Recipe Friday: It's Cookie Time
October 25, 2024
As October comes to a close, consider these recipes from Otis Spunkmeyer to help bring National Cookie Month to a sweet and satisfying end.
Salted Caramel Thumb Prints
Yield: 12
Ingredients
12. ea. Otis Spunkmeyer Sugar Cookies
12 ea. caramel candies
1 T sea salt
Method
Add the cookies to a parchment lined sheet pan and bake for 11-14 minutes at 300° F.
Once cooked, take one caramel candy and press into the center of the cookie.
Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and allow to cool to room temperature.
PB&J Cookie Sandwich
Yield: 12
Ingredients
24 ea. Otis Spunkmeyer Peanut Butter Cookies
¾ cup strawberry jam
¾ peanut butter
2 tsp powdered sugar
Method
Cook and cool the peanut butter cookies according to package directions. Allow to cool before proceeding to fill.
To make one sandwich, turn one of the cookies upside down so the bottom is facing up. Top with a dollop of jam. Take another cookie and dollop with peanut butter.
Sandwich the cookies together.
Top with powdered sugar.
Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Bars
Yield: 12
Ingredients
9 ea. Otis Spunkeyer Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
1 ea. cream cheese custard (rrecipe below)
.33 cups strawberry jam
Method
Remove nine cookies from the freezer to thaw for approximately one hour or until workable.
Line an 8x8 inch casserole dish with parchment paper.
Press the thawed cookies into a 8x8 inch casserole dish in a flat layer and dock with a fork.
Cook at 300° F for 16 -18 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool until room temperature.
Fill the pan with the cream cheese custard base.
Top with dollops of strawberry jam across the top. Swirl with a wooden skewer.
Increase the oven temperature to 325° F. Cook the cheesecake for 35-40 minutes or until the cheesecake is just set.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the fridge overnight for best results.
Cut into the desired amount of servings.
Ingredients for Cream Cheese Custard
16 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 ½ T all purpose flour
¼ cup sour cream
3 ea. eggs
2 ½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest
¼ tsp Kosher salt
Method
Mix the cream cheese, sugar and all purpose flour in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment on a low speed for 1 minute.
Add the remaining ingredients to the stand mixer bowl and mix on low speed with a whisk attachment until combined, about 2-3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl down a few times to promote even mixing.
Reserve until ready to use.
Maple Pecan Sugar Cookies
Yield: 12
Ingredients
12 ea. Otis Spunkmeyer Sugar Cookies
4 oz pecans
1 ½ cups browned butter maple frosting (recipe below)
Method
Take sugar cookie pucks out of the freezer to thaw slightly, about 1 hour.
Once workable, lightly press pecans into the cookie pucks to cover.
Add the cookies to a parchment lined sheet pan and bake for 11-14 minutes at 300° F. Cool immediately.
Once cooled, top each cookie with about 2 tablespoons of the brown butter maple frosting
Top with additional chopped pecans if desired.
Ingredients for Browned Buter Maple Frosting
2 sticks butter
3 oz cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
.33 cups maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp Kosher salt
Method
Brown 2 sticks of butter over a medium heat stirring occasionally. Once solids begin to brown, remove from heat and cool to room temperature until solidified.
Add all of the ingredients to a bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
Transfer to a container and place in the fridge until ready to use.
Oatmeal Raisin Apple Pie Cups
Yield: 12
Ingredients
12 ea. Otis Spunkmeyer Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
12 oz applie pie filling
12 oz vanilla ice cream
Method
Remove the oatmeal raisin cookies from the freezer to thaw to soften, about one hour.
Using one cookie per muffin tin, press one oatmeal raisin cookie into the bottom and up the sides creating a "cup."
Bake for eight minutes at 300° F.
Remove from oven and press a shot glass into each cookie to create a cup. Fill each oatmeal cup with 1 fl.oz of apple pie filling.
Bake for another six to eight minutes.
Serve warm or cool completely and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Blueberry Cinnamon Roll Crumble
Yield: 12
Ingredients
6 ea. Otis Spunkmeyer Blueberry Muffins
¾ cups old fashioned oats
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ tsp Kosher salt
½ stick unsalted butter
1 ea. egg white
Method
Combine all the ingredients together, excluding the egg white, in a medium size mixing bowl.
Using gloved hands, work the ingredients together until cohesive and the ingredients begin to ball up into irregular sized pieces.
Add the beaten egg white to the bowl and toss to combine.
Place the crumble onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350° F. Halfway through the cooking time, mix the crumble to promote even cooking.
Remove the crumble from the oven once golden brown. Allow to cool completely on the pan before using.