Buttery Chocolatey Toffee-y Goodness!

I love to bake.  There is something about baking which makes me feel all warm and squishy inside.  I love to making goodies for my family and friends, co-workers, teachers, the marching band, the bake sale...if you ask me to bake something for somebody, chances are good that I'll say yes.  

So I am so excited to share this recipe that I tried out tonight.  So so so deliciously yummy and perfect in so many ways!  It's super-easy to make, and is so buttery, chocolatey, toffee-y, rich, crunchy, gooey, comforting, mouth-wateringly amaze-balls that you will think you died and went to heaven.  Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookie Bars

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

2 cups chocolate chips

1 cup toffee bits

Preheat oven to 375.  Grease a 9x13" pan (I sprayed with cooking spray).

Using a wooden spoon, stir together butter and sugars until light and fluffy; mix in vanilla and egg and stir until smooth.  Combine dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture.  Dough will be thick - I mixed it a bit with my hands to make sure it was all blended.  Stir in chocolate chips and toffee bits, and spread dough evenly into pan with your hands.  

Bake for 20 minutes; cool on wire rack.  Cut into bars when completely cool.  Makes 24-36 depending on how big you want them.  Mmmmmmmmmm.

Candy Cane Crinkles

And so it begins...Christmas cookie baking!

Yesterday one of my co-workers received some very yummy-looking peppermint chocolate cookies from her Secret Santa. Since we are having a cookie swap tomorrow, I felt that I MUST make some kind of cookie with crushed candy canes in them. I had a recipe pinned on Pinterest already, and tried it out tonight. It's just wonderful!

Soooo...not only do you get this delish recipe, but you also get a printable sheet of recipe cards for your own cookie swap. How sweet is that? You can nab the PDF here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aabkswmj6gtnuba/Candy%20Cane%20Crinkles.pdf

Without further ado, here is the recipe...I hope you enjoy!

Candy Cane Crinkles

3 candy canes, crushed
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheets lined with foil or parchment paper lightly with cooking spray. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla and egg; scrape sides and mix again. Combine all dry ingredients (except powdered sugar) and slowly mix into butter mixture until just combined. Scrape sides and mix again, and stir in crushed candy canes.

Pour powdered sugar on a plate. Roll dough into 1” balls, and then roll in powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet and repeat with remaining dough. Bake 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are barely brown and cookies are matte (not melty or shiny). Cool on cookie sheets for about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling racks.

Makes 2 dozen cookies.


The original recipe came from www.laurenslatest.com. I changed it just a bit by adding an extra candy cane, and rolling the dough balls to 1" size.

My pictures of the cookies did not turn out great; I borrowed the one above from the fivefoldministryschool blog.