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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Baking has become a fun way to spend time some one on one time with each of our kids, but my oldest has gotten to the point where she doesn’t need help anymore and these cookies she made were delicious! She did a great job with no help from anyone. I love her independence in the kitchen and the delicious treats we all get to enjoy from it. These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies came out looking amazing, but they that tasted even better!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies - forgetful cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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What you need:

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup margarine softened
  • 1/2 c creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c white sugar
  • 1/2 c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 c chocolate chips

How to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies:

This recipe is simple enough. Mix all the ingredients together, leaving the chocolate chips for last. Then scoop your cookie dough onto either a greased cookie sheet, or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies made with margarine

Simple enough that my nine year old made them without help. There aren’t too many life skills that are as important as knowing how to cook, says a Momma who has to look up how to boil an egg when she makes potato salad. BUT in my defense, no one here eat boiled eggs so it’s not something I need to know how to do at the drop of a hat.

Getting our kids in the kitchen is one of our most favorite ways to spend some one on one time with them. My youngest, at almost 5, wants to be a taste tester and a chef when he grows up. And a superhero.

My kid knows her way around the kitchen, and knows to set the time for her cookies. Don’t they look delicious?!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 30
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup margarine, softened
  • 1/2 c creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c white sugar
  • 1/2 c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 c chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Mix margarine, sugar and egg.
  3. Add in remain ingredients, leaving the chocolate chips for last.
  4. Drop spoon fulls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone sheet.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the edges are golden.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Dessert

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5 Easter Traditions to Start this Year

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As my kids get older I’m realizing more and more just how important the time we spend together is. Today I’ve gathered up 5 fun Easter traditions you can start with your family. These are some fun family traditions will help your family have an extra fun things to do this Easter.

5 Easter Traditions to Start this Year

5 Easter Traditions to Start this Year

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Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt

  • Plastic Easter Eggs – medium – large size work best
  • Glow Sticks – smaller ones that fit into your Easter eggs
  • Tape
  • Candy

Easter Bunny Foot Prints

Cut out this bunny foot print template and leave a trail around your home. I’ve seen people using powdered sugar, flour, baking soda, or baby powder for footprints. Just keep in mind any pets you may have in your home and their safety.

Peep S’Mores

  • Peeps
  • Hershey’s chocolate squares
  • Graham crackers

Place graham crackers, chocolate and a peep as shown in first picture. Zap in the microwave until soft. (Or place under broiler.) Top with another graham cracker square.

Easter Egg Pancakes

Divide your pancake batter into smaller bowls to dye different colors before cooking. Add a bit more fun with pancake molds.

Mini Egg Cookies

Mini Eggs are delicious just the way they are and I am a huge fan of them. I can’t get enough of them. If you are looking to spread them out though make some cookies. Two of our favorite ways to enjoy them, as cookies and not straight out of the package, are:

To use them in place of jam in Thumb Print Cookies. A little dot of chocolate or vanilla frosting to hold them in place.

Use them in place of chocolate chips in Chocolate Chip Cookies. You might want to go a little lite on the mini eggs because they are a lot of chocolate.

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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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I love peanut butter cookies,  throwing in a cup of chocolate chip seemed like a good ideas. I can’t make cookies very well, because I always forget that they are going to continue to cook for a few minutes after they come out of the oven. This usually equals burnt cookies. But these ones, while a little crispy around the edges, they were delicious!

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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These are delicious cookies… easy to make too if I can make them, and if you actually know how to use a timer (unlike me, I forget to set it), and you can tell when cookies need to come out of the oven, you’re set!

What you need:

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 cup chocolate chips

How to make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies:

Mix together the eggs and butter until fluffy. Add in your sugars and mix well. Add in the rest of the ingredients – minus the chocolate chips and mix.

Fold in your chocolate chip, my recipe calls for 2 cups, but next time I’ll go with less because I love peanut butter cookies so much.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Now you can use a mixer for this… my mixer bowl was in the dishwasher. My dishwasher is not reliable lately, so I just did this by hand.

I like big cookies, I placed just 6 per cookie sheet to avoid them spreading together.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 375 for 8 minutes. Longer than 8 minutes and my cookies were well done. Less done, and they were a bit more chewy.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Yield: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Mix together the eggs and butter until fluffy.
  2. Add in your sugars and mix well.
  3. Add in the rest of the ingredients - minus the chocolate chips and mix.
  4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Now you can use a mixer for this... my mixer bowl was in the dishwasher. My dishwasher is not reliable lately, so I just did this by hand.
  6. Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 375 for 8 minutes. Longer than 8 minutes and my cookies were well done. Less done, and they were a bit more chewy.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Snacks

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No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

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As we get more warm days, we stop using our oven as often, but that doesn’t mean that we stop wanting sweet treats. It just means that we want no bake oatmeal peanut butter cookies instead. Or Poop Cookies – another no bake cookie recipe that we love, it has coconut and we’re big fans of it here.

