Christmas Goodies for delivery to friends?

[Artful]

I'll start every year we delivery

Monster Cookies

Ingredients
48 oz jar creamy peanut butter
1 pound of unsalted butter, softened
A dozen eggs
5 cups packed light brown sugar
4 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoon salt
2+ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cup multi-colored chocolate candies
2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup raisins, optional
8 teaspoons baking soda
18 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)

1 cup raisins or Walnuts, optional

Preheat 350 Deg Oven

Put butter in large bowl - add Sugar & brown Sugar and beat until butter lightens in color
add vanilla, baking soda, salt and eggs one at a time then add peanut butter a little at a time.

Take the bowl off the blender and hand mix in M&M's, chocolate chips, oatmeal and if you want raisins or walnuts - you'll need 3 baking sheets to do it easy - cover with parchment paper or silpat
on each one you'll get about half a dozen hand size cookies - take a wad of dough about the size of your palm (smaller than a tennis ball if you got big hands) and make it into a patty (like a hamburger patty) place out 1-2 inches apart on the cookie sheet - when the first sheet is filled put
in the preheated oven - set a timer - (10 - 12 min depending upon your oven) you DON'T want to see these change color - after it's done let it set on the cookie sheet while you put the next one in and bake it 10-12 min - when that sheet comes out put the 3rd cookie sheet in and you than then loosen the cookies from the first cookie sheet - wait an additional 5 min and move them off to a rack or plate and reload the first cookie sheet to go back in - keep the cycle going until out of dough.

:mrgreen: Enjoy - these are rich and usually one or two to a person is all you need deliver.

[Hardcast416taylor]

What would you say is a "ball park" number of cookies a single batch of ingredients makes?Robert

[Shiloh]

There was something very similar to this in the breakroom on Thursday. Tasty, and like you say, very rich.

Shiloh

[Artful]

What would you say is a "ball park" number of cookies a single batch of ingredients makes?Robert
4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger ;).

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/P1070038.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/P1070038.jpg.html)

[Artful]

Time to make the cookies :bigsmyl2:

[merlin101]

Oboy, those look good!

[Minerat]

4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger ;).

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/P1070038.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/P1070038.jpg.html)

Oh, Those look terrible. :| You better send them to me for disposal so you don't get sick. I'll take one for the team. Merry Christmas.

[Artful]

Tried something new - soaked the raisin's in run while making up the dough - needs work as didn't plump up enough but going to work on the concept.

[bangerjim]

Sounds/looks good! Except for the rasins........I hate rasins! Mabe white rasins in moderation.

Peanut butter and choclate works! YUM! We buy that HUGE 10# cardbox of Quaker Oats at Costco. I eat oatmeal every morning. It magically does reduce cholesterol a bit.

Merry Christmas. And don't gain TOO much weight eatin' those cookies!!!!!!!!

banger

[Artful]

banger - fortunately you know the baker - if you want we can meet up and I can deliver a cookier or two
without raisins and with or without the nuts (pecans). Say the word

[MaryB]

I usually make a batch of jerky to give away but this year nothing is getting done :-| to much neck pain, no sleep, struggling to breathe on the left side leaves me worn out. CT Myelogram today, hope it shows what is pinched and screwing up my muscles on the left side

[DougGuy]

I have been making chocolate chip cookies every Christmas Eve for 31yrs straight now. It started in 1983 when we were too poor to afford presents, and it just sorta caught on, the nieces and nephews asking every year "Is Uncle Doug making cookies?" and it became a family tradition that I have kept even today. I often choose a few random friends and send them a box of cookies right after Christmas. Spread the cookie love! :bigsmyl2:

I won't steer Artful's thread, but might start one for these but the Monster Cookies look AWESOME!

