Raspberry Mocha Cookies

There are few things I enjoy more than raspberries and chocolate.  There, I said it.  Maybe when my husband brings me raspberries and chocolate.  When my favorite coffee shop brings out their raspberry mocha every February, I feel like its my birthday.  I need to stop talking about it now because I may start drooling on my keyboard, and that would be bad.  I don't think my husband will let me get a new one!

These were modified from a recipe from Taste of Home's Complete Guide to Baking

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup chocolate chips, melted and cooled
1/2 cup fresh raspberries, pureed
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup cappuccino chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Measure flour, baking soda, and salt in large bowl and set aside.  Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition. Mix together raspberry puree and chocolate.  Add to sugar, egg and butter mixture.  Slowly add flour to mix. Mix in until combined.  Add cappuccino chips.

Drop by spoonfuls 2 inches apart on baking sheet.  Bake for 10-12 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.

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Kitchen Cupboard Cookies

On Tuesday, my god-daughter was over for the evening.  Between getting dinner on the table and supervising homework and shower for my little man, I wanted to make cookies as a treat for everyone. My first choice was to make these, but I didn't have everything I needed, so this is what I ended up with:

Kitchen Cupboard Cookies

3 eggs
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup peanut butter (I used creamy since that's what I had, but crunchy would be delicious!)
1 stick butter, at room temperature
6-8 girl scout thin mint cookies, broken into quarters
3/4 cup chocolate chips
4 cups old fashioned oatmeal (not instant)
1/2 cup flour (I used a mix of white and whole wheat flour)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together eggs and sugars with mixer until smooth.  Add salt, baking powder, sugar, vanilla, peanut butter, and butter, mix until combined.  Add remaining ingredients and mix until combined.  Drop onto cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes.  Remove to cooling rack.  Enjoy, but be careful, these are addictive!


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Tis the season...

for cookies! I'll be baking some different ones next year, but tonight its the simpler ones. One of my favorites to make is the Craisin white chocolate chip cookie recipe. Its very simple and easy to make, and you can add whatever suits your fancy to the recipe (like semi-sweet chocolate chips)

They are yummy, and just the thing to start with! Did I mention I'm just beginning?