Nicole's Cooking Blog: Sweets

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Iced Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 cups old fashioned oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the shortening, sugars and eggs. Add vanilla. Combine flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add to creamed mixture. Mix in oatmeal. Let mixture sit for 5 minutes or so and then mix again.
Bake on parchment lined baking sheets for 10-12 minutes. (They spread so I bake them 6 at a time on large cookie sheets). The edges will become golden brown but the middles will look underdone. Cool on pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on racks. Makes 2-3 dozen.
Note: Do not double. If you want to make a lot of these (who could blame you?), just whip up a second batch of dough. It will only take a minute.
Glaze

2 egg whites
2 tsp lemon juice
2 cups powdered sugar

Beat well. Hold cookies by outside edges and dip upside down in icing.

Sinkerdoodle Brownies

Ingredients
2 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cinnamon Mixer:
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the bottom of a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray.
In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In mixing bowl, blend together softened butter, light brown sugar, and sugar until blended. Add one egg at a time, then add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and blend well. Spoon half of the batter into the 9×13 pan and spread evenly.
Make the cinnamon mixture by combining one tablespoon sugar and one tablespoon cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly on top of the batter. Using the remaining batter, place teaspoon sized dollops on the top of the cinnamon mixture covering the pan. You will be able to see some of the cinnamon mixture peeking through. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
Remove from oven and let cool for one hour. Combine the ingredients for the icing and drizzle it over the brownies.

Parline Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups browned butter

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup chopped pecans (reserve 1/3 cup for sprinkling on frosted cookies)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat stirring occasionally for 5-8 minutes or until deep brown with small flecks. Butter will melt, bubble, foam and then turn a deep brown, from the bottom up. Be careful at this point, it can burn quite easily once it has turned brown. Remove from heat. Take out ½ cup and set aside for frosting.

Beat slightly cooled remaining butter with brown sugar until it isn’t hot anymore. Add eggs, vanilla, soda, powder and salt. Beat thoroughly. Add flour and 2/3 cup chopped pecans.

Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes depending on size of cookie you scoop out. Small ones are better because this is a VERY rich cookie. Combine frosting ingredients and beat well. Spread over cooled cookies and sprinkle remaining chopped pecans on top. Makes 4-5 dozen.

Frosting:

½ cup reserved brown butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 cups powdered sugar

¼ cup hot water

Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Frosting is thick but you can add a tad more hot water to make it spreadable if you need to.

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

Ingredients:
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Frosting:
3/4 cup butter
6 Tbsp buttermilk
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a medium pot add the peanut butter, water, and butter and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, and baking soda with a fork. Add to the peanut butter mixture.
4. Add the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla to the bowl and mix well.
5. Stir well and pour into greased or parchment lined cookie sheet pan (jellyroll pan). Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

For the Frosting:
1. In a small pot bring the butter, buttermilk, and peanut butter to a boil.
2. Remove pan from the heat and add the powdered sugar and vanilla.
3. Pour frosting over the warm cake.