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In honor of the game, I made Butterscotch Haystack Cookies!
I was given this recipe 20 years ago in a workplace cookie exchange.




1 - 5 oz can of crunchy Chinese noodles
1 - 11 oz bag of butterscotch chips
1/2 cup of salted peanuts
OR a pinch of salt for those who cannot have nuts
Sprinkles optional


Melt the chips in a double boiler or in the microwave. If using the microwave, use 30-second intervals, stirring well between each until melted.

Fold in noodles and peanuts.

On a wax paper lined cookie sheet, drop cookies using a spoon. While still maliable, add sprinkles. Put in the refrigerator for a half hour until set.

Yields 2 dozen.

I made these today for our church Christmas Bazaar on Saturday.

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These a a very quick and easy snack that are both sweet and savoury. measure with your heart. There are so many different ways to tweak this.

I found this recipe on Instagram

You need:

Coco Pops (or Choco Krispis, Choco Krispies, Coco Pops, Choco Pops depending on region)
Dessicated coconut or sprinkles. I used dessicated coconut.
Dark chocolate melts
mini jatz (or ritz crackers). I used mini jatz with sea salt.

Spread coco pops in a baking dish.
Lightly sprinkle coconut over top.
Place chocolate buttons on top of cocopops and melt in low temp oven until chocolate is melted.
Place mini jatz in top of chocolate and lightly press down. Place in refrigerator until cool

https://postimg.cc/gallery/GvBdP2T

Peanut butter is nothing like butterscotch but I bet it would taste amazing anyways!

@visions, never mind, picture is above

I made kgstable's brownies. They are so fantastically fudgy and gooey, just how I like them!
I lightly dusted mine with powdered sugar so they would pop better on camera, but the only thing I added to the recipe was dark chocolate chips. I'm going to take these to our weekly family dinner tomorrow night. :-)


Edit: I did a single batch and baked it in a 9x5 loaf pan, using the instructions on the recipe link.

I made a brownie cookie, based off the recipe on this website: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222721/easy-brownie-mix-cookies/

Recipe:
1 (18.3 ounce) package brownie mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or more as needed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingredients, fold in chocolate chips. Line a baking sheet with wax paper and drop dough 2 inches apart. Cookies should be on the middle rack. Bake for 10 minutes.

I added some chocolate frosting with sprinkles to a few, but they really didn't need them.


(I have no idea why the picture showed up so large, I'm doing all this from my phone which complicates things)

Cake mix cookies!

Cake mix cookies are some of my favorites because they’re so easy. Just 3 ingredients, throw them together, and put them in the oven.

Mine are gluten free and the chocolate chips are allergy friendly, but you can do anything you want!

1 box cake mix
1/2 cup oil or butter
2 eggs
+ whatever mix ins your heart desires :)

Mix it together, bake in the oven at 350 for 9-15 minutes.

Note:
Cake mixes do vary by size from brand to brand. My gluten free cake mix was 22oz so it was much too dry with just a 1/2 cup of butter. Ultimately, I added a bit too much which is why they spread out so much. They’re still super tasty though! :)

Edit: I’m also having photo posting issues. Going to try to sort it out. Here’s a link in the meantime https://imgur.com/a/pG3B3pp

Edit again:
Did they change Imgur? Apparently I don’t now how to post images anymore

Edit:
Thank you blucrystals! My images are fixed now! Anyone else having issues, try opening Imgur in a browser instead of the app

Both of you are using the webpage URL not the image URL which is why you can't use the image tag. If you look at what you copied it does not end in .jpeg, .png or .gif which means it will never be able to show as an embedded image.

Just posting the webpage url without the image tag is fine though.

A family staple passed down from my mom to me - Dump Cake! (Not a cookie, obviously, but very easy and very shareable!) I used blueberry pie filling instead of cherry.



(Please forgive my messy stovetop! >_<) <br />
Here's a link to the closest recipe I could find online

And I promise, no Cinna(mon) or Old Ba(e) goes into the cake. ;)

Not cookies, but we DID make sourdough! I'm generally not involved much in kitchen-things, but I participated in the creation of our last couple rounds of bread, partially against my will. XD
(I don't really have the patience for something that's like "yes, do the stretching, then leave it alone for a while, then do it again" repeatedly, and neither does my husband, but it's worth it for bread the kids both can & will eat!)


I failed to take a picture when we took the bread out, and by the time I got home the next day, it was half gone, whoops.

This is the video used as general guidelines/directions: How to Make the Best Sourdough Sandwich Bread
And a summary, for those of you (like me) who believe that a video is a terrible recipe:
Tools-
big bowl
scale
a mixing tool (she uses a spoon and some shiny scrapers, we just use a spoon)
two bread pans
towel

Ingredients -
sourdough starter (use 300g)
water (650g)
olive oil (50g)
honey (40g) - we substitute sugar (kiddo1 has issues with honey)
salt (20g)
bread flour (1000g)

Steps-
mix the water & starter
add the other stuff
get it all nice and mixed, then cover with a damp cloth & let sit in a warm place for like a half-hour
come back, stretch & fold, cover it, and leave it for another half-hour (do this 3 more times); add flour if the spirit moves you (and it's too sticky) during any of these stretch-and-fold sessions
let it sit for THREE HOURS (covered with a damp cloth in a warm place again) (or if you didn't start until too late and OH JEEZ it's already 9PM, cover it & leave it in the fridge overnight XD)
grease bread pans, fold the dough into a ball, divide it in half & put it in the pans
cover them and leave them for a couple more hours - seriously, sourdough is not a fast thing
bake at 400 for like 30 minutes
pull them out of the oven & the pans, and oil them (she does butter, but kiddo1 can't do dairy, so we stick with more olive oil)
LEAVE them.. for at least another hour... before cutting into them (otherwise it's likely to be all gummy and sticky)

That made me smile. I had visions of people all over the world pushing their cookies into post boxes and planes flying them to Bulgaria so you could enjoy them! ;)

We attempted sugar cookies, cause my son wanted to decorate. Me and cookies from scratch do not mix, so forewarned, they are closer to resembling Halloween treats. I either over bake or I may not mix as good as I should. (Or vs)

https://imgur.com/a/976r5qe
https://imgur.com/a/V0xse9V
2nd picture was after decorating. :D

Good Ol Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ cups butter, softened
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Directions
Gather all ingredients.
Beat sugar and softened butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least 1 hour (or overnight).
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Roll out dough to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness.
Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Recipe Tip from online
Line sheets with parchment paper, or use a silicone baking mat if preferred.

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Carefully transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely before decorating.

You can make them for full points. :)

I wanted to make someone else’s recipe here but people brought me cookies and I have too many cookies to consider.. making more cookies ! I really like Mackz’s cookies I even have marshmallows.. I’ll leave it at that

I made the Sunprint cookies! I used the recipe on the Herd Helper description. I used pumpkin for the "sweet winter squash" and a combination of corn flour and blended GF rice flour, as well as a rasberry+blueberry mixed jam for the filling.





Again, no cinna(mon) or Old Ba(e) were used in the recipe.

Have tokens gone out for this yet? I haven’t seen anything come through on my transaction log.

Diamond tokens have been sent. Thank you everyone for sharing your wonderful treats. :x

Thank you!!