Nutella Cookies

What You Need:

1 2/3 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 egg

3/4 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup Nutella spread

What You Do:

Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.

Beat together butter and sugars. Beat in egg. Beat in Nutella, vanilla, and flour mixture until dough forms. 

Split dough into two equal balls, wrap in saran wrap, refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Roll out dough and cut into desired shape. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 10-11 minutes.

Review:

These aren't my favorite cookies. They were good, just not great. They were a little too dense for me, and the flavor was too light. Add that to the fact that they were quite a mess to make, and they just don't make the list for me. I'm glad I tried them, and my boyfriend liked them a lot. I might try to play around with the recipe a bit, and would probably make them again, but only if it were for a party, bake sale, etc and not just to have at home.

Lime Crinkle Cookies

What You Need:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 Tbs lime juice

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

What You Do:

Mix sugar and butter until fluffy.

Whip in vanilla, egg, and lime juice.

Stir in all dry ingredients except powdered sugar. 

Pour powdered sugar onto a plate/into a bowl. Roll Tbs' of dough in sugar. 

Place on greased, light colored cookie sheet. 

Bake 9-11 minutes at 350, until bottoms are just barely browned.

Review:

Fabulous. Light, chewy, and sweet but not too sweet. A really great cookie for Spring, for sure. I sent them to work with my boyfriend after we each had a few, and he said they were gone in about 5 minutes!

An Irish Cream Dream

These are Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies. Need I say more than that? Being a gal of Irish descent, I very much look forward to St. Patrick's Day every year. The green beers are fun, but really it's the food for me. So, in the spirit of the holiday, I'll be cooking several Irish/St. Pat's themed things the next few days, and sharing them with you!

What You Need:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup Bailey's Irish cream

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

chocolate chips (I used Tollhouse milk chocolate)

What You Do:

Whisk together the butter, egg, and sugars.

Add in vanilla and Irish cream.

Mix together flour, salt, and baking soda. Stir into batter.

Stir in chocolate chips.

Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes.

Review: 

My budget wasn't exactly Bailey's friendly ($20 a bottle) so I cheated and used Brady's. ($9 a bottle) Not sure how much, if any, effect that has on the flavor.

These are the BEST cookies I have ever made, and that's saying a lot. Cookies are kind of my thing, that's where I started. This recipe yielded the softest, fluffiest, yummiest cookies! They were also very easy to make. No busting out the mixer, no mess everywhere. They cooked perfectly. I was impressed to the point that these will now be my go-to cookie.