[buckwheatpaul]

Artful, what do you think about substituting cranberries (Crazins) for the rasins? Love the recipe....will be trying soon...thanks, Paul

[MaryB]

Chocolate covered craisens are great so it should work well

[Dryball]

I gotta try this one Artful. I like your rum raisin idea too...I will use the vacuum sealer to try and speed things up a bit.

[Artful]

Artful, what do you think about substituting cranberries (Crazins) for the rasins? Love the recipe....will be trying soon...thanks, Paul

I like it! you can also substitute other nuts for the walnuts - like pecans

[Artful]

Time to make the cookies - Merry Christmas to ALL

[Wayne Smith]

I will soak craizins in brandy overnight for apple pie. Rum raisins are very similar. Fully plumped in about 12 hours.

[tinhorn97062]

4 dozen or so - depends how thick and large you make 'em
- I tend to make them larger than my wife does, guess that's cause my palms are larger ;).

One helpful hint
- buy your oats in the cardboard tube.
Then don't make your cookies any larger than the inside of the tube.
The tube then becomes the delivery canister for the cookies!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/P1070038.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/P1070038.jpg.html)


I'm pretty sure I need to come hang out at your house, if this kind of thing is being cranked out of the oven. :-)

[Artful]

Oh, this is only one type of cookie -
so far
Oatmeal Butterscotch
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Coconut Chocolate fudge
-
still to make
Rum Balls
Rum soaked Raisin, chocolate chip oatmeal
and just M&M chocolate chip cookies

[MaryB]

I used to have a recipe for oatmeal easies.. lost in a hard drive crash. A no bake quick oats, coconut, chocolate drop cookie and addictive!Great one if I can recover the recipe!

[2thepoint]

Those cookies would make any glass of milk smile!!!
Merry Christmas!

[Artful]

I used to have a recipe for oatmeal easies.. lost in a hard drive crash. A no bake quick oats, coconut, chocolate drop cookie and addictive!Great one if I can recover the recipe!

Mary would you recognize it if you saw it again?

https://www.google.com/#q=A+no+bake+quick+oats%2C+coconut%2C+chocolate+dr op+cookie

[MT Gianni]

My wife makes and shares, caramels, fudge, caramel fudge layer, white and dark chocolate pretzels, apple caramels and peanut brittle. She added Divinity this year. I eat it all.

[Boaz]

LOL , mom made a heck of a lot of candy to give away to friends and neighbors at Christmas . I saw her making a huge batch and we didn't get any .......................it was hid ! Found a big stash in the top kitchen cabinet when I was around 10 years old , started sneaking a few pieces , she had it in the old metal Folgers coffee cans . I was standing on the counter with a can getting a few pieces out when dad walked in the kitchen . Me standing on the counter was a strange circumstance and he asked me what was going on . I tried to think of a way out of my indiscretion but there was none . Told him I found mom's Christmas candy , he stood there a second and said .................What kind is there ? We periodically snagged a few pieces , I would shake the can up to kind of 'fluff' up the remaining candy to compensate for the 'lost' pieces . Worked pretty good till we ran out of 'fluff' and got caught and mom was mad .

[MaryB]

I googled it the other day and couldn't find it. I is not made with peanut butter and it uses baking chocolate instead of cocoa powder... last batch I made 2 years ago I used a Ghiradelli 70% dark chocolate.


Mary would you recognize it if you saw it again?

https://www.google.com/#q=A+no+bake+quick+oats%2C+coconut%2C+chocolate+dr op+cookie

[bullet maker 57]

Okay Artful, I officially hate you(LOL). I had to stop and wipe the drool off the keyboard. Now I am hungry. Those cookies look delicious. Just might have to try that recipe.

Merry Christmas

[Artful]

Merry Christmas bullet maker 57

Should I put up the Oreo Truffle video I'm trying this year?

Oh why not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDTu6IBy6S8

I used Raspberry Oreo's

easy to make - you can just dust the balls with sugar coating
and avoid the chocolate dip.

[Boaz]

Dang ! Those have to be good , pretty easy too .

[Boaz]

Merry Christmas bullet maker 57

Should I put up the Oreo Truffle video I'm trying this year?

Oh why not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDTu6IBy6S8

I used Raspberry Oreo's

easy to make - you can just dust the balls with sugar coating
and avoid the chocolate dip.



We are makin em right now .............will be back with results ?

[Artful]

And??? - I'll report I think I gained at least 2 lbs and the remaining may not get to friends and family...

[Artful]

Monster Cookies away - USPS has most of 'em, just a few left for local delivery.

[JWT]

I just finished the tablet for this years family Christmas. This time out I dressed it up with a bit of Auchentoshan 3 wood.
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My sister makes the shortbread and my Mom takes care of the Pastizzi.

[Artful]

Ok, as the Oreo Raspberry Truffles didn't last long :veryconfu

So I looked for something else to do with the remaining package
of Oreo Chocolate filled found a recipe for Rum/Brandy Balls -

1 pkg of Oreo's but thru the food processor to grind to meal state
1 pkg of Vanilla Wafers but thru the food processor
1 1/2 cup of mixed nuts but thru the food processor
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup of Rum or Brandy
{*} I used salted nuts so no need add salt.
mix together into a large dough ball and let rest
- after a couple of hours see if it's thirsty :drinks:
if so give it a splash or two more of Rum or Brandy.

Let rest again
- then make them into quail egg size balls
and roll in powdered sugar, If it was real thirsty you may need
to roll in powdered sugar more than once.

If you want to kick it up a notch you can add cinnamon to the outside sugar coating or

You can use Coconut Rum and but some coconut shreds
in the outside coating or

You can insert a surprise inside the Rum ball before coating!

Suggestions:
couple of Semi-sweet chocolate morsals
single large M&M
Dark Chocolate chocolate drop
Chocolate/Mint Drop
Candied Spiced Pecan

Well, you get the Idea.

As this is a no cook Rum/Brandy Ball it will have Alcohol
So make your victims, I mean Guests aware to go easy on them. :bigsmyl2:

[Boaz]

Dang ! Those have to be good , pretty easy too .


Well I'm a little late getting back but here is WHAT IS LEFT of our results .

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These are good ! This is all thats left of a BIG batch , figured I better take a picture before they are gone . Thank you Artful !

[Artful]

I had 4 left - which is why I made Rum/Brandy Balls -

Oh, only 1 left - guess I better finish the batch off - Don't ask, Don't tell invoked.

[Artful]

Wow, Dave's wife made some candies - Semi Sweet chocolate melted with butterscotch chips and spanish peanuts - YUMMMM

[Artful]

Time to make the MONSTER COOKIES.

Merry Christmas to ALL.

[Artful]

One more time - It's Baking Time!

Merry Christmas to ALL!

Going to be adding egg/gluten free cookies this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knXgmfcIbb4

[DougGuy]

That's cool Artful, I do the same thing, I bake a bunch of awesome chocolate chip cookies, then pick a few off my FB friends list and surprise them! This year I sent out 3 small boxes via 1st class mail on Tuesday the 26th, and they were all delivered today the 28th in MI, TN, and FL. Pretty danged good of our USPS workers, which I put our favorite carrier a little bag in the mailbox along with barrels and cylinders going back out and he was quite happy.. None of them made it past our block I bet!

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[Artful]

Time to make my cookies

Merry Christmas to all

[Artful]

Merry Christmas too all, time to make the cookies

[Artful]

Merry Christmas �� to all.
Time to make the cookies and mail out the love.

[Minerat]

Get r done Artful!

[Artful]

Get r done Artful!

I been working on it. Got about 20 dozen small plain sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies, choco chip cookies, and double choco chip chocolate cookies already made. ��

[Minerat]

That's just cruel, and having type 2, just makes it worse. All that yummy will be appreciated by friends and family. You are a good guy for doing it.

[Artful]

Time to start making the cookies