Cookies

cut out s'mores sandwich cookies

May 16, 2017 · 1 Comment

Disclosure: I received free cookie cutters from Natizo in exchange for my honest review.

Are you craving s'mores but there is no campfire in sight? These Cut-Out S'Mores Sandwich Cookies are what you need! Graham cookies are filled with marshmallow frosting and dipped in dark chocolate.

Helloooo, friends! I'm so happy to be sharing another delicious dessert recipe today. Most of us {or at least y'all who have normal schedules} are probably on summer vacation now, which means it's s'mores season! I partnered up with Natizo to show off their gorgeous nesting cookie cutters, and to whip up a cookie inspired by everyone's favorite summer tradition. These Cut-Out S'mores Sandwich Cookies combine a graham cookie base with a marshmallow frosting filling, and an indulgent chocolate dip!

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lemon cake mix crinkle cookies

Apr 24, 2017 · 6 Comments

If you're craving something light and fresh, make these delicious Lemon Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies! These take just 15 minutes from mixing bowl to oven to mouth!

Ooooh, you guys I am SO EXCITED to be sharing this recipe with y'all today! I have been meaning to share it for months, but I am a bad blogger and I kept forgetting {and kept losing the recipe} and alsooo lemon cookies are not in season in December. But alas, here we are! These Lemon Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies are incredibly delicious and SO easy to make. You'd never guess there was some sort of baking mix involved. Let's make them!

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mini chocolate chip snowball cookies

Dec 19, 2016 · 4 Comments

Mini Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies are the perfect shareable Christmas cookies! The dough takes just 5 ingredients and 10 minutes to throw together, and kids love to help!

Christmas is coming up so soon y'all! Eeep! So much to do, so little time. I'm here to say that it's okay to take a break from the shopping and wrapping... and make some cookies! These Mini Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies have been Christmastime staples in my household for ages and I can't believe they've never been shared on the blog before. They're soft, crumbly little balls of heaven. Let me show you how they're made!

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cream cheese chocolate chip cookies

May 18, 2016 · 2 Comments

If you love chewy cookies, you will adore these Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies! These stay soft and irresistible for days!

So... I have a confession. A really, very embarrassing confession. I haven't posted any sort of cookie recipe in two months, but I haven't posted proper cookies since literally Christmastime. CHRISTMAS! Who does that??? Me, that's who. I knew that cookies had to make a comeback on the blog, and they had to be something special. In slightly related news, I grossly overestimated how much cream cheese I would need for this wedding cake the other weekend, and as a result, I have like...2 and a half pounds of spare cream cheese hanging out in my fridge. Oops. Once I discovered that cream cheese in cookies was a thing, I knew exactly what I had to do. Two birds, one stone, ya know? These Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies will change your life!

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turtle ice cream sandwiches with homemade salted caramel

Mar 8, 2016 · 3 Comments

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Hello, lovely readers! I am so excited to have paired up with Blue Bunny® ice cream today to bring you this delicious recipe perfect for spring! I decided to pair the scrumptious Blue Bunny® Butter Pecan ice cream with homemade chocolate-chocolate chip cookies and an indulgent salted caramel sauce to create the ultimate turtle-inspired ice cream sandwiches. These are so simple and so incredibly yummy! Let's get to work.

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berry linzer cookies

Dec 16, 2015 · 3 Comments

Hello, darling readers! Christmas is fast approaching, and we all know the holidays just wouldn't be the same without cookies! This was my third year participating in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, and it was so much fun. My first year, I made some Dark Chocolate Mint Chip Biscotti, and last year I made this Chocolate Chip Confetti Shortbread. This year, I decided to step away from the chocolate and make some classic buttery linzer cookies with mixed berry jam. Let's get to baking!

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hot cocoa cookies

Dec 11, 2015 · 1 Comment

Christmas keeps drawing nearer and nearer, and my kitchen just keeps on pumping out cookies. My latest are these ridiculously chocolatey Hot Cocoa Cookies! I have had the idea for chocolate cookies with some sort of marshmallow-y component for forever, but as usual, I normally have more ideas than time and when the time comes, the season is wrong. These babies are deeply chocolatey and undeniably fudgy, with a generous, gooey dollop of marshmallow creme in the center, and drizzled with melted dark chocolate for good measure.

