Best Festive Skillet Cookie Pampered Chef Recipes

ALL-OCCASION COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350°.
• Microwave 2 sticks of the butter on high for 1 minute or until melted.
• Using paring knife, slice remaining butter into 1/2 inch slices; add to melted butter, tossing to coat.
• Allow butter to stand 3-5 minutes or until softened.
• Blend cake mix and flour in bowl and whisk to break up any large lumps.
• Whisk butter until smooth and free of lumps, if necessary microwave for 10-20 seconds or until creamy and pourable.
• Do not melt completely.
• Pour butter, all at once, into dry ingredients.
• Mix until dry ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth.
• If dough is to stiff to stir knead until smooth.
• Using a small cookie scoop or teaspoons drop cookie dough onto baking sheet 2" apart.
• Bake 15-17 or until very light golden brown.
• Cool three minutes and transfer to cooling rack.
• Variations: Chocolate: Substitute devils food cake mix for the white and bake as directed Peanut Butter: Substitute yellow cake mix for the white cake mix.
• Add flour as directed.
• Whisk 2/3 cup peanut butter into softened butter until smooth; add to dry ingredients as recipe directs.
• Mix ins: Mix in 1/2-1 cup fo any combination of the following ingredients to the dough--Miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips; whole, grated or chopped nuts; rasins; flaked coconut; dried cranberries; miniature candy-candy coated chocolate pieces; chopped candies; chocolate chunks; white chocolate chips or toffee bits.

PEANUT BUTTER BLOSSOMS (PAMPERED CHEF)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Break apart cookie dough into pieces and place in a medium sized mixing bowl.
• Stir in peanut butter until completely blended. (You can use an electric mixer if you prefer).
• Fill cookie press with dough and choose a flower shapped disk.
• Press dough onto a baking stone (or baking sheet), about 1-inch apart.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, until light golden brown.
• Remove from oven.
• While cookies are warm, press one Hershey kiss into the middle of each cookie.
• Cool about 2-3 minutes on baking stone or baking sheet, then remove cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely.