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I have been on the lookout for a good recipe to re-create the smiley face cookies that I had as a child.  These are the large sugar cookies that had the hard glaze over them.  I discovered the glaze but the cookie always seems to evade me.  I have been making sugar cookies over the past couple of months to try to re-create them.  Although the sugar cookie in this post isn’t the right one for the smiley face cookie, it is super tasty.  It is light and fluffy with a great flavor, a perfect sugar cookie.   The one that I strive for, is harder and crunchier and a tad bit sweeter.  Not the definition of a perfect sugar cookie, but the perfect cookie to recreate my childhood memories.  Anyway I had to post about this cookie, because out of the bunch, it tasted really good.

As you can see, I painted the eyes and mouth before the first glaze completely hardened.  Thus, giving me a not so perfect smiley face. 

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So I love the Dream Bars from PotBelly’s.  I have been working hard to recreate them.  In order to get everything right, I went to PotBelly’s and purchased a bunch of dream bars.  Come to find out, I wasn’t too far off, but I wasn’t right either.  When I tasted the Dream Bars, I noticed that the bars did not contain coconut or nuts.  Basically they are a nice chewy crust, a gooey layer, topped with chocolate chips, and a oatmeal cookie topping that is dolloped over the top.  I have the crust and gooey layer down.  Just need to figure out a way to make the cookie topping.

Dream Bar #3

I used a 8×8 pan but a 9×13 pan would make these come out perfect.

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Yesterday I posted the recipe for my first attempt at dream bars. It was extremely tasty, but not the dream bars that I was looking for.  Today is my second shot.  I wanted to make the crust chewier and more moist.  I wanted the top to be chewy but not cookie like.  So I changed things up a bit today.

Dream Bars II

The crust is perfect.  The top is almost there, but not quite.

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I love Potbelly’s Sandwich Works.  They toast the subs, they are extremely cheap and they have Sheila’s Dream Bars.  I purchase one of these puppies each and every time I enter Potbelly’s.  So the other day I had a thought, why purchase a sub to get a Dream Bar when I could make them at home.  Only problem.  I have no recipe and I need to purchase a couple dream bars to get it right.  The second part was no problem.  This is my first attempt at the dream bar.

Dream Bar Try #1

Not quite the same, but still a damn good cookie bar.

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Over Thanksgiving I was at my Sister’s house and she made these delicious cookies.  When I asked for the recipe she said they were the worlds easiest cookies.  That was the understatement of the year.  These are the worlds easiest cookies by far.  They are also extremely tasty.  I ate about 20 of them.

Cake Mix Cookies

So simple yet so delicious.

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Well I have made many chocolate chip cookies but never intentionally made thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies.  I usually make thick and chewy cookies (my personal preference), but I wanted to see what all the fuss is with crispy cookies.  So I did a search looking for thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies.  To my surprise there were a lot of recipes.  I decided to try one by Goddess of all things home, Martha Stewart.

Thin and crispy

The cookies never browned right.  Although they are quite tasty and I see why people like thin and crispy cookies.

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My Mom would always make these awesome chocolate cookies for me when I was growing up.  I recently asked her for the recipe.  Go figure, no-bake cookies require no baking.  One pan, a little parchment paper and 40 minutes.    Talk about quick treat.  I couldn’t wait to try mine so I had one right after I dropped them on the parchment.  I would recommend against that.  It was like eating napalm.  150+ degrees of tasty goodness.

No-Bake Cookies

The hardest part is waiting for them to set.

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The other week I was stumbling around the internet and I came across a blog that featured a recipe for homemade Vanilla Wafers.  I haven’t had vanilla wafers in years, and they looked amazing.  So I decided to give the recipe a try to see if the vanilla wafers tasted as good as they looked.

Perfect with a nice cup of coffee

These are some extremely tasty cookies.

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