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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Great Online Cookie Exchange 2016-Updated!

Thanks to Jz for organizing the Great Online Cookie Exchange!

cookie exchange

If you’re like me, you love raw cookie dough. Now you can have that wonderful cookie dough with no guilt. LOL  This is also great for those who are concerned about eating raw eggs.
 
No Bake Cookie Dough Bars
Quick, easy to make and NO oven required! Winking smile

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions
  1. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper
  2. Heat flour to 160 degrees
  3. In a large bowl, whip the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy
  4. Add the vanilla extract and beat again
  5. Add half the flour and beat just until combined
  6. Mix in sweetened condensed milk
  7. Add remaining flour and mix until incorporated
  8. Fold in mini dark chocolate chips and walnuts
  9. Scrape dough into prepared pan and press mixture evenly into pan
  10. Melt dark chocolate chips and drizzle over bars
  11. Refrigerate overnight until firm
  12. Cut into squares
Notes
  • I heat the flour in the microwave but that could be done in the oven
  • Especially since these are uncooked, I make sure I use butter and pure vanilla extract
  • I use my stand mixer to whip the butter and brown sugar but have used a hand mixer.
  • I lightly oil my hands to spread dough in the pan but you could use a spatula.
  • Allow the parchment paper to hang over the edges of the pan so it’s easier to lift the dough out of the pan after it sets up.
  • Store in refrigerator in airtight container.
  • You can use whatever chips you like (semisweet, peanut butter, M&Ms, white chocolate) with or without nuts.
  • This makes about 16 bars but can be cut smaller or larger.
  • Easily doubled.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Raw flour can contain bacteria and there have been recent outbreaks of E Coli that were found to be in the flour of raw cookie dough.  By heating the flour to temps above 160 degrees Fahrenheit, most germs will be killed.

I microwave my flour on high for about 1 ½ minutes, stirring every 15 seconds to ensure it is heated evenly and all the germs are killed.  After 1 ½ minutes, I pile all the flour together in the middle of the bowl and check it with a candy thermometer. You probably don’t have to do this but if you are going to serve these to any children, pregnant women or people with a compromised immune system, it is probably a good idea.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I would love any feedback you care to send.

Participating Blogs...be sure to go visit for some awesome recipes!
abby
Ashly
Bleue
collared mom
David
DelFonte
Ella
greengirl
His slut
Jz
Katie
Kelly
Lilli
Lindy
Mrs. Fever
Ms. Constance
nilla
olivia
ronnie
Ryan
Sassy

Just remember, the 7th of December lasts a whole 24 hours…and goes across international date lines!  So if there's nothing posted when you first visit, don't grumble., just try visiting later.  Winking smile

38 comments:

  1. Yum! I love your recipes. I will definitely give this one a go. I have tons of M&M's candies, so I'll experiment with them. =)

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    1. Thank you for the lovely compliment, CB. Will be interested in hearing how you and your guy like it with M&Ms. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  2. This sounds awesome Cat and versatile. Definitely going to have to try this, thank you :)

    Hugs
    Roz

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    1. You're welcome, Roz...hope you and Rick enjoy. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  3. Cat your recipe sounds delicious. Never heard of heating the flour before. May I ask what that does to it?

    Hugs Lindy xx

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    1. Hey Lindy...Hope you enjoy. After I read the comments, I went back and added additional information regarding the flour. Basically, flour can carry E-coli and heating it to above 160 degrees kills the bacteria so is safer. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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    2. Thank you always learning something new.

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  4. Sounds lovely Cat. Same question as Lindy, why heat the flour? Thanks.

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

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    1. Hey Ronnie...as I told Lindy, raw flour can carry E-coli. We don't normally consider that because flour is used in baked or cooked items so it's not a problem but since this is not cooked, it could become one. Hope you enjoy.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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    2. I had no idea. Thanks Cat.

      Love,
      Ronnie
      xx

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  5. Cookie dough and NO chick peas!
    I love you, woman!!
    This looks yummy and I look forward to trying it. :-)
    Thanks for playing!

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    1. Happy it sounds good to you, Jz...hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much for organizing and hosting this fun even. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  6. Oh that sounds delicious!! Thanks for sharing it!!

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    1. You're welcome, Olivia...hope you enjoy it. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  7. Mmmmm! I've got to try this! Thanks for asking the notes, that was helpful.

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    1. Hope you enjoy it, HS...happy you like the notes. Whenever you try a recipe, there are always going to be things that would be easier if you knew them ahead of time rather than trial and error. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  8. Sounds like a really good recipe, Cat!
    I'll give it a try with my littles minus the walnuts and see what they think!
    --Baker

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    1. Hope you and your littles enjoy making this one. You can always add plain M&Ms instead of walnuts...I'm sure your entire gang would love it. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  9. And who doesn't like raw cookie dough? Yum! :)

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    1. No one I know, Lilli...must be the crowd I hang with. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  10. This looks like a fun recipe. I like that there are so many options for variations.

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    1. Welcome Mrs Fever...hope you enjoy it. I do like options...one basic recipe can be changed up so easily. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  11. Oh this looks so quick and delicious! Thank-you Cat!!!!!!!!

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    1. It is Bleue...if you try it, you'll have to let me know what you think. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  12. This looks SO GOOD, Cuz! :) I will give these a try! I too like all the variations here. Some mighty fine eating is going to be happening all over the globe!

    I also have never heard of heating flour. So interesting! Thanks for sharing. Many hugs,

    <3 Katie

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    1. Hey Cuz...I know that you and Rob will probably come up with new variations. ;) I updated the recipe with an explanation of why you should heat the flour.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  13. These sound like a fun project to save and do with the grands this summer...no baking. I wold eliminate the nuts..one is allergic.
    hugs abby

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    1. It is a fun and easy one to make with little ones, Abby. Can always substitute M&Ms for the nuts or simply use the mini chocolate chips. Hope you enjoy.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  14. Yummo! I've been eating raw cookie dough since the 1960's but I live on the edge :) I don't share it with my grandmonkeys though. Now I can!!! This is going right into rotation here at the monkey house.

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    1. Hey Little Monkey...I agree, where we're willing to walk on the edge, we're not willing to take our little ones. I'm sure your grandmonkeys will love this...mine do. They love choosing different chips and nuts. I sometimes let each of them make a batch and other times, will split the basic dough into two bowls and let them add their own variations.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  15. Cat,
    I will make your cookie dough bars when you make my apple roses. Do you accept the challenge?
    Meredith

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    1. LOL Mere...the apple roses are actually on my list to try to make for Christmas buffet but depends on how much time end up having. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  16. Quick and easy, no baking, you've got my attention! Yum!
    Hugs DF

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    1. Hope you try and enjoy them, DF. Let me know if you have any questions.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  17. Cat, I absolutely love raw cookie dough. I have a dear friend for whom I can just give him a ball of cookie dough, and he will call it his Christmas present. I will make these for the holidays for sure.

    Ella Says Yum

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    1. Ooh Ella...this will be a perfect gift for your friend...just add his favorite mixture of nuts and/or candies and tie it up with a bow. ;) Hope you enjoy.

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  18. Recipe sounds delish but too many steps and ingredients for me - oven or not. lol

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    1. LOL Sunny...you wouldn't see it as too many ingredients or steps if I wrote it up the way a lot of recipes do with multiple steps in one. Your grands are old enough...print the recipe out for them to make when they come to visit. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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