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tahini chocolate thumbprint cookies

Jul 18, 2015 · 2 Comments

Hello, lovelies! Today, I am sharing another delicious recipe in collaboration with Sesame King Tahini, and I am so excited to tell y'all all about it! These are Tahini Chocolate Thumprints, and I like to think of them as the grown-up, more sophisticated version of the classic Peanut Butter Blossoms. The peanut butter is, of course, replaced with roasted tahini, and the storebought chocolates are replaced by a homemade mixture of dark chocolate chips and heavy cream that has the taste and texture of a chocolate truffle. Yes, please!

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smoked salt & browned butter chocolate chip cookies

Apr 13, 2015 · 15 Comments

YOU GUYS. These cookies are my new favorite thing ever ever ever. Oh my goodness. Like I can't even contain my excitement. I know what you're thinking... "Smoked salt? In a cookie? Are you crazy?" Nope, not crazy. Hear me out. I know if you've ever come across smoked salt and smelled it, the only thing you could think of was southern mesquite barbecue, but I promise y'all I'm not insane for putting it in cookies. Because, you see, when combined with sugary dough, bittersweet 85% dark chocolate, and nutty browned butter, the only way I can describe what happens is magic. Pure magic. These cookies will straight up change your life.

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baci di dama {chocolate hazelnut cookies}

Jan 11, 2015 · 4 Comments

I'm baaaack! Sorry for the brief hiatus, the real job called and I worked and worked and worked for a whole week. Phew. After a long nap, I'm finally back in the kitchen, and I have these delicious Baci di Dama as a peace offering! Baci di Dama mean "Lady Kisses," and they are these delicious, traditional Italian hazelnut cookies filled with a chocolate cream. They are deceivingly easy to make, and they taste fantastic! And if you're not a hazelnut person... well, good news, because basically any nut under the sun {besides perhaps the ubiquitous peanut} will work in these. So, what are you waiting for? Let's get to work!

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white chocolate molasses crinkles

Dec 21, 2014 · 1 Comment

I have to admit it... I'm actually not a HUGE fan of cookies. I know, I know. The tragedy! I thoroughly enjoy a good spoonful of chocolate chip cookie dough {especially in truffle form}, and cookies still warm from the oven are a definite weakness. But, once they cool off... meh. Not my favorite thing. But these cookies, I could not stop eating. I made molasses crinkles for the first time last Christmas, and I fell in love! This year, I decided to make them again and add a bit of white chocolate, because I'm a firm believer that everything can be improved with the addition of chocolate. The dough was phenomenal, but the baked product was even better than I imagined! These are rich and buttery, with a warmly spiced base and a handful of sweet white chocolate chips scattered throughout, and they achieve the perfect ratio of crisp edge to doughy center. Serious cookie perfection.

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chocolate chip confetti shortbread

Dec 15, 2014 · 1 Comment

The time of Christmas cookie exchanges is upon us! This was my second year participating in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, and it was so.much.fun. Last year, I made these darling Dark Chocolate Mint Chip Biscotti to embrace my Italian roots {and also I just really love Andes mints, what can I say}. This year, I decided to ship off these adorable shortbread cookies studded with mini chocolate chips and encrusted with rainbow sprinkles to embrace my obnoxious side. I think they came out pretty precious, no? These are so easy to make, and you can change up any kind and color of sprinkles on the edges to match whatever occasion you want! Or, if you're not into sprinkles {GASP}, you can leave them plain. I guess. Whatever. I won't force you to use sprinkles but just know that you're totally missing out!

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sweet potato snickerdoodle cookies

Sep 27, 2014 · 4 Comments

Hello, friends! Since it's now "officially" fall {not in Texas, it's not}, I thought it was acceptable to share some autumnal recipes! If you look through my archive, you'll see I actually have an embarrassing amount of pumpkin recipes on here, and a few sweet potato ones, too. Just search for "Pumpkin" in the side bar and you'll get a million results! Seeing as I have a ton of pumpkin-specific treats on here already, I though I'd kick off the 2014 season with a sweet potato dessert 🙂 I know a lot of people don't like them, but honestly when it comes to baked goods, they taste just like your beloved pumpkin. Promise! I have been toying with this recipe idea basically since the middle of summer, and I have to admit I was so excited when they turned out so good! They look great, but they taste AMAZING. Like fat, fluffy, chewy clouds of cinnamon spice with a crunchy sugar coating. Pure autumnal heaven!

