Reeses Chocolate Chip Cookies

Taken from the back of a package of Reeses peanut butter baking chips!


* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1-1/4 cups (2-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
* 2 cups sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.
2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking and flatten while cooling.) Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4-1/2 dozen cookies.
PAN RECIPE: Spread batter in greased 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake at 350°F 20 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars. About 4 dozen bars.

Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Cookies

Taken from www.allrecipes.com. I omitted the pecans on top.

• 1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup milk
• 18 large marshmallows, halved
• 36 pecan halves
• FROSTING:
• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
• 4 tablespoons light cream

1. Sift together flour, salt, soda and cocoa; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar; add egg, vanilla and milk. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Drop by heaping teaspoonsful about 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes. Do not overbake. Remove cookies from the oven and top each with a marshmallow half. Return to oven for 2 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool.
2. Meanwhile, beat all frosting ingredients together. Spread frosting on each cookie and top with a pecan half.

Little Einsteins Rocket Cake

I am not a cake decorator but this is the cake I made for Jason's 3rd Birthday, it's the rocket from Little Einsteins. Perhaps I will take some cake decorating classes!