Ryan's Cookies by Kaitlyn @ Wifessionals

I have the bestest bloggy friends in the world.  They know the way to my heart without even realizing they know the way to my heart!  Just take a gander at these cookies from Kaitlyn!!

 

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Hi! I'm Kaitlyn and you'll normally find me over at Wifessionals. I was so excited that Jaime asked me to come over here and share with you today!

{ryan's} What a funny name for a cookie, you may think. Well, when I was asked to come up with a recipe to be featured over at Mom's Test Kitchen, I went to Ryan and asked, "Is there any kind of dessert you want me to make?" Ryan: Brownies. Or Peanut Butter. I tried to explain to him that no one on the blog wants to see brownies made and 'peanut butter' is not a dessert. So while he was out last week I created these little delights. And Ryan approved. Hence, why these cookies are called "ryan's". Hey, if they can have sandies and savannah smiles - I can have ryan's! These cookies hold a little surprise:

Yes, peanut butter middles. These are like the Reese's version of cookies. If you want them plumper, don't press them down as much. These have crispy edges but gooey centers. You should throw your new year's resolutions down the toilet and go make these....now.

ryan's {cookies}

- makes 16 cookies - Ingredients cookies 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 3 tbsp peanut butter 1 tbsp milk 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg middles 1/3 cup peanut butter 1/3 cup confectioners sugar Instructions 1// In a bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, and baking soda. 2// In a separate bowl, mix the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter together using an electric mixer. 3// Once light and fluffy, add in the milk, egg, and vanilla. Gradually beat in the dry ingredients and mix until smooth. 4// In another bowl, beat the confectioners sugar and remaining peanut butter. It will eventually be well mixed and end up in a large ball. 5// Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 6// Take the "middles" mixture and make 1/2 tbsp balls. I took a tablespoon of "middles" dough and then split it in half to roll into a ball. Place all "middles" balls on a plate and set in the freezer for 10 minutes. 7// While middles are chilling, scoop 1 1/2 tbsp balls of the chocolate dough onto a plate. I have a 1 1/2 tbsp stainless steel scoop which made this easy. 8// After 10 minutes remove the "middles" from the freezer. Take one chocolate dough ball and press flat in your palm. Place one "middle" in the center and wrap the chocolate dough up and around the "middle". 9// Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with all of the chocolate dough balls and "middles". This only took me about 5 minutes to do all of them - don't worry! It's not hard! 10// Using a flat object (I used the bottom of a quart sized mason jar), press each dough ball down to flatten slightly. For chunkier cookies, barely press down! 11// Place cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 7-9 minutes. Enjoy with a large glass of ice cold milk (: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Tweet

Mom's Test Meal Mondays #24

 

 

Welcome to another Monday y'all!!

 

I hope that y'all had a wonderful New Years!!  Ours was nice, very uneventful so that's always nice!

I hope y'all are enjoying the new format for the party & I hope y'all are noticing some more traffic from the Pinterest board!  I know alot of the recipes were getting repinned!!  So let's go ahead and talk some features from last week!

Here are a few of my favs:

TRASH (AKA CHEX MIX) by The Salty Kitchen :
I absolutely love homemade chex mix, there are very few things that I think are better. This is what I ask for for my birthday every year.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO HUMMUS by Half Baked Harvest :
I think I could probably eat hummus every day

OWL BREAD by Something Sweet Winnie's Blog :
   This bread may be too cool looking to actually eat


And now for y'alls favorite ~ the most viewed link is...

SUPER SIMPLE POTATO HAM CHOWDER by Frugal Foodie Mama

All of y'all feel free to grab a features button! And congratulations!!

The features will be pinned to my MTM Monday's Features Pinterest Board which you can check out HERE!

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So now let's party!

The party is open to any and all of your favorite recipes!!

 

Just the reminders:

• I would love to have you as a new friend!! Please take a minute to follow via GFC, Twitter, FB, or any other social media you prefer
• You are welcome to link up any recipe you like but please only link up a total of 3 recipes.
• Please feel free to grab the button in the sidebar or add a direct link back to the week's party that you are linking up to
• And finally, go make some new friends ~ spend a few minutes checking out some other recipes that you might want to try out yourself & comment! Everyone loves comments!!
• Please note that by linking up you are giving permission to use the photos along with a link back to your post in the Mom's Test Meal Mondays Features post & on Mom's Test Kitchen's Social Media Networks

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Yummiest Cookies EVER by Anissa @ Chasing Hailey

I'm so happy to have Anissa here today celebrating with me!  This lovely lady has been a staple on my sidebar for I've lost track of how many months!  I think she's pretty awesome & I know y'all are going to love her too!

 

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Hey everyone! I’m Anissa from Chasing Hailey. Jaime invited me to come over and visit with you guys today to share a recipe of mine (or in this case my mother-in-law’s).  

Over at Chasing Hailey I don’t have a food blog, but I do like to cook and we have quite a brood to cook for. My goal in cooking is to make good food that can be healthy, but that doesn’t take a lot of time to make.

I know that it’s the first of the year and that a lot of you have probably got a list of New Year’s resolutions…at the top of many of them might be to eat healthier and exercise more. I don’t know about you, but whether I do that or not….I am going to need SOME sweets. If I’m going to do it…it might as well be something totally yummy!

With that said, I bring you the yummiest cookies….EVER! Before I had these, buckeyes were my favorite…not anymore! I have no earthly idea what the actual name for them are, but they are a form of chocolate peanut butter drop cookies.

Yummiest Cookies EVER

1 lb.     Candy Quick (premium candy coating or chocolate bark…called different things in diff. places) broken up

½ C    Chunky Peanut Butter

1 C       Miniature Marshmallows

1 C       Rice Krispies

1 C       Dry Roasted Peanuts

         Directions:

          Add peanut butter to chocolate bark and melt per package directions (I melted mine in the microwave for 1 minute)

Once chocolate/ peanut butter mixture is melted (if you used the provided container transfer to large bowl) stir in remaining ingredients. Drop by spoonful onto wax paper covered cookie sheet and place in refrigerator to harden.

This recipe yields approximately 2 ½ dozen cookies.

 

Jaime….thanks so much for letting me stop by and share this yummy dessert with ya’ll!

 

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ONE YEAR AGO: 3 Musketeers Brownies

 

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