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peanut butter chickpea chocolate chip cookies {GF + vegan}

Apr 8, 2014 · 7 Comments

Happy Tuesday! After a long week of exams and yet another weekend of studying, guess who's back on the radar? That's right, your favorite baking fairy! Sheesh, why didn't anyone ever tell me that doing college and being a food blogger at the same time was so hard?! After all that hard work {and NOT blogging, booo}, I felt like I definitely deserved some delicious, comforting chocolate chip cookies. But not regular chocolate chippers, because one, I've posted those before; and two, I had a can of chickpeas in my pantry. And I was in the mood for experimenting. I remembered seeing something on Pinterest about sneaking beans in dessert, and I think we all know by now I can't resist putting weird stuff in my dessert... so, well, yep, here you go.

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peanut butter blossom cookies

Feb 28, 2014 · 4 Comments

I was making some good ol' Peanut Butter Blossoms for my friend the other day, and you know what I realized? One, I don't have this recipe on my blog. And two, I haven't posted a cookie recipe since like, Christmas. CHRISTMAS! It's almost March! I'm embarrassed. Please accept my apologies and these delicious cookies. Also, I have to confess something. This was actually the first time I ever made PB Blossoms. I KNOW, the shame! This post is just a mortifying confession after another.

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Nutella turnover cookies {and Christmas cookie boxes}

Dec 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

Nutella turnover cookies | The Baking Fairy

It's officially ONE DAY until Christmas Eve! I have finally finished baking all my Christmas cookies, and now I just have to share. These little turnover cookies are flaky, buttery pillows of chocolatey perfection! Like turnovers, but bite-sized... which means you can eat more of them. Oh, and did I mention you get to make this flaky goodness from scratch? And it's super easy? Heck yeah!

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fudgy christmas chip cookies

Dec 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

You GUYS. The official countdown is on... nine days til Christmas. NINE. Considering I've only bought presents for two of the people on my list, I think we can let the meltdown commence. Instead of shopping today, I made cookies. Obvious course of action, no?

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dark chocolate mint chip biscotti

Dec 11, 2013 · 5 Comments

Guess what today is? Last day of final exams! Words cannot describe how happy I am to be done. Yay! Well, done for about 10 days... because then I'm taking a winter course. BUT I digress. Let's talk about cookies! This year was my first time participating in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, and it was a blast! I received three boxes of cookies from three different bloggers, and I had to send out three boxes myself. These are the cookies I decided to give out... Dark Chocolate Mint Chip Biscotti!

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cake batter chocolate chip cookies

Oct 4, 2012 · 3 Comments

Raise your hand if you are a cake-batter-a-holic. Or a confetti-cake-a-holic. Or a birthday-cake-a-holic. Me, personally? I'm all three! I love anything cake batter or confetti cake or birthday cake flavored. It can be ice cream or frozen yogurt or frosting or... whatever. I just love it all! So these cookies are basically my dream come true, because they taste exactly like cake batter. And they have sprinkles. And they have CHOCOLATE! Get. In. My. Belly.

Please don't even get me started on how good this cookie dough is! It is totally eat-with-a-spoon-able, but of course I didn't do that. Cause I'm a mature adult.. and stuff. Yeah. Ha! I'll just keep telling myself that next time I pinch off little bits of cookie dough and eat them... which would be every time I make cookies. It's common knowledge that tiny bits of stolen cookie dough have no calories, right? What I really need to do is just go ahead and make egg-less cookie dough made specifically for snacking purposes. I promise I'll share when I do. 🙂

Seriously though, these cookies are amazing! They are like a cross between confetti cake, and chocolate chip cookies, and sugar cookies, and cake batter, and cookie dough... if you could shove all the things I love together into one cohesive food, these would be it. Make them, and you will be so glad you did! P.S. If you really wanted to, you could omit the chocolate chips and just have yourself cake batter cookies... I won't judge. Those are pretty great, too. 🙂

{Adapted from Cookin Cowgirl}

cake batter chocolate chip cookies

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

20 mins

Author: Valentina | The Baking Fairy

Recipe type: Cookies

Serves: 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 box confetti cake mix (15.25 oz)
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking powder
⅔ cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together the cake mix, baking powder, and flour.
Add in the eggs and oil, and mix until a dough forms, then stir in the chocolate chips. The mixture should be thick but soft!
Refrigerate cookie dough for at least 30 minutes (I mean it!).
Once ready, preheat the oven to 350F.
Line two jelly-roll pans with silicone liners or parchment, and scoop tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto them. Since they are little scoops, and the dough is cold, you should be able to fit 20 cookies per pan without worrying that they will spread and touch.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until slightly golden. Do not overbake, or you will ruin the delicious cookie-dough-y center! Let cool slightly, and enjoy!

