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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

I said I’d bring a dessert (and two appetizers!) to the NYE party tomorrow night. Jason had brought home a chocolate chocolate chip cupcake from Cafe Carolina last week and I wondered how to make that, so I recipezaar’d it. Well this recipe came up and I’m not a huge chocolate fan and I had most of the ingredients already on hand, so I decided to try it out. The first batch is in the oven right now so I’ll have to post pictures later.
Ingredients
1 package of yellow cake mix
1 (3.4 oz) package of instant vanilla pudding mix
1 c milk (original recipe called for whole, I used skim b/c its what I had)
1 c vegetable oil
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 (1 lb) package of frozen refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
frosting of your choice

Directions
Heat oven to 350. Grease muffin pans or line with paper liners.
Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl; blend with electric mixer on low for 30 seconds.
Increase mixer speed to medium and blend another 2 mins, scraping down side of bowl as needed.
Scoop a heaping 1/4 c batter into each cupcake well, filling at least 2/3 full. (recipe says you’ll get 22-24 cupcakes. it made 30 for me).
Cut the frozen cookie dough pieces in half to make enough for each cupcake; place a dough chunk on top of each cupcake.
Bake until cakes are golden and spring back when lightly touched; appropriately 23-37 mins.
Cool on wire racks for 5 mins, then carefully remove from pans and cool another 15 mins before frosting (they may sink a bit in the center). Serve warm.
Store cupcakes in a cake server at room temperature for up to 3 days or up to 1 week in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature and then microwave for 8 secons to “regoo” the texture. Enjoy!

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White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

I found this recipe online about a year ago, saved it, but now can’t remember where I found it. I’m making cookies for a sorority alum cookie exchange that’s tomorrow night. Thought I’d share the recipe. Seems yummy from my taste of the dough! I’ll post pics later. I doubled the original recipe to make approximately 5 dozen fairly large cookies.
Ingredients
5 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 c butter, softened
2 2/3 c sugar
4 large eggs
3 c white chocolate morsels
2 (6 oz) packages of sweetened dried cranberries

Directions
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; set aside.
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture gradually, beating at low speed until blended. Stir in white chocolate morsels and cranberries.
Drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake at 350 for 10-14 mins or until lightly browned on bottom (closer to 15 in my oven). Remove to wire racks to completely cool. Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made these last year around the holidays and they were a hit. I decided to make these for the cookie exchange/tacky sweater party I’m going to tonight. I’d thought I posted this last year, but since I didn’t here goes. I doubled the original recipe.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (from northpole.com)
Ingredients
3 c canned pumpkin
3 c white sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c veg oil
6 c flour
3 tsp milk
6 tsp baking powder
3 tsp baking soda
2 packages chocolate chips
2 tsp salt
Directions
Mix ingredients in above order. Bake at 350 for 10-12 mins on a greased pan. Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Cake

I made this pumpkin cake for my family’s Thanksgiving feast and it was a huge hit! Thought I’d share this recipe and I’ll post the pictures when I get back home.

Pumpkin Cake from Kraft Foods

Ingredients
1 pkg yellow cake mix
1 can pumpkin, divided
1/2 c milk
1/3 c oil
4 eggs
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, divided
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c powdered sugar
8 oz cool whip, thawed
1/4 c caramel ice cream topping
1/4 c chopped pecans

Directions
Heat oven to 350. Grease & flour 2 9 in round pans. Beat cake mix, 1 c pumpkin, milk, oil, eggs & 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Pour into pans.
Bake 28-30 mins. Cool in pans for 10 mins. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Beat cream cheese in a small bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar, remaining pumpkin and spice; mix well. Gently stir in cool whip.
Cut each cake layer horizontally in half; stack on serving plate, spread cream cheese filling between layers (but don’t frost top layer). Drizzle caramel topping just before serving; sprinkle with nuts. Refrigerate leftovers. We added additional caramel later on per slice as people wanted.

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Sorta Homemade Oreo Brownies

A coworker of mine has brought these into work a few times and I finally tried to make them myself. I’m not a huge brownie fan, but I am a huge oreo fan!
Ingredients
20 Oreo’s (I used double stuffed)
1 box Duncan Hines family style brownie mix
3 eggs
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Vanilla Frosting
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease bottom on pan (I used a 8×11).
Crumble Oreos. Set aside 1/3 or so of the crumbled Oreos.
Add brownie mix, eggs, water & vegetable oil. Stir until blended.
Add Oreos 2/3 crumbled Oreos to mix and blend.
Bake for approximately 35 minutes (25 for 9×13 pan, 35 for 9×9, 40 for 8×8). Brownies are done when toothpick inserted an inch from the edge of pan comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack.
Once cool, top with frosting and the rest of the oreos!