Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

If you are a peanut butter lover you will love these chewy peanut butter cookies with peanut butter chips in them.  The recipe calls for chocolate chips and we usually do half with chocolate chips since we have a chocolate chip lover in the family.  I prefer the peanut butter chips...so yummy!  I put them in my new Longaberger tea basket!  So cute, what a great gift!  It is my new favorite basket!

Enjoy

Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

French Breakfast Muffins

I am making a goal!  Goals are scary, but I thought I would make one anyway.  I am going to add to this blog every day...well ok maybe every other day...

So here is one of my childrens favorite breakfast on school mornings

French Breakfast Muffins from Family Fun.com

shown here of course in my Longaberger small entertaining basket (love it)

I change the recipe a bit.  I make them in mini muffin tins for tiny little bites.

I butter the tins (you can use spray)

Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in liquids.

mix well with a wooden spoon

and bake.  I set the timer for about 7 min and watch after that.

Muffins waiting to be dunked in butter and cinnamon sugar-Yum!

I like to freeze them and take out as many as my little ones want in the morning and just pop them into the microwave for 5 seconds.  Just like hot out of the oven!

I have this picture to show you two of my favorite things..my glass 2 cup and 4 cup measuring cups.  They come in handy for mixing small amounts and melting items like butter or chips in the microwave.  Couldn't live without them!

Sugar Cookies

My son had a fall party in his class today so I got to bake the sugar cookies shaped into yummy pumpkins. The cookies were a big hit so I thought I would pass along my recipe.  I wish I would have taken pictures along the way while making these cookies.  I am a visual person and can usually figure things out better when I see them.  Next time I make them I will take pictures.  But for now I will try to explain the process I use.

Great way to travel with cookies in a Longaberger basket

I think one thing that makes these so yummy is I use wax paper to roll out the dough instead of using flour. That seems to cut down on making them taste like flour! Prepare the recipe for no-fail sugar cookies and simply refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 2 hours, when you are ready to begin cut outs take a small portion of dough and place between two sheets of wax paper.  Roll out dough (you will get a serious work out!) to desired thickness and cut out shapes.  Place cookies gently onto cookie sheet and bake.  Be sure not to over bake the cookies.  I always feel they are almost not done yet when I remove them.  As long as you can get them off the sheet they are done.  Let cookies cool on a cooling rack.  Remove the cookies as soon as they have cooled enough to stay together and place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet in the freezer.  You only need to have them in the freezer a short time and then they can placed in a freezable container or I use a gallon ziplock.  They will not stick together once they have been frozen.  The cookies can stay frozen right up until you use them.  I will even frost them while they are still frozen.  Great recipe for Christmas cookies, or even give aways.

I hope you enjoy them!  We sure did!

No Fail Sugar Cookie Recipe link here!

More Baskets and Baking

I am loving this Longaberger medium entertaining basket! With the liner you can do so many thing with it.  We served cookies in it one day and cake in it the next!  

I have baked in my woven tradition baking dish several times since it came.  The cover made it nice for delivering it to the fire station and keeping the cake fresh.  Longaberger baking dishes are great for baking and can be placed in the microwave, dishwasher, and even in the fridge with all those yummy left overs.  I can tell this is going to be a classic favorite at our home.

I wanted to share my yummy cake secret!  To make the best homemade cake ever is so easy!  All you need is your favorite boxed cake, and a box of your favorite instant pudding.  Spruce up your box cake recipe by replacing the water called for in the directions with milk instead.  Continue with all the other ingredients called for.  Throw your box of pudding in and follow the directions on the box and you will have a cake better than from the bakery!  Be sure not to over bake your cake.  Try different combinations of cake boxes and pudding boxes and come up with your own special creation!  

Enjoy!

Ohio State Buckeye Basket and Accessories

My husband is from Zanesville, Ohio so as you can guess we are Buckeye fans!  What fun that Longaberger has out this month a Script Ohio 75th Anniversary basket and lid!  It is only available for the month of October.  Head on over to my Longaberger site for all kinds of fun 

Collegiate baskets and accessories.