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Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Peanut butter blossom cookies are probably one of my favourite cookies of all time. This recipe for peanut butter blossoms makes a soft cookie with just the right amount of chocolate from the Hershey’s Kisses. These easy to make cookies are perfect for Christmas or any other holiday. Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies Makes 42 Cookies Adapted from allrecipes.com Ingredients 1 cup shortening 1 cup smooth peanut butter 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar 2 large eggs 1/4 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract  3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 42 Hershey Kisses or Hugs, unwrapped White sugar for rolling Directions Preheat the oven to 375F and line some baking trays with parchment paper.  Beat shortening, peanut butter, and sugars  in a large bowl until well combined. Beat in vanilla and eggs until fluffy.  Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt until combined. Scoop out walnut size balls of dough and roll between your hands to shape a ball...

Crazy Cake Cupcakes - Small Batch (egg free)

Have you ever run out of eggs or just didn't feel like using them in your cake? Well that's when this recipe for Crazy Cake will come in handy. I've made this a few times before but this time I scaled the recipe down from 18 to 2 servings and got 12 mini cupcakes out of it. The site I got the recipe from will do the calculation for you. I still made some adjustments though. And don't worry about the vinegar, you can't taste it at all!


Crazy Cake Cupcakes - Small Batch (egg free)
Adapted from All Recipes
Makes 12 mini cupcakes

Ingredients
  • 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon unflavoured oil
  • 3/4 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons cold water
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line your mini muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder.
  3. Add the wet ingredients and whisk just for a minute until combined.
  4. Divide the batter among the muffin cups and bake for 8 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
  5. I put a Smartie on top of each one before baking, but you can decorate them however you like.


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