well hello, dolly

I made a few of my favorite cookies for Cali’s baptism. As I tested each kind I thought to myself, “This is my favorite cookie.” I came to the realization that my favorite cookie is probably whatever cookie I am putting in my mouth.

This one is an easy bar cookie that goes by the name Hello Dolly Bars or 7 Layer Bars or Magic Layer bars or a few other names and with varying ingredients. It’s gooey, chewy, and scrumptious.

And it’s pretty much 100% bad for you indulgent. Just wanted to throw in that disclaimer.

Hello Dolly Bars

(recipe from The Essential Mormon Cookbook)

1/3 butter or margarine, melted

1 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

1 cup chopped pecans (okay to leave out)

1 cup flaked coconut

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (fat free)

Mix butter and graham crackers.

Press into a 9x13 inch pan.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, pecans, and coconut.

Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top.

Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. Cut into bars when cool.

Makes 20 bars.

super yummy chocolate chip cookies

These cookies were VERY GOOD. I had to give most of them away as fast as I could because I couldn't stop eating them. The recipe was called "Simply the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever!" I am not sure I am ready to crown these the "best ever" because they were more than just chocolate chips in them, but they would be right up there in a oatmeal cookie category.

They spread really thin and had a crispy, chewy, crunchy texture if that makes any sense. I used cherry chips instead of butterscotch along with chocolate chips and they ended up having a cherry cordial taste. Mmmm.

They were best right out of the oven (trust me, I HAD to eat those that broke taking them off the pan) and the next day.

ENJOY!

SIMPLY THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES EVER!

recipe #162306 from recipezaar.com

Makes about 4 dozen

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup corn flakes, crushed to 1/2 cup

3 cups quick oats

1/2 cup coconut

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips (I was out so I used cherry chips)

1. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt.

2. Cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and milk.

3. Gradually mix in the flour mixture.

4. Using a wooden spoon, stir in remaining ingredients.

5. Drop onto cookie sheets by teaspoonful.

6. Bake at 350 for 7-10 minutes, depending on how soft you like your cookies.

7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing. (I missed this step and it would have helped)

Banana Butterscotch Cake

The kids had already dug in before I could get a picture.

This is an adaption of a recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod. That recipe uses cinnamon chips and I had butterscotch. The results were scrumptious and you won't believe how moist it is without any oil or butter.

3 bananas

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup sugar (I reduced it to 3/4 cups of sugar the second time, and nobody noticed.)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup butterscotch chips, divided

I also added 2 pinches of salt the second time I made it.

Topping:

cinnamon sugar, or if you don't have it already:

3 tblsp sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375.

Grease and flour an 8x8 baking dish.

Mash bananas, add eggs, and vanilla.

Fold in sugar.

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

Mix into banana mixture.

Add 3/4 cup of butterscotch chips.

Pour into pan.

Sprinkle with leftover butterscotch chips and cinnamon sugar to make a crispy top.

Bake 35-40 minutes.

Cool on wire rack 15 min. before serving.

DIG IN!

best-ever butterscotch chip cookies

Everytime I make these people ask for the recipe. They are very chewy and soft and the flavor of butterscotch is a nice change from the usual chocolate.

1 cup butter or margarine, softened (butter is better)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 (12 ounce) bag butterscotch chips (I use half a bag because it is plenty and then it makes two batches)

Cream together butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and beat well. Stir in butterscotch chips. Drop onto greased cookie sheet by heaping tablespoons. Bake at 350 for 8-10 (8 minutes, they come out very soft but they set up) minutes until lightly browned. Makes about 3 dozen. (I usually get at least 4 dozen out of it.)