Double Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies

 

 

These cookies should be renamed SIN!! Oh my goodness they are everything bad for you, but oh so good. The cookies themselves are very rich so you could easily eat just one, I didn't of course. ;) The icing is soft and creamy which is the perfect topping for these cookies. It's like whipped cream on your favorite dessert.

Ingredients:

1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, cold and cut into cubes
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Mascarpone glaze
4 ounces Mascarpone cheese, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add in the cream cheese and beat until combined (it's okay if small clumps form), then beat in the egg yolk and vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the dry ingredients until combined. Use a spoon to stir in the chocolate chips.

Refrigerate the dough for 10 to 15 minutes, just until it's slightly less sticky and easier to roll into balls. Roll into golf-ball sized balls and place about 2 inches apart on a nonstick baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies are set. Let cool completely before covering in the glaze.

Mascarpone glaze
Whisk together all the ingredients until smooth and creamy. Use a spoon or spatula to spread the glaze on the cookies or use a pastry bag (I did!) to pipe it across.

Source: How Sweet It Is

Recipe Swap #1 Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Today I'm excited to write my first post as a participant in the Surprise Recipe Swap.  I joined the group last month and was excited to receive my secret partner of the month. As a member, I will be given a blog each month to check out and replicate one of their recipes. On an assigned day, we all post and reveal who our secret blog partner is! I'm excited to participate in the group, it is great to find new recipes and learn from other bloggers.

My secret blogger is, Stephanie from Attainable Cuisine I really enjoyed going through her posts and reading her work. She is a wife, busy mother of three children, and finishing her degree in education. She even finds time to blog about her cooking!! I don't know how she gets it all done, but she does and she does it well. :)

As I looked through the recipes, I was drawn to a sweet treat. The treat is called  Lemon Crinkle Cookies. For some reason I have been really wanting lemon desserts lately so when I read about this recipe my mouth started to water. These cookies are so light and moist. Perfect for a hot summer day with a tall glass of ice tea.

 

  Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tsp lemon zest
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Combine dry ingredients, except the powdered sugar, and set aside.
Cream sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, zest and juice; mix until ingredients are incorporated. Slowly stir in flour.
Either using a small spoon or a teaspoon scoop out dough and gently roll into balls, dip each in the powdered sugar to coat. Place on cookie sheet and bake 13 minutes. Be sure to watch closely towards the end of baking since all ovens bake differently.
Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack. Store in a airtight container.

Source: Attainable Cuisine

If you are interested in also participating in a future surprise swap go here to the Hungry Little Girl's blog. :)

Way to a Man's Heart Cookies

     

My whole family loves these cookies!! They don't stick around long at all when I make them.  This is the very reason I don't make a lot of desserts. I am at home most everyday and I have NO self control when I have desserts sitting out in the kitchen. Just one more...  :) This recipe makes about 5-6 dozen. I usually freeze half so they stay fresh and it also helps regulate how many we eat. ;)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups quick oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1 bag Heath toffee chips
2 tsp vanilla
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Cream the butter and sugars together in a mixer bowl.
2. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Gradually add to the wet ingredients.
4. Add in the oats, Heath chips and chocolate chips mixing to combine between each ingredient.
5. Drop on a greased cookie sheet (or baking stone) and bake at 325 degrees for about 14-15 minutes.

Source: www.eatathomecooks.com