Dessert

Baking Mode

I have been in “baking mode” ever since my brother and his fiance asked me to bake 500 cookies for their wedding.

A lot of taste testing has been happening in the Smith household! Bill and Racquel’s wedding theme color is light blue, so they asked me to incorporate it into the cookies somehow.

Here’s what the bridesmaid dresses look like.

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That shade of blue is the theme color for the wedding. I’m going to be a bridesmaid, along with Racquel’s sister and friends. Hannah is going to be a junior bridesmaid! Her dress hasn’t been chosen yet, but I believe it’s going to be white.

On to the cookies.

Here’s what I’ve tested so far. Bill and Racquel really liked the Mexican wedding cookies, and are going to try the others today.

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Mexican wedding cookies adapted from this recipe.

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White chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies loosely based off of this recipe. I used white chocolate and dyed it blue. Yes, my chocolate “drizzling skills” need work. Haha.

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This recipe was used to bake the snickerdoodles.

I have whole list of cookies I still want to try out, but it will probably be a few days until I actually get a chance because I’m going to be pet sitting for 9 hours each day for the next two days. More on that later!

What is your favorite cookie?

I love oatmeal raisin and peanut butter cookies.

Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1 cup Reese’s Pieces

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375* and cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer.
2. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
3. In a medium-sized bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk into the wet ingredients. Fold in Reese’s Pieces with a spoon.
4. Drop teaspoon(ish) sized cookies onto cookie sheet and bake 9-11 minutes, or until they are a little firm on the outside.
5. Cool for 2 minutes on a wire rack and enjoy!