XXL Chocolate Chip Cookies and Noodles

Look at these cookies.  Big, soft, chewy, delicious chocolate peanut butter chip cookies....pure heaven.

It all starts here in a muffin top pan.  I found the recipe through Kevin and Amanda on Picky Palate.  I know I had a pan like this before and I think I brought it to Goodwill (silly me), so off to ebay I went to buy a new one.   There are so many possibilities to what you can make in this pan!  Do you think that maybe 3 regular cookies equal one of these babies?  The calorie count is probably so high that I don't even want to know. :) 


This is how deep the pan is.

A 1/4 cup of cookie dough goes into each cup.

This is the yummy result.  I think it would be even better with ice cream.  What do you think?

XXL M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe courtesy of Picky Palate

2 sticks softened butter

3/4 Cup sugar

1 Cup packed light brown sugar

2 extra large eggs

2 Tablespoons pure vanilla

3 3/4 Cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

12 oz bag chocolate chips

1 bag M&M’s (you’ll have some left over)

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a stand or electric mixer beat the butter and sugars until well beaten.  Beat in eggs and vanilla until well combined.  Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl; mix.  Slowly add to wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips.  Do not mix in M&M’s!!

2.  Scoop 1/4 Cup of dough and press into a muffin top pan (or just press onto a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet).  Now, press your M&M’s onto pressed cookies.  This way they won’t break apart!!  Bake for 12-15 minutes, until edges just start to turn golden brown.  Let cool for 10 minutes on muffin top pan or cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.  Grab a tall glass of milk and EAT until your hearts content

About 18 XXL cookies!

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 On another food note, I made noodles last night.  Honestly, I don't ever remember having beef and noodles or chicken and noodles until Carl and I started dating (it's one of his mother's signature dishes).  Actually, I think everyone in the general area where we live eats beef/chicken and noodles.  I think I need to talk to my mother about this.  Why didn't we ever have this when I was growing up.  Or is it that I don't remember it?  

Back to the food...Janna shared Pioneer Woman's noodle recipe which is what I made, but I used 1 cup of white flour and 1 cup of wheat flour.  I let my roast cook in the crock pot all day while the noodles dried.  Later tonight I'll put the noodles in the boiling broth in the crockpot while I shred the beef.  I don't make noodles too often, but it just sounded good and hopefully it will taste just as good.

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This weekend Carl is going to race and I'm going to try to get the rest of my yard work finished.  I think it's also time to get projects lined up for winter.  Whatever you're doing this weekend, I hope you enjoy it.  Before I sign off, I would like to leave you with a quote that I found on facebook:   Let your smile change the world, but dont let the world world change your smile♥

Until next time,
Pam