Homemade Oatmeal Crème Pies

Homemade Oatmeal Crème Pies

(from a blog, but can't remember which one, I also changed the filling a little bit)

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats

Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 375°.

2. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, beating well.

3. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a bowl, stirring well. Add oats; stir well. Add to butter mixture; stir until well blended. Drop by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes. Cool on pan 2 to 3 minutes. Remove cookies from pan; cool on wire racks.

4. Spread 1 tablespoon Cream Filling over each bottom side of half of cookies; top with remaining cookies, right side up.
Yield

Makes 3 dozen oatmeal cookies or 18 cream pies

Creme Filling

Ingredients
3-4 oz. cream cheese
1/2 stick butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
1. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, scraping bowl. Beat on high until light and fluffy.

Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups

I can't taste them but they smell sooooo gooood

Rocky Road Cookies

Rocky Road Cookies

from the kitchen of Silvia Winert and Robin Wilson

I like to make this recipe a day ahea. It makes it easier to cut. I use a pizza cutter.

2 cups butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

4 Tablespoons cocoa

2 cups flour

2 cups walnuts

1 bag miniature marshmallows

Frosting

2 boxes (8 cups or 1 bag 2 lbs.) powder sugar

2/3 cup cocoa

1 cup melted butter

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1 tsp. vanilla

Bake in a cookie sheet, it cuts well if it is made the day before.

Not a favorite at my house but Tuellers loved them.

Fruit Pizza

Fruit Pizza Cookies

(I found this recipe in Rachel Leavitt's blog)

2 rolls sugar cookie dough
8 oz. cream cheese
10 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained WELL
powdered sugar, to taste

I divide each cookie dough package into 6 pieces, and bake the cookies according to the package directions. ( I use a stone cookie sheet). Mix together drained pineapple and cream cheese and spread on top of cooled cookies.
Top each cookie or "pizza" with your favorite fruits. I use strawberries and blueberries. You can use any berry, sliced kiwi, mandarin oranges, etc. It all works well.

Stephen and Grey loved these cookies and it was a hit with their friends also.

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

(this recipe came from Robin Wilson)

Ingredients

2 boxes chocolate cake mix (Swiss chocolate, German chocolate, devil’s food etc.)

4 large eggs

1 cup Crisco shortening

1 bag large marshmallows

Mix cake mix, eggs and shortening thoroughly. Make small balls the size of a quarter. Do not flatten. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 11-12 minutes or until cookies are starting to crack all over the top. While cookies are baking, cut the marshmallows in half with scissors. Remove cookie sheet from oven and place ½ of a large marshmallow (cut side down) on top of each cookie and return to oven for 1 minute. Remove cookies from the oven and let them cool on cookie sheet. Make frosting and put a large spoonful on top of each cookie. As soon as you frost the cookies you can sprinkle holiday sprinkles on top of each cookie.

Chocolate frosting

4 oz. cream cheese (or ½ a container of cream cheese spread. It is softer.)

1/3 cup butter

3 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla

milk-(enough to make a good spreading consistency)

Softer cream cheese and butter. Add other ingredients and beat until smooth. You might want to double the frosting recipe.

*This recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies.