Friday, March 16, 2012

Sistas' Famous Cookies


These cookies are AMAZING!!!  My sisters make them for everyone ~ basketball teams, soccer teams, football teams, teachers, gifts, etc.  They are especially good right out of the oven.  Debbi used them at an auction at our high school and got a huge bid for them.  Then she had to make hundreds of them that year to fulfill the bid!

This recipe is doubled since they are usually made for so many people!

Dry Ingredients

4 1/4 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

Important Step!  MELT 3 cubes {sticks} of butter.  
Room temperature just doesn't make them as good.

To the melted butter add ~

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla or a little more

2 eggs

Mix all the ingredients together and then blend them well using a hand mixer, Kitchenaid, or a strong son.

Add in 1/2 pound of chopped dark chocolate {They get the 72% kind from Trader Joes.  They said chocolate chips aren't as good, but I am sure you can use them.}

8 Skor or Heath bars chopped {This is the secret ingredient in my opinion!} Debbi chops hers up in small pieces and Alisa chops hers up in big pieces!

Blend in well.  You must now roll them in love {according to Debi...although Alisa leaves out this essential step and hers tasted mighty good!}

Alisa makes big, giant cookies and Debbi makes smaller ones as you can see in the picture. {I didn't get a picture of Alisa's.}  It may be that Debbi has made thousands and Alisa has made only hundreds!

Cook in a 375 degree preheated oven for 11 minutes.  They turn out perfectly in their 25 year old ovens when they are cooked that long, although Alisa likes hers slightly undercooked.


Debbi only cooks hers on one rack at a time.  If there is more than one rack in the oven, the cookies don't taste as good.  I think Alisa may use more than one rack at a time...

Now, as you can see, these are not healthy in any way.  If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know I am VERY health conscious but these are SO good.  Just don't have them around the house TOO often, okay?

P.S. The first picture is how Debbi wraps them when she gives them to people.  Aren't they a gorgeous way to receive cookies!  People just love them.

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These cookies are so good !!!!
I can't wait to try the recipe
for the baseball team
Thanks Lori
Yum
xxoo
Pam
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Cynthia Swenson · 680 weeks ago

Sweet! Cookies are not allowed for me right now but I sure enjoy reading about your precious family enjoying them! I can almost taste one. Love & prayers, in Jesus, Cynthia
If I ate candy bars I would definitly choose a Skor bar, YUM! This recipe sounds delicious!
Oh my! These sound and look amazing! Gotta try them for sure. Thanks for posting the recipe!
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Tania Rees · 680 weeks ago

Hi Lori, what is a 'score or heath bar'..??.not heard of these here in S.Wales, UK.!!x
3 replies · active 680 weeks ago
It is described as this on Amazon.com ~

Heath bars are milk chocolate English toffee bar.

I am sure you can find something similar where you live!
Yes, thanks for correcting me Joluise. My sister gave the recipe to me over the phone and I had never heard of a Skor candy bar!
How finely do you chop the Heath bars?
1 reply · active 680 weeks ago
I think they leave them in pretty good sized chunks.
Linda, Debbi said to chop them up in small pieces but not too small and Alisa said big pieces! :) So I guess it is whatever you like best.
These look awesome Lori! Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy! :-)

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My name is Lindsay and Cassie made these cookies when she came to visit Steven in San Fran. I can attest that these are without a doubt, hands down, the most delicious cookie I've ever eaten. EVER. (I was pregnant when I had them...but still!). Cassie was so nice to give me the recipe, and I immediately tried my hand at them. I am sad to say it was an epic fail. For some reason the dough was really really hard (almost impossible to keep together because of all the flour) and the resulting cookie had the right taste but was way too dry. Any ideas for what I may have done wrong? I really thought I added the right amount of flour, but I didn't sift it or anything. I am planning to try and make these again but I thought I would ask for your words of cookie-making wisdom!! :)
Those do look good! Did I read that right...three sticks of butter?? I bet they are good, I have a chocolate chocolate chip cookie that uses 2 1/2 sticks and those are delicious. I can imagine three...mmm.
I always need a good over-the-top delicious cookie recipe for when my family comes by. I'm going to try this one out on them for sure! Pinning this to make in a few weeks! Thanks for joining up with us at the Holiday Heirloom party today!
Oooh those look SO SO good. I can practically taste them now. Pinning this recipe, thanks for linking up to the Holiday Heirloom recipe party!
Wow, those look and sound YUMMY!
Oh my....these looks AMAZING! Thanks for sharing at our Holiday Heirloom Party-I'm pinning these to try soon-just in time for my holiday baking! Thanks!
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