No bake cookies are great for hot summer days, you don’t have to have your oven warming up your house even more.

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

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What you need:

  • 3 cups oats
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

How to make No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Line a couple cookie sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.

This are perfect cookies for having some help to make. I had three handy helpers in my kitchen helping. Yes, we have watched a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in case you recognized that reference. They are able to do everything here, the only spot you might want to help with is when you bring the ingredients to a boil over medium-high heat.

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

The best part of this recipe, I think, is that you throw a bunch of the ingredients into a large pot to bring to a boil. Into the pot you put the butter, cocoa, sugar, and milk. Once you see some bubbles coming to the surface, count to 30, and the remove from heat.

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

After you remove it from the hot burner, add in your remaining ingredients – the oats, vanilla, and peanut butter. I recommend starting with the peanut butter to have it melt in before adding in your oats.

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Scoop them out onto your parchment lined cookies sheets. I make cookies BIG, that way we are coming back for more as often. Saves calories burned! HAHA!

Put them in your fridge for at least 30 minutes to set. And then enjoy your no bake oatmeal peanut butter cookies that will be great for a hot summer day.

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Yield: 22
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups oats
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. Measure oats into a large bowl and set aside.
  2. In a large skillet, combine butter, milk, sugar, peanut butter, and cocoa.
  3. Stir together over medium heat (no higher) until fully combined. Don't quit stirring.
  4. Once it is boiling while you stir (not just small bubbles around the edge, but a rolling boil) set the timer for 4 minutes.
  5. Continue stirring constantly making sure to scrap the sides of the pan as needed.
  6. When the timer goes off, turn off the heat and add vanilla. This will cause the mixture to bubble up. Stir.
  7. Add the oats and mix until completely covered. Try to work fast as the start to harden as they cool.
  8. Scoop onto wax paper, using a greased cookie scoop if you have one.
  9. Let fully cool, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 22 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Snacks
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8 Christmas Traditions to Start this Year

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I love Christmas traditions, creating new ones for my family, carrying on old ones with my kids. It is so true that there is nothing like watching your kids enjoy Christmas, it is the BEST part of Christmas. My favorite thing to do for my kids is the Christmas Eve Box.

The holidays are all about spending time together and creating great memories that will last forever, even when your children are grown.

8 Christmas Traditions to Start this Year

8 Christmas Traditions to Start this Year

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Elf on the Shelf

We don’t do Elf on the Shelf ourselves, but so many people do and it looks like they have a lot of fun with it. Your kids will know that the elf is always watching their behavior! There are so many different things that your elf can do each night leading up to Christmas.

Christmas Eve Box

This is one of my favorite things to do for my kids. I always opened a gift on Christmas Eve as a child, and loved getting a movie to watch or a book to read. Now I box a pair of pajamas, a movie and some snacks up for each of my kids, wrap it of course, and that is their gift to open on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Caroling

Go caroling! Practice singing some carols around the house then bundle up your kids and yourself up and sing for your family and friends.

Family Movie Night

Family movie night during the Christmas holidays could be every night with all the amazing movies to chose from. We love reading a Christmas book and then watching the movie. One of our favorite movies is the Santa Claus with Tim Allen. We started watching it a couple years ago when Austin started to ask questions about Christmas, like how does Santa get in the house.

Cookie Decorating

It’s sugar cookie time! Break out the fun holiday cookie cutters, and the fun colored sprinkles. We have small rolling pins for our kids, so they also roll out the dough, cut it and then get to decorate them after baking. It makes for a fun afternoon activity.

After making cookies it can be fun to deliver some to family and friends as a cookie exchange or just because you love them.

Making Ornaments

My kids love to make ornaments for their grandparents. Its something fun to do, something they enjoy but only comes once a year.

Making Christmas Cards

Just like making ornaments, they only get to make Christmas cards once a year! When send a card to aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Along with a new picture of my kids.

Snowman Making/Decorating Contest

Get outside as a family an make some snowmen! Hopefully you have the perfect snow for making snowmen around the holidays, I know its not always possible. You can find snowman making kits or rad your mittens/scarfs/hats for those that are missing pairs or too small.

What are some of your Christmas traditions?

 

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