Orange Creamsicle Cookies

1 Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix (the 17.5 oz size)
1 stick butter, softened
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp orange extract
1 cup white chocolate chips
8 drops red food coloring
8 drops yellow food coloring


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, except white chocolate chips, and mix thoroughly.
Fold in the white chocolate chips.
Drop dough in small scoops on a cookie sheet.
Bake 8 - 10 minutes.

My review:  Yum!  These taste just like orange creamsicles.  Delicious.

No Bake Aphrodisiacs

I clipped this recipe from Cosmo a long time ago, hence the name... but I thought I'd keep the name, because it's pretty catchy, and maybe they work! 

2 cups sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup peanut butter, crunchy or creamy
2 1/2 to 3 cups rolled oats

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a medium saucepan on medium heat and bring to a slow boil.
Let simmer until the sugar has all dissolved.
Stir in the peanut butter.
Remove from the heat.
Stir in 2 1/2 cups of the oats.  The mixture should be thick, if not, add another 1/2 cup of oats.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.  Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the mixture on the cookie sheet and allow to firm up at room temperature, which will take about an hour.

My review:  Wow, wow, and wow.  Cosmo recommended these to make to "make up with your boyfriend", but I don't care who you make them for, they will forgive you, love you, and probably follow you around forever.  They are scrumptious!  I'm glad I'm giving my batch away as gifts, because I could eat them all!!!

Cowboy Cookies - The Amspacher Way

This is one of my favorite things in the whole entire world, and the recipe I probably use most often. My family's famous cowboy cookies. Well, at least they're famous for us. We LOVE them.

1 cup butter (softened, just like when you make chocolate chip cookies!)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup Rice Krispies
1 cup Quaker Oats
1 cup Coconut (flakes -- find them in the baking aisle)


Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a separate bowl.
Then, slowly add to the creamed mixture, while mixing.
Add Rice Krispies, Quaker Oats, and Coconut one at a time, mixing after each addition.
Bake these delicious suckers for 7-9 minutes in your preheated oven. I like to leave them a little gooey. and I like to make them pretty large in size. Then you can say you only had 2 cookies, when really, those 2 cookies probably equaled 5 normal cookies. But whatever. Seriously, though, watch these little devils, because they burn pretty darn easily. And they are no good burnt. Actually... some people like them better burnt -- apparently it makes them taste like popcorn. (freaks.)


My review: I am completely partial to this recipe, so this review isn't fair. These cookies are splendidly delicious. I make them all the time. They are a family heirloom. Seriously, I hope you love them. And if you think you don't like coconut, this might change your mind. It sure changed mine. And if you must, you could always leave it out. Or replace it with some white chocolate chips, if you're feeling really cheeky.