chocolate pumpkin whoopie pies

Nov 19, 2011 · 5 Comments

I have a confession to make... every time I've made whoopie pies, I've had a disaster. The first time I tried, they came out hard and thin like sugar cookies. The second time, they weren't bad, but they were huge. Like, GIANT! I had definitely underestimated how much they would spread. And the filling came out gross. I guess third time's the charm! I made these sweet little pumpkin whoopie pies with chocolate filling and they were perfect. I watched in the oven as they didn't spread out obscenely, and I was beyond happy when my filling was fluffy and delicious and not watery or lumpy. Ahhh, much better. Not to mention, they're so cute!

chocolate pumpkin whoopie pies | The Baking Fairy

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chubby pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Oct 2, 2011 · 11 Comments

Hi, it's October, and these are AMAZING. Oh my holy goodness. I have never baked with pumpkin before because I thought "I didn't like it." But I've been an idiot, because I've totally been missing out! Like I promised in my last post (or perhaps the one before?), this is a recipe that is seasonally appropriate and contains chocolate. So, everyone is happy! My younger brother tried one fresh out of the oven and I swear his eyes rolled back in his head. He told me, "Valentina, I think these may be the best cookies you've ever made. And the best cookies I've eaten... in my entire life!" Well, dang! But I do admit these were really super delicious. And this dough... don't even get me started. I could've eaten the whole bowl cause it was so good!

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rice krispie chocolate chip cookies

May 19, 2011 · 1 Comment

My mom loves buying things at the store when they're on sale. Loves it. Which would explain why I have three 1-lb boxes of Rice Krispie cereal in my pantry. So, if you just think about how light Rice Krispies are... well, these boxes are giant. If you have a similar problem, I have a solution for you: make chocolate chip cookies with Rice Krispies! In this case, unlike Rice Krispie treats, the cereal is used as a mix-in, not as the main ingredient, so the result is a delicious, extra crispy and crunchy cookie. My mom even said she likes them better than regular chocolate chip cookies! I thought they were pretty good myself. 🙂 Sadly, even the two heaping cups I used didn't even make a dent in our Rice Krispie stash. Sigh... Also, on a side note, how cute is this little cookie stand? Mary Jo bought it for me for the Bake Sales, but oh my goodness... it's so adorable I couldn't resist. I love it! Thank you so much dear. 🙂

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chocolate cowgirl cookies

May 17, 2011 · 2 Comments

This recipe comes courtesy of the lovely Mary Jo over at the Redhouse Ranch and HealthQuest blogs. I know neither of those blogs have anything to do with food, but in real life, this woman is an amazing cook and baker! Her stuff is always so good. 🙂 While trying to come up with recipes for our upcoming chocolate bake sale, she asked me to tweak her already-delicious Shut The Barn Door cookie recipe so that the dough would be cocoa. No problem! These cookies are easy, the only hard part is trying to not eat all the dough before cooking... not that I would know anything about that. 🙂 They remind me of Monster Cookies, or Kitchen Sink cookies, as they have a crazy variety of mix-ins which all magically work together to create a ridiculously good cookie. We've named these Chocolate Cowgirl Cookies! Now, these aren't really every-day cookies (unless you have a very well-stocked pantry), but they're totally worth the extra trip to the grocery store. Make these soon! Your thighs may disapprove, but your tastebuds won't. 😉

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healthy chunky monkey cookies

May 5, 2011 · 4 Comments

Well, I knew after that outrageous chocolate cake I posted a couple days ago, I needed to post something a little less crazy. So, today, while I was ~~not doing my research paper~~ blog creeping, I found this recipe on this cute little blog I had never heard of before, called Sweet Make Me Smile. I haven't really looked through many of her recipes yet, but a particular cookie recipe caught my eye. Simply called "Healthy Cookies," they claimed to have no sugar, no flour, no eggs, and no butter. Say what?! How do they even stay together?!

healthy chunky monkey cookies | The Baking Fairy

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