Tuesday, September 5, 2017

M&M's, Sprinkles, Chocolate Chips - no way this could be bad

This year for Independence Day we decided to do the unexpected – go to fireworks. Wait- isn’t that the normal thing to do? Sure if you don’t have little kids who are little nightmares staying up that late and the next day having stayed up that late. Thankfully my hometown does them on the 3rd of July – so the kids would be able to sleep in on the 4th. The fireworks were so fun – sure the stuff in the sky was neat, but the reactions on the kids’ faces and the funny things they said and did – wouldn’t have missed that for anything. I’m sure Nicholas will remember that train that went past us about 5 feet away for a long long time.
The following day – the 4th we let the kids sleep in, but still had some drama due to lack of sleep. To help with the drama, I asked Bronwyn to help me do some baking. I had planned to make Chocolate Chip Pie but also on a whim we did Scotcharoos for Andy since he asked so nicely.
Bronwyn put all the ingredients in and mixed them up just right. She was an expert pie masher into the pan too. It’s amazing what a little baking can do for you. Soon as we got the pie into the oven and set the timer, she was dancing and having a great time. Maybe she really is a mini-me. Baking makes me happy too.

The actual pie was quite the hit at the party we went to. Certainly will be making that one again!

M&M Cookie Pie

Ingredients
½ cup salted butter
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
1½ cup all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup m&m's
¼ cup mini m&m's

For the Frosting:
4 tablespoons butter
3½ tablespoons cocoa powder
1½ cups powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
1-2 tablespoons milk
M&M's
Sprinkles

For the dough:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 inch pie dish.
Beat butter for 2 minutes until smooth. Mix in sugar until fluffy. Add in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until smooth, creamy, and light in color.
Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.
Mix in the m&m's by hand (they're break if you use the mixer) until evenly distributed.
Spread dough in the greased pie dish. Bake for 23-26 minutes. Cool completely before removing from pie dish and frosting.
For the Frosting:
Beat butter and cocoa powder together. Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Add the milk as needed to get desired consistency.
Place frosting in a piping bag with an 1M tip and decorate the cookie cake. Immediately add the M&M's and sprinkles.

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