I just wanted to share a quick variation to one of my favorite cookie recipes. The original recipe can be found here, but instead of using regular peanut butter, I used Jif's Peanut Butter & Honey... and exchanged the kisses with red raspberry preserves...It made me think of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
Despite always eating these cookies like crazy whenever I get the chance, I never tried to make them myself... Until I saw a recipe and how easy it was! I got the recipe from the all new Southern Living Cookbook.
Ingredients:
My mom found the recipe for these online somewhere ...they are really easy and great when you're in a hurry, but I am not a huge fan of them if I'm really wanting a good cookie. My daughter had a bake sale at school and I was able to make a ton of cookies easily with little fuss. All you do is take a box of cake mix, any flavor, and add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and 2 eggs...if you want any nuts or chips in your cookies you add them to the dry mix before adding the oil and eggs. Depending on the size of your cookie , you can get about 18 -24, or at least that's what I usually get. I line a cookie sheet with foil, spray some oil, and bake them at 350 degrees until they just start to brown. I remove them right away onto a rack as they crisp easily, and I like softer cookies.
~ Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts ~
I found the original recipe for these cookies on Nestle's website. Although they were really soft and tasty, they wanted to fall apart at the slightest touch...So I adjusted the recipe a small bit and now they hold together nicely without changing the texture or flavor.
Ingredients:
14 ounce sweetened flaked coconut
14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 tbs. sifted flour
1 egg, slightly beaten
Method:
Combine sifted flour and flaked coconut in large bowl. In medium bowl, combine milk, vanilla and egg. Add the egg mixture to the coconut mixture until combined. Drop tablespoon size balls onto a foil lined baking sheet that has been slightly greased. Press each cookie lightly with back of spoon. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 14 minutes until only slightly browned on edges. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store, covered, at room temperature. Enjoy :)
~ Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen - Author unknown ~
~ Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice - Author Unknown ~
~ And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more - Dr. Seuss ~
