Good morning y'all! How is everyone's week going so far? I've actually got a lot done so far this week and that's thanks to the Skinny Brew coffee I drink every morning (message me to learn more)! I am a coffee addict...first I have the coffee then I do the things.
Now that everyone has some coffee let's talk about dessert. I love dessert. In my opinion it is the best part of any meal! This week I decided to make one of the box mixes I had from Christmas because I bought a handful of different ones when I thought I would have to make cookies for him to take to work and instead they catered and I got stuck with cookies to make. Which isn't a bad thing! I made Chocolate Peppermint Cookie's this week and they were delicious! See the picture below for the ingredients.
First I preheated the oven to 350. Then I mixed together 4 Tbsp of room temperature unsalted butter (my preference when baking), 1 egg and the chocolate cookie mix.
After mixing that together I started forming the dough into balls and placing them on the baking pan and smashing them a little with the palm of my hand. I got 18 out of this which is what the directions said. I've had some that made less than what the directions claimed they would make.
I then put them in the oven for 10 min and let me just say that at this point I really just wanted to eat the cookies lol. I love a good chocolate cookie!
It took so much self control to not touch these as I was making dinner and just let them cool! Next up I creamed the butter and then added the powdered sugar and filling mix and beat it till it was just combined. Then I slowly added the 1 Tbsp of milk and had to add just a little more to get the right consistency.
Once the filling was made I spread some filling on one side of a cookie and sandwiched another on top and rolled the edges in crushed up candy canes!
Do these not look so good?! I think the only complaint was that it did have a little bit of a raspberry taste to it as well which I liked. Not sure if it was supposed to have a raspberry taste mixed with the peppermint but they were still really good. I still prefer to make desserts from scratch but box mixes come in handy when you don't have the time or energy to make it from scratch.
Do y'all have a preference over boxed or homemade? Do you do both? What's your favorite box mix? What's your favorite homemade dessert? Leave your response in the comments or shoot us a message! Like always if y'all have any ideas or would like us to feature something you have made just message us!
Go out and be creative friends and enjoy the rest of February!
MeKa Crafts
Those cookies look yummy!