Amazing M&M Cookies

These cookies are truly amazing!  And they're so quick and easy.  I got a little ambitious lately, and I decided to enter some baked goods into the state fair.  These are a front runner right now.  My family taste testers are still testing.  :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, room temperature

1 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 (3.4 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cup flour

1 1/2 cup mini M&M's, plus 1/4 cup more for garnish

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


In the bowl of your stand mixer combine butter and brown sugar.  Beat until combined.  Add in the egg and vanilla.  Continue mixing until smooth, scraping the sides with a spatula as necessary.  Mix in the vanilla pudding mix, baking soda, and salt.  Add in the flour and beat until combined.  Stir in the mini M&M's. 


Using a cookie scoop, scoop dough onto baking sheet.  Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges become golden brown.  Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.


Enjoy!  (probably with a big glass of milk)

Spaghetti Pie

My sister and I made dinner the other night and wanted to do something new.  After looking through our Pinterest boards we found the Today Show's recipe for Spaghetti Pie.  It was very easy and extremely tasty!! 


Ingredients:

12 ounces spaghetti, cooked, 1/2 cup cooking water reserved
1 pound ground beef
1 cup tomato paste, divided
3 large eggs
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil


Steps:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large skillet, brown the hamburger.  Add 3/4 cup tomato paste and half the reserved water.  Stir well.  Should turn into a thick paste.  Add more reserved water as needed. 


In a large bowl, combine eggs, parmesan cheese, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, and 1/4 cup tomato paste. Stir in the cooked spaghetti. 


Grease a 9 or 10 inch pie plate with the olive oil.  Spread half the meat mixture on the bottom.  Add the spaghetti mixture and press it down to level it.  Top with the remaining meat mixture.  Scatter remaining mozzarella cheese over the top. 


Bake for 30-35 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let sit about 10 minutes.  With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, slice pie into wedges and serve.  Extra marinara sauce for dipping is helpful.

Enjoy!

Oreo Fluff

This is a slightly late post, but I was so busy celebrating the Fourth of July with all of my family.  We all got together at the lake, and despite the colder than normal weather we had a great time!  One of the desserts I took to share was Oreo Fluff.  It's easy to make with only four ingredients.  And according to one of my sisters it's addictive.  :)


Ingredients:

2 cups buttermilk
2 packages of Oreo cookies and cream pudding mix
16 ounces Cool Whip
1 package crushed Oreos (I use the regular stuffed)


Steps:
Combine the buttermilk, and cool whip.  Add in the pudding mixes.  Stir in the crushed Oreos and enjoy.  Refrigerate until served.