I've made these a few times now and everyone seems to love them! One day at lunch last year, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a "buffet" for lunch, where everyone brought something to share with everyone else. I made these bars for that, brought all of the bars I made to school, and we (about ten of us probably, plus a few stragglers that wanted food) ate the entire thing! I was glad that everyone liked them.
Tomorrow is my mom's big 50th birthday, so I thought it would be perfect to make a treat, especially because we haven't gotten any gifts yet...oops! We will, though, don't worry.
Anyways, here you go!
Anyways, here you go!
PHASE 1 - THE COOKIE
You will need:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cups granualted sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
In a large bowl (I used the one that comes with my mixer), cream the butter and sugar together until the mixture is fluffy.
Add the four eggs, one at a time, as well as the vanilla and almond extract.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking soda and add it to the wet ingredients gradually.
Spread the dough onto a GREASED baking sheet with raised edges. These are already a little bit hard to get out, so make sure you grease it! It will seem like you don't have enough dough to cover the entire thing, but you will if you get your hands dirty and put some muscle into it.
Bake the cookie in the oven for ten to fifteen minutes. I usually leave mine in for around twelve.
Let the cookie cool completely before spreading the frosting onto it. Since it was snowy the day I made these, I just covered it loosely and put it outside to cool. I made the frosting and ate lunch while it was out there and it was cool when I went out to get it. I guess you could say it takes a little while.
PHASE 2 - THE FROSTING
Spread the dough onto a GREASED baking sheet with raised edges. These are already a little bit hard to get out, so make sure you grease it! It will seem like you don't have enough dough to cover the entire thing, but you will if you get your hands dirty and put some muscle into it.
Bake the cookie in the oven for ten to fifteen minutes. I usually leave mine in for around twelve.
Let the cookie cool completely before spreading the frosting onto it. Since it was snowy the day I made these, I just covered it loosely and put it outside to cool. I made the frosting and ate lunch while it was out there and it was cool when I went out to get it. I guess you could say it takes a little while.
PHASE 2 - THE FROSTING
You will need:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
4 cups powdered sugar
5 Tbsp milk
1 pinch salt
In a large bowl (again, I used my mixer's bowl), beat the butter, vanilla, almond extract, and salt together.
Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix well. If you are using an electric mixer like I did, DON'T make it too fast.
Add the milk and mix until the frosting is smooth.
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
4 cups powdered sugar
5 Tbsp milk
1 pinch salt
In a large bowl (again, I used my mixer's bowl), beat the butter, vanilla, almond extract, and salt together.
Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix well. If you are using an electric mixer like I did, DON'T make it too fast.
Add the milk and mix until the frosting is smooth.
Technically, the frosting is finished after the above steps, but I like to add some pizazz to my cookies by adding food coloring and sprinkles. This way, they are more fun to look at and you can relate them to the season, a birthday, etc.
So, if you want to, add in the food coloring and mix it in as well.
Once your cookie is completely cool, spread the frosting onto it and cut it into pieces. I usually wait a little bit for the frosting to harden so it doesn't get all messed up when I cut it. Make sure you use a sharp knife rather than something like a butter knife! I've tried both and the sharp one works much better, trust me.
And you're all done! Enjoy!
NOTE:
If you are storing these, stacking them on top of each other will make them stick together and take the frosting off of the bottom ones. It makes them look kind of messy, but they taste the same.
Oh, and happy birthday to my favorite mom! :)
So, if you want to, add in the food coloring and mix it in as well.
Once your cookie is completely cool, spread the frosting onto it and cut it into pieces. I usually wait a little bit for the frosting to harden so it doesn't get all messed up when I cut it. Make sure you use a sharp knife rather than something like a butter knife! I've tried both and the sharp one works much better, trust me.
And you're all done! Enjoy!
NOTE:
If you are storing these, stacking them on top of each other will make them stick together and take the frosting off of the bottom ones. It makes them look kind of messy, but they taste the same.
Oh, and happy birthday to my favorite mom! :)
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| Even my kitty likes my frosting! |
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