Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip cookie mix

I always store cookie mixes and cake mixes in my baking drawer. They are my "emergency stash", i use them when we have unexpected visitors or when my baking mood arises.

This cookie mix never fails to make my husband, son and friends drool. 

It's very easy to make and it's also awesomely delicious.

This cookie mix calls for a 1/2 cup of butter. Just divide your butter bar into two and basically that's the 

half of it. You need to cream you butter before adding the cookie mix.

*make sure that you butter is SOFTENED and NOT melted.

After creaming the butter in your mixer you can now add your chocolate chip cookie mix.

Once your butter and cookie mix become incorporated with each other, you can now add

you eggs.

Mix it for another minute and turn off you mixer.

*DO NOT OVERMIX.

Sometimes i add more chocolate chip into my cookie mixture.
*death by chocolate chip*

Once your mixture is done, use an ice cream scoop to equally divide your cookies into your cookie sheet. 

Follow the baking instructions indicated at the cookie mix box.

I always aim for soft and chewy cookies, so i remove my cookies in the oven 5 minutes before time.

*COOKIES BAKE/HARDEN EVEN AFTER YOU REMOVE FROM YOUR OVEN*

I usually let them cool and then i place them in a airtight container to maintain moisture and quality.

Try this: before indulging this cookies, put them in the microwave for 15 seconds. They will taste

like freshly baked cookies. 

Cookie Time, 

Dina

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