It took me a few tries, but I decided on what I wanted my Master Baker entry to be. No clue why I ever tried anything else, these are without a doubt my favourite ever. Getting ahead of myself, let me start with this morning when I found this beauty on my porch.
Other people’s preferences got me this sexy girl, not any people liked the colour so Kitchen Aid sold her on close out for half price! Ain’t she gorgeous? She’s the very first KA for me, D spoils me rotten and bought her for my B-Day.
There was no question about what I wanted to make first, and it happened to also be what I wanted to make for my Master Baker entry. Chocolate chip cookies! At least half of them were dark chocolate chips, the other half were full of Easter Candy!
Reese’s Eggs! Who can resist a Reese’s Egg cookie? D sure couldn’t, and I love them so much. They were really easy to dice up, and stirred into the batter with no trouble at all.
Have you ever seen such perfectly mixed cookie dough? She can do no wrong, I’m in love.
The cookies aren’t as dark as this pic makes them, the lighting wasn’t great at 9:30 p.m. The Reese’s Eggs baked very nice in the cookies, they stayed warm and gooey like they should be. Master Baker, your Easter Candy challenge has been done!
The recipe is a modified Toll House Cookies recipe, ain’t found anything I like better yet. The changes I make is to the baking soda and salt measurements, trust me when I say it makes a really big difference. Oh yeah, the oven temperature is different too. They say 375 F, I prefer to bake them at 350 F for 11 minutes.
Easter Egg Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
20 Reese’s Eggs, diced ( Used 9 Reese’s eggs for half the batch, used Ghiradelli’s Dark Chocolate Chips for the other half )
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 350 F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in Reese’s Eggs. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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March 27, 2008 at 2:38 am
noskos
I’m jealous!!! I want a KA so bad… What a fabulous gift you’ve got there!!!
March 27, 2008 at 5:01 am
Sarah
What a nice KA! I got mine for Christmas and don’t know what I did without one. Enjoy it! 🙂
March 27, 2008 at 7:06 am
Mike of Mike's Table
Congrats on your new baby–I don’t know how I’d get by without mine either. Its not that doing it by hand is impossible…but making things with the KA is just so much faster and easier!
The cookies sound delicious. I love Reese’s, peanut butter, and cookies…never thought to put them all together, but man oh man, those cookies would be gone so fast…
March 27, 2008 at 7:15 am
Caitlin
*jealous* Even though I have an artisan, I lust after the professional… And I got a white one because KA had steep discounts on just that color, so I agree that that’s definitely the way to go! Oh, and chocolate chip cookies + reese’s eggs? Talk about a match made in heaven!
March 27, 2008 at 7:27 am
April
Congrats on the new addition!!!
I love anything with PB and chocolate! Great cookies!
March 27, 2008 at 10:09 am
lemontartlet
Noskos, wanted one for so long. Ain’t she gorgeous?
The ow in my arms after my most recent attempt at a whole grain bread recipe is reminding me what I did without her Sarah. Wanna try it in the KA!
Mike, you can say that again. Last night I was dancing around doing the Look ma, No Hands dance while she made the dough! The cookies are so tasty, I feel like a twit for not making them sooner!
Ain’t the sales great Caitlin? Fashionable colours are great, but there’s a limit to how much I care if it matches.
Thanks April! Y’all come get some cookies!
March 27, 2008 at 10:21 am
CB
Congrats on your new KA mixer! Whats the diff between prof and artisan? Mmmm… I lurve cadbury eggs. Genius to make choco-cadbury cookies. Genius!
March 27, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Natalie
Congrats, and you got the big/pro one! (I like the color too 🙂
March 28, 2008 at 1:22 am
That MindTweaks Chick
Congrats!! I can feel your excitement from here. And the cookies.. I want. Please? Pretty please?
March 28, 2008 at 10:33 am
smellslikehome
what a beautiful new toy!!! 🙂
March 30, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Anne
OOOH Congrats on the shiny new toy! I love mine, best present ever. Hope you love it too!