Cookie Dough Recipes

Cookie dough makes me feel like a messy girl with pigtails, beaters, and a big grin - all over again! I love cupcake batter, but cookie dough is in a class of its own.

Note: Pregnant women should refrain from eating cookie dough due to raw eggs in it. (although - there are some debates about the dangers of eating raw egg.)

What to Do With Raw Cookie Dough

There are countless things to do with raw cookie dough. Some ideas are:

• Mix it with vanilla ice cream for your own homemade cookie dough ice cream.
• Swirl it in with fudge for some cookie dough fudge.
• Spread a layer of it in between two cakes instead of frosting. This would be awesome with cheesecake.
• Just leave it sitting around with a spoon and eat some periodically.
• Make cookie dough cupcakes

Raw Cookie Dough Recipe

Note: To make it egg-less, I used milk to replace the moisture from the eggs. It worked perfectly!

• 2 C all-purpose flour
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 C unsalted butter, melted
• 1 C packed brown sugar
• 1/2 C white sugar
• 1 T vanilla extract
• 4 T milk
• Any amount of any mix-in you'd like - t chocolate chips, nuts, or fruit would all work.

1. Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. That's it!

If you are not pregnant then you could go for the ordinary cookie dough recipe also known as "the ultimate mind blowing cake". I adopted this recipe from tidymom.net and it never fails to make me forget my name (its that delicious)

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Summary: yields 24 cupcakes

ingredients

• 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1½ cups light brown sugar, packed
• 4 large eggs
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet or bittersweet)

instructions

1. preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. Using the paddle attachment on your mixer, combine the butter and brown sugar. Cream together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, approx 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl .
3. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
4. Alternating add the dry ingredients to the mixer bowl with the milk on low speed, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, mixing each addition just until incorporated.
5. Blend in the vanilla.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
7. Divide the batter evenly between 24 cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

quick notes

While the cupcakes bake and cool, prepare your cookie dough filling.

Thanks to: tidymom.net and cupcakeproject.com

Affordable Alphabet cutters

I got a call from my friend the other day, and she was asking me if i could make her daughter an alphabet cake. She wanted a pink fondant cake with alphabets (gumpaste) as the basic medium of design. Right after we hang up, i went online to check on alphabet cookie cutters. I am a wilton fan, but i really don't use my money to buy baking gadgets. Most of my wilton goodies are gifts from loved ones.

Note: If you are planning to bake for a long period of time then try to invest on good high-quality brands. They may seem costly at first but their endurance can provide you years and years of service.

Going back to alphabet cutters. This is what i was able to browse online:

Sugar cookies!:)

There are different sugar cookie recipes available on the internet. Some like their cookies sweet while some wants it plain. Use the one that works best for you and adapt it to your personal taste. I personally use this recipe that i found over the internet. This recipe is well adored and worshiped by my 2 year old son.

Basic sugar cookies you need:

• 1 c. {two sticks} of unsalted BUTTER, softened
• 1 1/2 c. confectioner’s sugar (you can either add or lessen this depending on your preferences)
• 1 large egg
• 2-3 tsp flavoring {pick what you like, I prefer almond}
• 2 1/2-2 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder

1. Cream together softened butter and confectioner’s sugar. Crack the egg into a separate bowl, and add the flavoring.

2.Add that to the butter sugar mixture and mix until the egg is thoroughly incorporated.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, then add little by little to the mixture.

*I can tell the dough is ready when most of it sticks to the paddle.

When I touch it, it has a little give, but does not stick to my fingers.*

Roll out on parchment to about 1/4 an inch thick, use flour for dusting as necessary. Then, cut and bake at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes. This version makes 2-2 1/2 dozen, doubled, it makes 4-5 dozen.

The cookies go into the oven for about 7 minutes. Sometimes i overcook them to

add a little crisp. However, if you want to keep your cookies white make sure to watch them as they bake inside your oven.

Once your cookies are baked, make sure to place them on an airtight container. Let them sit there for a day before you start decorating them. But with or without decorations, you can be certain that this sugar cookies is to die for.

Happy Baking!

Dina

Thanks to: http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/