The next Christmas cookie you should bake…

Since Christmas is right around the corner I thought I’d share one of my faaaaavorite Christmas cookie recipes!  I call it the “cupcake-cookie” and get this, it’s only 4 ingredients!  This recipe will for sure have your friends and family unbuttoning their pants as they continuously reach for more.  People will definitely be asking for this recipe.

Ingredients:

1 box of devils food cake mix

2 eggs

1/3c. vegetable oil

Candy Cane Hershey kisses (around 30)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line your baking sheets with parchment paper/tin foil
2. Mix your cake mix, eggs, and oil until smooth.
3. Scoop little dough balls a little smaller than a tablespoon and place onto baking sheets.
4. Bake for 5-7 minutes. Let them cool for about 2 minutes and place your unwrapped Hershey kiss into the center.
5. You can also sprinkle festive sprinkles on top or dust on some powdered sugar!
6.   Viola! A yummy Christmas cookie for the friends & fam.

These are the ones I made! I subbed for Hershey’s Milk Chocolate kisses because my family is filled with chocoholics.  I did however add some red & green sprinkles for the spirit of Christmas!

Special thanks to YourCupofCake for sharing this delicious recipe.

Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup canned chickpeas (rinsed and patted dry)

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 c + 2 tbsp of natural nut butter of choice

1/4 c honey, or agave, or maple syrup

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt (if nut butter doesn’t have it)

1/2 c semi sweet chocolate chips/cacao nibs

Directions:

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Combine all ingredients into a food processor until smooth EXCEPT for the chocolate chips.  Make sure your scrape down the sides in order to get every possible ingredient and process again until well combined.

Next, stir the chocolate chips into the batter if it’s not working you can pulse once or twice to combine it.  This mixture will be sticky and thick!

Using wet hands form into small balls and press slightly on top of the ball.  Bake for about 10 minutes.  These will be soft and not set like a normal cookies would.  When ready to store, place them in an airtight container in either the fridge or at room temperature for about a week!

P.S. these are my favorite.

Enjoy!

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