Yummy! S'mores Cookie Recipe!!!

Are you drooling yet? I found this recipe on Baked Perfection, and I cannot wait to try it! This would be a great alternative to s'mores when you can't gather around a campfire.

Here's the recipe

S'mores Cookies
adapted from Make and Bake

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 dash of cinnamon

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups miniature chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
2 Hershey bars, chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium bowl combine the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, salt, and dash of cinnamon. In a second larger bowl beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 minutes, and remove from the oven. Push 3 to 4 marshmallows and a few pieces of hershey bar into each cookies. Return to the oven and bake an additional 3-4 minutes until fully cooked. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies.

For some reason, this recipe reminds me of the Spongebob Campfire Episode ;)

Drop it like it's hot...errr cold.

Looking for a cool way to beat the heat? Try this easy, delicious recipe!

(recipe: http://www.sunnyvegan.com/2011/05/strawberry-sorbet/)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

2 pounds strawberries (fresh or frozen)

2 tbs fresh lemon juice

Method:

mix water and sugar in a small saucepan and warm until sugar dissolves.

allow mixture to cool then add berries, sugar water, and lemon juice together in a blender. Blend until smooth then pour into ice cream maker.

once mostly frozen, transfer mixture to an airtight container and allow to firm in freezer for 1-2 hours.

Yummy! Marbled Strawberry Parfait Recipe!

Another cool recipe that I want to try! This woule be a great recipe to try during these hot summer days!

Here's the recipe:

(source: http://homecookingadventure.com/recipes/show/marbled-strawberry-parfait)

Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

500 g fresh strawberries

100 ml whipping cream

250 g mascarpone

4 tbsp powdered sugar

Directions

1.

Wash strawberries, drain well, pat dry with a clean dishtowel and remove leaves. Put them into a large bowl and start mashing them using a fork or an egg beater.

2.

Whip the cream on medium speed. Add sugar and continue mixing until soft peaks form. Add mascarpone and continue mixing until is well incorporated.  

3.

Fold in mashed strawberries, very slowly, not too much to keep the marbled effect. Pour in silicone cupcake molds and transfer to the freezer for 3-4 hours. 

4.

Transfer to refrigerator half an hour before serving and garnish with strawberry slices.

Lego Cupcakes!

Aren't These Cupcakes Amazing? I wonder how they taste....I just made you crave cupcakes...you're welcome ;)

Yummy! French Macaroon Recipe!

So, I know that I'm not the only one who sees those groupon ads with the delicious colorful cookies on them! There's a local bakery in my town that has these cookies, along with many other delicious French treats. One day soon I plan to make these. I've never been a baking genius (I tried making puzzle shaped cookies for autism awareness and they turned out looking like flowers), but I am going to try my best to make these cookies! They come in all different flavors such as French Almond and Rasberry Chocolate. If you have made these cookies before and have any suggestions, please let me know! Here is the recipe that I plan to follow (I might tweak it to have a different flavor):


Recipe From www.foodnetwork.com 

Ingredients:

Ingredients for macaroons: 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 7/8 cups almond flour 1/2 cup egg whites 2 Tbsp. sugar 3 drops food coloring 1/4 cup water Ingredients for butter cream: 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 1 Tbsp. hot water 1 tsp. instant coffee 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

Directions for macaroons: 1. Preheat over to 300 degrees F. 2. Stir together the confectioners' sugar and almond flour and sift it through a tammie or open mesh strainer. 3. In a mixer, whip the whites until frothy. Add the sugar and food coloring and whip until stiff. 4. Add 1/3 of the almost mixture and fold part way in. Add another 1/3 and fold partway in. 5. Add final 1/3 and fold in leaving a few specks of egg whites (it will look like a deflated marshmallow). 6. Place a pastry bag, with a close pin holding it shut, in a tall, round container. Fold the edge over the rim of the container to fill it easily. 7. Pipe dots of meringue at each corner to stick down some parchment paper on a sheet pan. 8. Pipe rows of kisses 1-inch each (size of a quarter) one half inch apart. 9. Bake about 17 minutes until very light brown. If necessary, pour 1/4 cup water under the parchment paper to both ends of the sheet to steam them loose. Let cool and peel off. Directions for butter cream: 1. In a mixer, whip the butter very well, scraping the bowl often until it's light and fluffy. 2. Add confectioners' sugar and mix on low. 3. Drizzle in instant coffee and vanilla with the hot water. 4. Chill until ready to use, and then bring to room temperature. 5. Pipe macaroons with buttercream and make little sandwiches. 6. Keep in a covered box chilled.