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Cookies - 10 New Ways To Enjoy Your Favorite Cookie Recipes
Who doesn't like having a cookie for a snack? Those wonderful
round little treats take us back to our childhood where a cookie was the
ultimate snack or dessert. If our mother let us have two in a row then we were
in heaven on earth. Now that we're a little older, we still enjoy the taste of
those darling cookies, but sometimes we desire to try new things or new ways
of experiencing old favorites. I love to learn new ways to enjoy my cherished
foods, and cookies definitely rank at the top of my food list. Here are some
different ways you can enjoy some of your most popular cookies.
1. Make ice cream cookie sandwiches by softening your favorite
ice cream and pressing once scoop of ice cream between 2 cookies. Chocolate chip
cookies work great for this with vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Refreeze for at
least 2 hours before serving.
2. Add cookie crumbles to the top of your ice cream or yogurt.
You can even add the crumbles at the end of the churning cycle for homemade ice
cream.
3. Add cookie crumbles to your homemade milkshakes or protein
shakes for a yummy touch.
4. Try substituting dried cherries or dried cranberries for
raisins in cookie recipes such as oatmeal raisin cookies.
5. Spread peanut butter over your cookies and top with nuts and
dried fruits. This works really well with sugar cookies and shortbread cookies.
6. Add 1/3 cup of sunflower seeds or mixed nuts to your cookie
recipe. You will be adding extra fiber and folic acid to your treats as well as
a fun new flavor.
7. Make cookie s'mores instead of traditional s'mores for your
campsite treat. Use a shortbread cookie, sugar cookie, or gingerbread cookie
instead of a graham cracker when you make s'mores by the campfire.
8. Instead making regular round cookies, make cookies of
different shapes. Follow the directions for making bar cookies, and instead of
cutting the cookies into bars, use cookie cutters to make different shapes. The
left over pieces can be used in ice cream, yogurt, or milkshakes as suggested
above.
9. Use you favorite cookie as a pie crust. Substitute crushed
cookies mixed with a little melted butter for the usual pastry pie crust and you
might just be surprised to find that you have a new favorite dessert.
10. Share your cookies with someone new. Maybe you have a new
neighbor or an old one that you haven't talked with in a while. Whatever the
case may be, enjoying a batch of homemade cookies with a new or old friend could
be the best new way to enjoy your favorite cookie.
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For wonderful cookie recipes you can use with the above tips, please refer to
Popular Cookie Recipes
