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Inside Out Chocolate Chip Sticks {Recipe}

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Inside Out Chocolate Chip Sticks | Lil Miss Cakes

I’m obsessed with this dessert lately. It’s so easy and so good! This dessert is basically a chocolate chip cookie stick, but I added cocoa to the dough and used white chocolate chips in place of semi-sweet. These sticks are soft and chewy on the inside and crispy outside. Once you mix up the dairy free dough, divide in half and shape each half into a long strip and bake. After 5 minutes of cooling, slice the cookies into 12 pieces and allow to cool completely. I know I mention using a stand mixer, but these can also be made by hand. Just mix everything in a large bowl.  There is nothing better than a quick and easy dessert to throw together at the last minute! These cookie sticks also freeze very well!

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Inside Out Chocolate Chip Sticks {Recipe}
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Serves: 2 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1¼ cup flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbs. corn starch
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine the oil and sugars. Mix well.
  3. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix to combine.
  4. Mix in the flour, cocoa, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine.
  5. Add in the chips and mix on low, trying not to break up the chips.
  6. Divide the dough in half and working on prepared baking sheet, form each half into a flat strip, about 11 inches long and 2 inches wide.
  7. Bake for about 20 minutes until dough is set.
  8. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, cut the strip into about 12 sticks. I use a metal bench scraper to press down and cut each stick. once cut, allow to completely cool.

 

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies {recipe}

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Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies | Lil Miss Cakes

This recipe happened by accident. I was trying to make my favorite chocolate chip cookies for my sisters birthday.  They happen to be her favorite too.  The recipe calls for a package of vanilla pudding mix.  I started putting the recipe together and went to the pantry to grab a pudding mix from my stash…my empty stash!  I was all out of vanilla-my options were lemon or pumpkin spice pudding mix.  If I were baking for my mom, I would have grabbed lemon.  My sister is not a lemon fan though, so I went for the pumpkin and hoped for the best.

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies Close Up | Lil Miss Cakes

Yum!  They taste like my soft chocolate chip cookies, but with a hint of pumpkin spice.  It’s nice for once to not be overwhelmed by pumpkin especially this time of year.  Even I need a break.  And I’ve posted pumpkin a lot! See pumpkin cinnamon buns, pumpkin spice pudding cookies, pumpkin doughnuts, pumpkin doughnut holes, and pumpkin snickerdoodles (my first ever post-I’ve come a long way).  Anyway, these cookies were gone so quickly!  My sister was so happy and had a great birthday weekend, thanks to this dairy-free cookie recipe.

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Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies {recipe}
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Serves: 3 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp, vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 1 package pumpkin spice pudding mix
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In the bowl on an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the margarine with the sugars and vanilla extract until smooth.
  4. Add in the eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined.
  5. Mix in the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt, and mix until combined.
  6. Add in the chocolate chips and mix just until combined, trying not to break up the chips.
  7. Using a 1½ Tbs. size cookie scoop or spoon, scoop cookie dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 8-11 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet to firm up a bit. Enjoy!

Smoked Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Smoked Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have a confession to make.  I don’t challenge myself enough in the kitchen.  I love experimenting, but with two young kids around, I just don’t want my kitchen adventures to fail.  I don’t have a lot of time to waste!  and while I love participating in the Kosher Connection link-up (a group of bloggers that share a recipe each month with the same theme), I often find myself skipping them.  Sometimes I run out of time, but mostly, the theme is too hard!  This month’s theme is smoked or smoky food.  I was determined to share a smoked or smoky dessert!

Smoky Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have never come across a smoked dessert before.  The first thing that came to mind was smoked salt.  I could make chocolate chip cookies with smoked sea salt.  My problem was, I don’t have any smoked salt.  I did a little research and discovered that it’s actually quite pricey, but I could make my own with some wood chips on the grill.  Perfect, except I don’t have any wood chips handy either.  It would be so much fun for me to experiment with smoking salt, but again, I don’t have time to run around searching for ingredients and other supplies.  I needed a more accessible recipe, with easy to find ingredients.  After lots of internet browsing I came across a comment somewhere that recommended adding liquid smoke to your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.  I knew I had to try it!  Liquid smoke is easy to find; I have seen it countless times and was always tempted to buy it, but never knew what I would do with it.  This was my chance!

Liquid Smoke Chocolate Chip Cookies

I decided to use oil instead of margarine in this recipe because I know a lot of people prefer to bake with oil over margarine and I wanted to keep these cookies dairy free.  I bought a hickory flavored liquid smoke and replaced some of the vanilla extract with it. It’s extremely concentrated, a little bit goes a long way!  These cookies are a perfect dessert for a summer barbecue and that’s exciting because most desserts associated with barbecue are smores and fruit.  It’s fun to mix it up and offer something new.  The smokiness in these cookies really compliment the sweetness of the chocolate chips.  I love the intensity and rich background flavor the liquid smoke offers.  These are definitely not your average chocolate chip cookie!

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Smoked Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Serves: 3 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup oil
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2¼ cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¾ tsp. vanilla extract
  • ¾ tsp. liquid smoke
  • 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the oil with the sugar and brown sugar until combined.
  4. Add the eggs and mix to combine.
  5. Add in the flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and liquid smoke and mix to form cookie dough.
  6. Add in the chocolate chips and stir to combine. The dough will seem greasy, and the chips may be difficult to incorporate, but that is ok!
  7. Chill in the fridge for about half an hour just to firm up the cookie dough.
  8. Scoop the dough using a large cookie scoop or a tablespoon into the parchment lined cookie sheets.
  9. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are slightly brown.
  10. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

Here are some more fun smoky recipes to try!