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DAY 5: Apricot Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
The sweetness of dried apricots paired with bittersweet dark chocolate makes an irresistible (and easy) drop cookie.
RECIPE:
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Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread
One final zucchini recipe before summer leaves us for good.
Three kinds of chocolate (Nutella, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips) make the zucchini hard to spot in this delicious quick bread. But the added vegetable helps to keep the loaves soft and moist. And it lets you pretend this is a healthy treat.
This recipe make one regular-sized loaf or 6 mini loaves, which freeze perfectly and are just the right size for when there are only two of us left at home.
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Eleventh Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
DAY 8: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut butter=Protein; Oatmeal=Whole Grain. That makes these healthy, right? Whatever you tell yourself, these are worth the calories.
RECIPE:
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
1 Tbs vanilla extract
1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
2 ½ cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 ½ cups rolled oats
1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Beat in peanut butter. Gradually beat in flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Beat in oats and chocolate chips.
Using a cookie scoop, place level scoops on baking sheets, about 2” apart.
Bake for 8-9 minutes, or until baked through. Cool on wire racks.
Makes 6 dozen cookies
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Eleventh Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Bear Paw Cookies
DAY 3: Bear Paw Cookies
An easy and fun alternative to regular chocolate chip cookies. Bake your favorite plain cookie dough (or use the dough below) and add two different sized chocolate chips after baking to make a paw print pattern.
Use a very small cookie scoop (or make 1” balls) so that the paw print pattern covers most of the cooked cookie.
Recipe adapted from Kitchen Fun
RECIPE:
Bear Paw Cookies
¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
1 Tbs vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 Tbs cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
About 1 cup of regular-sized chocolate chips plus about 1 cup of larger baking chips (like Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Beat in flour, cornstarch, and salt.
Using a small cookie scoop, place level scoops on baking sheets, about 2” apart (I can get 20 cookies on a baking sheet). Roll scoops of dough into balls (about 1” in diameter); return to baking sheet.
Bake for 8 minutes, or until baked through. Cookies will still look very pale. Don’t overbake. While cookies are still warm, press one large chocolate chip and three small chocolate chips into each cookie to make a paw pattern. Cool cookies completely on wire racks.
Makes about 4 dozen small cookies.
Recipe adapted from Kitchen Fun
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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies
DAY 11: Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies
Rich, dark chocolate cookies studded with chocolate chips. Cream cheese (I think this may be a theme this year) keeps them soft and chewy. For the chocolate lover.
RECIPE:
Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 ½ cups light brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 Tbs vanilla extract
3 ½ cups flour
½ cup Hershey’s special dark cocoa powder
2 Tbs cornstarch
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese, and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Stir together the flour, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Beat into wet ingredients. Mix in the chocolate chips. Chill dough for 20-30 minutes.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake for 8-9 minutes, or until barely set. Cookies will continue to set as they cool. Cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack.
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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies (Egg Free)
DAY 2: Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are soft and chewy, and egg-free for those with allergies. I like to keep them on hand for my daughter’s friend who has an egg allergy (if I can keep other hands out of the container!).
Here are some other egg-free cookie recipes:
- Scottish Shortbread
- Russian Tea Cakes
- Raspberry Crumb Bars
- Almond Toffee Triangles
- Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies
- Chocolate Buttermilk Cookies with Peanut Butter Chips
- Almond Lace Cookies
RECIPE:
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies (egg-free)
(recipe adapted from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe)
8 oz cream cheese, softened
½ cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
In a mixing bowl, cream together the cream cheese, melted butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients and then mix into the butter mixture. Add the chocolate chips and mix well.
Roll the dough into 1 to 1 ½-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Flatten each ball slightly with the palm of your hand.
Bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges are just barely golden brown. Cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet and then move to a cooling rack.
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