Coaches, church and Super Bowl Party

We survived the 2019 Polar Vortex and I was ready to be out of the kitchen after those last batches I posted about.  Then that night I remembered, I need to make a batch for my son's basketball coaches - season ending.  Then someone from church called and asked if I could make a batch for coffee hour for this Sunday.  Lastly, our annual Super Bowl party, I should have some cookies.

So back to the kitchen for 3 more batches.

#375 Chocolate Puddles  and #376 Dipped Spice Cookies

My 5 year old son joined our local basketball league this season.  His volunteer coaches went above and beyond.  Great communication, great team building and great end of the year party ; ).  They brought the kids out to Davanni's and are bringing the team to a Timberwolves game (and got each of the boys a Timberwolves sweatshirt).  Crazy above and beyond.

Chocolate Puddles
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda

Filling:
1 cup vanilla chips (or replace with pb chips)
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup coarsely chopped mixed nuts (or replace with peanuts)

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars.  Add the eggs, one at a time.  Beat in vanilla.  Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture.  Cover and chill for 2 hours or until dough is stiff.  

Melt chips with milk in a heavy saucepan over low heat; stir constantly.  Stir in nuts.  Cover and chill for 1 hour.

Roll cookie dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.  Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets.  Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center; smooth any cracks.  Roll filling into 1/2 in balls; gently push one into each cookie.  Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set.  Remove to wire racks to cool.

#377 Jeweled Coconut Drops
Cookie dough mixed with coconut and rolled in coconut.  Lots of coconut, with a little dollop of raspberry jam. 

* After making and blogging about these cookies yesterday; I decided we needed another batch for the Super Bowl party.  So 6 batches in 7 days; that's a lot of batches. 

#378 Frosted Chocolate Chip Brownies
Just a quick brownie recipe with yummy yummy chocolate chip/sour cream/powdered sugar frosting.  I'm assuming the brownies will be delish, but I know the frosting is excellent.  No way was I not gonna lick up that bowl after done frosting the brownies.