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Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars   (makes an 8x8 square pan or one round cake pan)   RECIPES AT THE TOP - CHIT CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! PRINTABLE VIEW HERE! 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) real butter, softened 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 1 cup chocolate chips *This recipe could be doubled for baking in a 9x13 pan. (Makes about 12 cookie bars.) Instructions:   Preheat oven to 350°. Stir softened butter, both sugars, egg and vanilla until smooth.  Add baking soda, salt and stir.  Next add flour and stir.  Stir in chocolate chips last. Batter will be thick.  Spread in sprayed/prepared 8x8 square or 8" round cake pan.  (I actually sprayed my clean hands with cooking spray and then patted the dough into my sprayed cake pan.) Bake 22-24 minutes or until browning. Wait to cut until cooled a little. The Chit Chat This weekend we p...

Cream Cheese Brownies Printable Recipe Here The brownie recipe itself in Cream Cheese Brownies is a variation of my Homemade Brownie Mix recipe .  (The dry ingredients can be mixed and stored in baggies or jars in your pantry for mixing up a pan of brownies at a moment's notice and Ditching the Box.)  You can find other "Ditch the Box" recipes HERE .   Brownie Ingredients: 1 cup white granulated sugar 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup (1 stick real butter) (or oil works in a pinch) 2 eggs (I use medium or small eggs for this) 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream Cheese mixture : 8 oz block cream cheese 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour 1 egg (using only the egg white will result in a whiter cream cheese mixture but I used the whole egg) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Directions : Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 8 x 8 square pan w/ cooking spray. Mix up the brownies first: Melt butter (I used the micr...

RECIPES AT THE TOP!  CHIT-CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! This recipe has also been shared at: Sweet Little Bluebird !  Check it out to see more great recipes just like this one! Peanut Butter Brownies -  Pantry Cooking 1/2 cup peanut butter (I used creamy "naturals".) 1/3 cup margarine, softened (try not to melt all the way) 2/3 cup white granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking POWDER 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup all purpose flour INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease/flour your baking pan.  Use either 9 x 9 square pan or 7 x 11 rectangle pan. Soften the margarine (try not to melt all the way). Add in all other ingredients except the flour.  Stir well.  Add the flour.  Stir again to incorporate all of the flour. Spoon into a sprayed (or prepared/greased/floured) baking pan.  Spread around.  I had to use the back of a spoon to...

Chocolate Chip - Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies www.AtHomeMyWay.blogspot.com RECIPES AT THE TOP!  Chit Chat at the bottom. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  (Makes app. 24 cookies.) 1 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Oats 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated white sugar 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk (I used 1 small whole egg instead of a large yolk) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chocolate chips Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Soften butter (I used the microwave just until softened). Add sugar (brown sugar and white) and STIR WELL.  Then add the eggs and stir again until smooth.  STIR IN the cocoa, baking soda, salt, vanilla.  THEN add flour and oats.  Stir until blended.  Add chocolate chips and stir again. (I refrigerated for about 30 minu...

Do you like soft & chewy chocolate chip cookies?  I have found the recipe for you!  They happen to also be eggless and can be vegan if you want to use those options.  The key to the softness is the coconut oil.  Every time I use coconut oil in cookies, they turn out THE BEST! I've been really hating that so many bloggers bog my phone down with lots of chatter and ads before I can get to the recipe, so without much chatter, here's the recipe.  I will list a few tips for making cookies with coconut oil down below. Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (No Eggs & Vegan) 2/3 cup coconut oil (warm just slightly to soften-stirrable) 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated/white sugar 1/2 cup applesauce 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons cornstarch 2 cups chocolate chips (dairy free, if vegan) Directions : Warm measured coconut oil until not melted completely but s...

We have a great little cookie bakery in the town where I work called "Hot Box Cookies".  The cookies are heavy, moist, and fantastic!  We only get Hot Box Cookies on super special occasions and one of the guys at work had a birthday complete with some Hot Box Cookies not too long ago.  One of my favorites is the Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip cookies that they have so I set out recently to come up with a recipe that I could make at home. Wouldn't you know it, I had everything I needed except butter.  Typical in my kitchen!  I did have some coconut oil which I sometimes use as a replacement for the fat in my recipes and/or in my soap making.  I decided to just use coconut oil instead of butter in my cookie recipe.  It was amazing!  I liked them so much that I decided to only make this recipe with coconut oil.  The cookies turned out nice and fat, crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside.  So good!  I am definitely going to...

RECIPES AT THE TOP - CHIT CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! Here's how I make the Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies EVER - AT HOME MY WAY: Best Oatmeal Cookies EVER! 3/4 cup butter (use the real thing - I use salted butter), ( softened to room temp ) 1 cup dark brown sugar ( I didn't have brown sugar so used 1 cup regular sugar and added 1 teaspoon molasses to my creamed ingredients.  Light brown sugar works fine also.) 1/2 cup regular granulated white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon regular table salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups oats (old fashioned oats-uncooked) 1 cup raisins (+water for cooking them) Directions (I use a wooden spoon to mix these up): FIRST - Preheat oven to 375° . NEXT (don't skip this step)-Put the raisins in a little pot and cover with water.  Bring to a boil and then shut off the heat. Let them sit 15 minutes - just while mixing your cookie dough...

My mom used to make these cookies for my brother and I when we were growing up.  They continue to be our favorite cookie!  Typically she made them during the Christmas holidays but we love them any time.  They are great for summer treats because you don't have to use the oven.  They aren't super healthy, but with ingredients like oatmeal and peanut butter, I have determined (ha!) that they aren't such a bad choice.  Certainly they are a better choice than boxed cookies, right? I have made another recipe for these cookies.  Recipes for this cookie are all over the place.  The last recipe I made was a flop!  They didn't set up.  That was so disappointing!  I decided that, "Mama knows best" and dug out my mom's recipe for these cookies.  I followed her instructions to a T and they worked like a charm.  Definitely do it exactly like it says.  Who wants a flop recipe?  Not me! The only thing that I chang...