Fantastic Food

 Sugar cookies--so buttery and sugary and...well, just super yum.  But who has time for all the work of making sugar cookies?  The dough, the refrigerating, the rolling, cutting, frosting, and decorating....  Blah! Not me!  These bars are our go-to when we need sugar cookies for anything.  And they are a crowd pleaser, let me tell you!  I've had people ask me to make them for wedding receptions.  They are sooo good and sooooooo much easier than making individual sugar cookies.  I don't even remember the last time I made actual sugar cookies because there's really no point anymore when we all love the bars and I love how easy they are.   This recipe is originally from Our Best Bites .  They have great recipes there.  I have tweaked this recipe to my preferences though.   Cookie Ingredients : 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 Tbs. almond extract 3 cups flour, lightly spooned  ...

You know that elusive, best-ever, chocolate chip cookie recipe?  Yeah I don't know where that is because everyone has a different idea of what the best cookie is.  And that's okay!  Variety is the spice of life.  If you don't love what I love, that's fine! I'll judge and think you're crazy, but we will both survive.  You'll go on loving gross cookies, and I'll go on loving the good stuff.  And we will both, somehow, be happy with that.  If you ever want to try the good stuff, it'll be right here for you.  And so will I.  Maybe.  I'm not as forgiving as these best-ever chocolate chip cookies.... INGREDIENTS: 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. kosher salt 3 sticks (or 1 1/2 cups) butter, softened 1 cup granulated suger 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed 2 eggs 1 Tbs vanilla extract 1 cup dark chocolate chips 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips DIRECTIONS: 1) Preheat oven to 350/375 F....

These cookies are so good!  I don't usually like no-bake that much, but these are way yummy.  And not overly sweet.  The recipe I adapted to fit what I wanted called for 2 cups of sugar.  These have half of that and more chocolate flavor because there is twice as much cocoa powder (hence the dark chocolate).  Rich and tasty, without making you sick! (always a bonus in my book)  Plus there's protein from the milk and peanut butter, lots of fiber from the oats, and healthy fats from the coconut oil.  They're practically not even a dessert once you add all those things together, so bon appetit ;)  Ingredients: 1 cup sugar (could try honey or agave!) 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup coconut oil 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 3/4 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 cup peanut butter (I prefer Adam's crunchy peanut butter) 1 Tbs vanilla extract 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup-3/4 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (optional) Directions: 1. Prepare a baking sheet...