has dissolved.

Drizzle maple glaze over cookies and top with crumbled bacon.

Your mouth will thank you…

If you liked this cookie recipe, you may want to try my Almond Joy cookie recipe…It’s a family favorite.

Hands down my favorite cookie recipe is still my easy gingerbread – it’s been pinned over 100,000 times!

Thanks for letting me participate in your fun fall series Michelle!

Giant M&M Cookies from Lil’ Luna

August 13, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

Hi there A Little Tipsy friends!!! My name is Kristyn, and I blog over at Lil’ Luna!! I’m so excited to be here today while Michelle enjoys her sweet bundle of joy!! I think it’s just SO exciting when babies are born and I hope Michelle is enjoying this little break from blogging to spend it with her new little one!!

Today, I wanted to share with you a new favorite cookie recipe. We’re HUGE cookie fans here in our home and make them at least every other week. Sometimes it’s just for fun and other times for friends or for a get-together, but it’s become tradition for the kids to gather around the kitchen island to help make these sweet treats, and I LOVE it!! We usually stick to our all-time FAVORITE Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe but we ventured out a tried a new recipe that was a hit with the whole fam! These Giant M&M Cookies were easy to make and so delicious. I mean, how can you not like M&M Cookies?

These Giant M&M Cookies were soft, chewy and have become a new favorite!!

Here is what you’ll need to make them:

INGREDIENTS:

– 2 heaping cups flour
– 1/2 tsp. baking soda
– 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
– 1/2 tsp. salt
– 1 cup brown sugar
– 1/2 cup sugar
– 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
– 2 tsp. vanilla
– 1 cup mini M&Ms
– 1 cup regular M&Ms

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.

2. In a separate bowl, mix butter and sugars until well combined. Add egg, egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.

3. Slowly add flour mixture to the we mixture and mix until dough forms. Use hands if needed.

4. Crush 1 cup of regular M&Ms. Fold in crushed and non-crushed M&Ms to your dough.

5. Decide how big you would like your cookies. I wanted giant cookies, so I used a large ice cream scoop. With your hand, shape each portion into a ball and then pull into two equal pieces. Turn one piece rough side (what used to be the inside of the ball) down onto the cookie sheet. Put the other piece on top of that, rough side up. Space 1-2 inches apart, depending on how big your cookie is.

6. Bake large cookies for 12-14 minutes and small cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are golden. Centers should be soft and puffy. Let cool and enjoy!

Recipe adapted from How Sweet It Is.