SNICKERS COOKIES

You have to give these a try! I have had a very busy week and now our whole family is here.


This is going to be a fun weekend. But before I get way to busy to at least post something, I thought I would give you something easy. Here is another wonderful way to get rid of the Halloween candy. These are so easy and the kids will love them. But it is hard to stop at one!


Enjoy your weekend!!

SNICKERS COOKIES

3/4 Cup Peanut Butter (Smooth)
1 Bag of Mini Snickers Bars
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 Cups Bisquick Baking Mix
1 Tsp Vanilla
Baking chocolate bar melted or choc chips melted ( I add a little vanilla)

Preheat oven to 375. Mix the Peanut Butter with the sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add the Bisquick and vanilla and mix until well blended.
Unwrap Snickers
Scoop approx. 1/2 Tbls of dough,flatten a bit and then wrap the dough around the snickers. Roll in your hands to smooth out. Place on cookie sheet approx. 2 in. apart.
Bake 8 - 10 minutes
Melt chocolate. Once the cookies are cool to the touch - dip the top of the cookie in the chocolate.

Peanut Butter and Butterscotch Cookies and a Movie

First let me start off by saying that my girlfriend's husband and mine went to a stag party last night so she and I trotted ourselves over to the movie theatre to see Julie & Julia. It was a fun movie!!! Meryl Streep was excellent as Julia and Julie, played by Amy Adams had many a meltdown in trying to accomplish what all of us home cooks try to achieve...perfection! Very entertaining...hope you get a chance to get out and see it. The down side is that you want to go home and create something fabulous. My friend and I however, went to the coffee shop and had pastries and coffee!! All that food.....

Anyway, the husband likes peanut butter and he likes butterscotch. So when I saw this recipe in the August, 2009 issue of ALL YOU magazine, I knew I had to try it out on him. All you do is make your traditional peanut butter cookies, but add butterscotch morsels to the batter. They are really good. I liked the "bite" of the crunchy peanut butter and morsels together. These are a great bake sale item (unless you have a peanut free area) or a really good after school snack with a tall glass of cold milk. And if you have kids who love to help you bake, let them do the criss-cross pattern with the fork! These are really easy and if you need to bring something to a get together in a hurry, mix up a batch of these!

Peanut Butter Cookies with Butterscotch Bits

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups chucky peanut butter (not all natural)

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 11-oz. pkg. butterscotch morsels

In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.

Beat butter and peanut butter until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating to blend.

Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and butterscotch morsels.

Form into a large disk and wrap in plastic. Chill 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.

Use hands to form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place balls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Using a fork, press balls flat, the press again to form a crisscross pattern. Bake cookies until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Cool on sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 2 dozen.

Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

Are you looking for some low sugar alternatives because you are watching your weight? Me too! I hate to diet because I always feel so cheated when everyone else is enjoying that great dessert or munching on cookies. But I found this recipe that makes me feel like I am having something decadent. These are quite good and even have a nice, rich taste. So, you can have one or two without feeling too guilty. I made these on a well-used Pampered Chef stone, and have not tried it using a regular cookie sheet. I had a very good result. They are good for people who are on low-sugar diets. I tried using the natural peanut butter and didn't like them as much as with regular Jif or Peter Pan. Those products have the fats in them that help hold these together. (OK so what you give up in sugar, you make up for in a little fat!!) Use a small scoop and these will be just the right size for a pop-in-your-mouth treat.

Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy (I used crunchy....it was a nicer texture)

1 cup Splenda 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray a large baking sheet with PAM.

In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup Splenda, the egg, and vanilla; stir well with a spoon.

Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts.

Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet.

With a fork dipped in Splenda to prevent sticking, press a crisscross design on each cookie.

Bake for 12 minutes and remove from the oven.

Sprinkle with some Splenda if desired. Cool slightly before removing from pan. Yield: 18 cookies