Chocolate Chip Blondies The Taste of Home Cookbook

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla just until blended.
2. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to brown sugar mixture.
3. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Spread into a greased 13 inch x 9 inch baking pan bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
5. Cool on a wire rack.
6. Cut into bars.

Chewy Apple Oatmeal Cookies The Taste of Home Cookbook

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup chopped dried apples

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars.
2. Beat in eggs and vanillia.
3. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
4. Stir in oats and apples.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Let stand for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool.

Glazed Maple Pecan Cookies Savoring the Seasons with our Best Bites

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
1 cup finally chopped pecans ( We used walnuts instead)

Glaze
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon maple flavoring
1-2 tablespoons milk
Additional chopped or halved pecans for garnish

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Whisk flour and cornstarch together and set aside
3. Mix together butter and sugars at medium speed until creamy. Add egg yolk and maple flavoring beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour and cornstarch mixture and toasted pecans. Measure dough by the scant tablespoonful and shape into balls. Place dough on baking sheets and press down lightly with fingers or the flat bottom of a drinking glass until dough is about 1/2 inch thick. ( We did some flattened and some rounded, I liked the ones that were rounded best). Bake 9-12 minutes or until cookies puff and are very light golden brown.
4. For the Glaze: Combine butter, powdered sugar, and maple syrup in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add enough milk to make a glaze and whisk mixture until smooth.
5. When cookies have cooled, dip tops of cookies in the glaze and allow it to drip down the sides. Garnish with pecan halves or chopped pecans, if desired.

Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Bites Our Best Bites

This Recipe Came from Savoring the Season's with our Best Bites. I choose it because it looked easy to make and I had most of the ingredients for the recipe besides the French dough.   

Ingredients:

4 ounces cream cheese
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 medium to large tart green apple(We used a red apple instead of a tart green apple)
1 tablespoon flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 roll ready to bake refrigerated french bread dough(We used my mom's Pizza crust recipe)

Glaze
1 tablespoon melted butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1-2 tablespoons milk (to reach desired consistency)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and almond extract in a medium-sized bowl until light and fluffy.

3. Toss apple pieces with flour, sugar, brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in another bowl until they are well coated

4. On a lightly floured surface, roll bread dough into a 9 x 12 inch rectangle. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife cut the longer side into 4 equal rows. Cut the shorter side into 3 equal rows creating twelve 3 X 3-inch squares. (With the different dough we used we rolled it 1/4 inch thick They turned out having to much dough, we should have rolled them to an 1/8 of an inch. and they would have turned out to be a better ratio dough to filling.)  
5. Lightly spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray. Place 1 square of bread dough in each of the cups.

6. Evenly distribute cream cheese mixture into the dough-lined muffin cups and spread out evenly. Top with apple mixture
7. Bake 12-20 minutes or until dough is light golden brown. Remove from oven and let pan cool 5-10 minutes Use a fork to carefully remove apple bites from the pan and place on a cooling rack.

8. For glaze: Whisk together glaze ingredients and drizzle over each apple bite.