Best Magic Cookies Recipes

MAGIC COOKIE BARS OR SEVEN LAYER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahreheit (325 degrees Fahrenheit for a glass dish).
• In a small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter; mix well.
• Press crumb mixture firmly in the bottom of a 13x9 baking pan.
• Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture.
• Layer evenly with semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, coconut, and nuts.
• Press down firmly with a fork.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool.
• Cut into bars.
• Store leftovers covered.

LAYER COOKIES (MAGIC LAYER BARS)

Steps:

• Place melted butter in a 9 x 13 baking pan. Spread graham cracker crumbs over top. (I actually prefer to melt my butter in the microwave, mix in the graham cracker crumbs and then pat into the pan. It makes a more even bottom crust, I think.).
• Layer the coconut and chips in order given. Pour sweetened condensed milk over all. Top with nuts. DO NOT mix together.
• Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. (Please check earlier if your oven runs hot!).

MAGIC WINDOW COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper or foil. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll one-third of dough at a time 1/8 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Cut shapes from centers of cookies as desired. Place cookies on parchment paper.
• Place whole or partially crushed pieces of candy in cutouts, depending on size and shape of design, mixing colors as desired. Leave pieces as large as possible because candy melts easily; do not use fine candy "dust." (To crush candy, place in heavy plastic bag and tap lightly with rolling pin.) Place cutouts from centers of cookies on top of candies, if desired.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are very light brown and candy is melted. If candy has not completely spread within cutout design, immediately spread with knife. Cool completely on parchment paper, about 30 minutes. Gently remove cookies to cooling rack.

MAGIC-IN-THE-MIDDLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture., For filling, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and peanut butter. Shape into 30 balls. Wrap tablespoons of chocolate dough around filling to cover completely. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar., Bake 7-9 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in airtight containers.

BLACK MAGIC BROWNIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, oil, coffee powder and eggs with spoon until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Onto cookie sheets, drop dough by level tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on High 15 to 20 seconds or until melted. Drizzle over cookies.

MAGIC PEANUT BUTTER MIDDLES COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar, and butter until well blended.
• Blend in 1/4 cup peanut butter to mixture. Add vanilla and egg, beat well.
• Add flour mixture until blended. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients, blending well.
• Roll filling into 30 one inch balls.
• For each cookie, with floured hands shape 1 tbs dough around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely.
• Place cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or until set and slightly cracked.
• Cool on wire racks.

MAGIC PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large baking sheet.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup sugar replacement, the egg, and vanilla, and stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. With a fork, dipped in sugar replacement to prevent sticking, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from the oven, and sprinkle the cookies with some of the remaining sugar replacement. Cool slightly before removing from pan.

MAGIC CARPET COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Mix butter, sugar, egg and flavoring until creamy. Measure flour by sifting. Mix dry ingredients. Blend into butter mixture.
• Divide dough in half, reserve for trim. Roll remaining dough in 2 (12x6-inch) rectangles on a well-floured or cloth covered board. Cut each rectangle lengthwise in 3 equal strips. With a spatula, carefully lift each strip to a parchment lined baking sheet, placing 1 inch apart.
• Spoon reserved dough into a cookie press. Work in 2 teaspoons cream if it is too dry. Using the smallest star design, press out long ropes on each side of strip, and also 1 down center, pressing down slightly to seal. If you do not have a cookie press, you can roll long, thin ropes instead. Bake about 10 minutes, or until edges are delicately browned.
• Cool. Fill in the rows of trim with jelly or icing. Carefully cut 1-inch diagonal pieces with a sharp knife.

MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. DOUGH: Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the sugars, butter, and 1/4 cup of peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk, beating to combine, then stir in the dry ingredients, blending well
• 2. FILLING: In a small bowl, stir together the 3/4 cup of peanut butter and confectioners sugar until smooth.
• 3. With floured hands or a teaspoon scoop, roll the filling into 26 one-inch balls.
• 4. FORM COOKIES: Scoop 1 tablespoon of the dough. Make an indentation in the center with your finger and place one of the peanut butter balls into the indentation Bring the cookie dough up and over the filling, pressing the edges together cover the center; roll the cookie in the palms of your hand to smooth it out into ball. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
• 5. Roll each rounded cookie in granulated sugar, and place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
• 6. Grease the bottom of a drinking glass, and use it to flatten each cookie to about 1/2-inch thick.
• 7. Bake the cookies for 7 to 9 minutes, or until they're set and you can smell chocolate. Remove them from the oven, and cool on a rack.

MAGIC CARPET COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• Cream together butter, sugar, egg, flavoring.
• Stir dry ingredients together; blend in.
• Reserve 1/2 of dough; roll the rest into 2 rectangles, 12" x 6".
• Cut rectangles lengthwise into 3 strips.
• Lift each strip carefully onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Put reserve dough into cookie press.
• Using smallest star design, press a long rope down each side of each strip, and one down the center.
• Bake 10 minutes, until edges are light brown.
• When cookies are cool, fill between the rows with different colored jellies or icing.
• cut cookies into 1" diagonal pieces.

MAGIC MIDDLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In small bowl combine flour, cocoa & baking soda (dissolved in 1 Tbsp. of hot water). Beat sugars, margarine, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg, beat well. