Oreo Peppermint Cookies by Inside BruCrew Life

These look delicious, and fun to make for a holiday party!

What you need:

1/2 c. butter, softened
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. flour
1/4 c. dark cocoa powder
1 egg
2 c. oreo cookie chunks
1 c. peppermint patty pieces(the chocolate candies, not the actual patties)


What to do:

Preheat oven to 350* In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in both sugars. Add the egg and beat again. Stir in the baking powder, cocoa powder, and flour. Add the oreo chunks and patty pieces and stir by hand to distribute. Do this gently so you don't break up the chunks of oreos more. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

Chocolate Dipping Spoons by Simply Designing

What a great holiday idea! This would be fun to do with small children or as a gift for Christmas!

What you need:

-spoons (plastic)

- chocolate to melt

- candy, sprinkles, etc. for toppings

What to do:

- Dip spoon in melted chocolate and decorate! Simple!

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Santa's Hat Brownie Dessert by Cleverly Inspired Blog

This is such a cute idea!!

Check out her blog to get the recipe!

http://cleverlyinspired.blogspot.com/2011/12/santas-hat-brownie-dessert.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Cleverlyinspired+%28cleverlyinspired%29

Roasted Tomato Feta and Mushroom Stuffed Porkchops by Alicia

Made these the other night for dinner, they are simple to make and really good!

Roasted Tomato Feta and Mushroom Stuffed Porkchops

What you need:

- 2 thinly sliced porkchops (boneless)

- 1 cup mushrooms

- 1 shallot

-1 clove garlic

- Roasted Tomato Feta Cheese

- Salt and Pepper to taste

What to do:

1. Cook garlic (chopped) and shallot (chopped) with about 1 Tb. of olive oil on skillet until cooked through (soft)

1. Put raw chops in a large ziploc bag and pound meat with tenderizer until flattened out a bit

2. Once flattened, add handful of mushrooms and fets to center of meat. Add a pinch of cooked garlic and shallot.

3. secure both ends together and press toothpicks through one side of meat through the other side.

4. Line a glass baking dish with foil and place the chops inside.

5. Cook about 25-30 min (depending on thickness of meat and how many chops you have) (or until center reads 165 degrees... 175 degrees if you like it well done)

6. Let cool and enjoy! You can add salt and pepper to taste!

Creamy Spinach Artichoke Dip by The Scrap Shoppe

I actually make a recipe very similar to this each year for Christmas, but in a bread bowl... it is so good for dipping bread cubes or crackers!

Creamy Spinach Artichoke Dip

What you need:

1 10-oz. box frozen chopped spinach, thawed

1 14-oz. can artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped

1 c. shredded parmesan-romano cheese mix

1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

10 oz. prepared alfredo sauce

1 tsp. minced garlic

4 oz. softened cream cheese

Pepper (optional)

I loved this recipe because it was so easy!

The only ingredient that needed any work was the artichokes.

They just needed a little chopping!

Then dump in all of the other ingredients and mix them up thoroughly.

Spread in an 8x8" dish.  Then bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until cheese are bubbling and melted.

Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies by Cookin Cowgirl

These look delicious! Maybe for a cookie swap or a holiday party?

Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies

      makes 32

1 1.5oz pouch Berry Crocker sugar cookie recipe

1/2 C butter, softened

8 drops green food coloring

1 egg

1 C Nestle After Eight mint chocolate thins, chopped

1/2 C semi sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine cookie pouch, egg, butter and food coloring. Stir until combined. Stir in mint chunks and chocolate chips. Roll dough into balls and place on ungreased baking sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes and remove. 

Simple yet yummy!