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Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped Butter Cookie Recipe

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BUTTER COOKIES

One of my past times is baking during the holiday. The recipe is easy with the right tools. A few helpful tips for the perfect cookie is to use parchment paper, a rolling pin, a quality cookie sheet, a quality cookie cutter, and a timer. My favorite brand of bakeware is Wilton. These cookies bake very quickly so you have to watch the time.

1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 large Land O Lakes® Egg

2 tablespoons orange juice

1 tablespoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

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The full recipe is here

Best Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies for Holiday Baking

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Baking is my past time during the holidays.  I found the best chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe.  What is the perfect chewy chocolate chip cookie?  I love a homemade chewy cookie that remains chewy days after baking.    On Pinterest, there are hundreds of recipes for a “chewy” chocolate chip cookie and it varies depending on the combination of ingredients.  I found the perfect recipe that incorporates cornstarch(this was a first for me) and this was from GrandBabyCakes.   This year I added my sea salt in place of regular salt.

This was my first time using any of these recipes and this was clearly a great recipe and  KID APPROVED!  My kids could not stop eating.

The recipe begins below,  PERFECT CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Ingredients

    • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
    • 3/4 teaspoon salt(I used sea salt)
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
    • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
    • 1 large egg plus 2 egg yolks at room temperature
    • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, and baking soda and put aside.
  1. In the bowl of your mixer, add butter and both granulated and brown sugars and cream together for 3-4 minutes on high until light and fluffy…………

There are some really great tips on how to get a perfectly chewy cookie.  One tip includes under baking the cookie for a chewy cookie.  I wanted to stick as close as possible to the recipe, however, on my next batch, I am definitely going to remove from the oven a few minutes before the full baking time.

Tips*:  Refrigerate for 2 hours instead of 1 hour.  Watch time closely!

We are now adding this cookie to our recipe box under COOKIES.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Batter….

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Before Baking

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PERFECT……..

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I hope you enjoy with a cold glass of milk.

Hershey’s Ultimate Chocolate Brownie Recipe for all the Chocaholics

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Brownies are the best for dessert.  The only thing sweeter is adding a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.    I started baking when I was ten and it has become a hobby for stress relief.     If you’re a chocolate lover like me, you will love these brownies.   These brownies are chocolate overload with chocolate chips, chocolate buttercream frosting, and more chocolate chips.  I am now convinced that homemade from a recipe is far better than a box mix any day.   My brownies have to be fudgy from the first bite and not like cake.   The recipe credit is from Hersheys.com.   If you are looking for a recipe using chocolate this is my go to site.

INGREDIENTS

  • Additional HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (optional)
  • 3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2/3 cup butter or margarine , melted and divided
  • 1/2 cup water boiling

The rest of recipe can be found here

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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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More Chips….

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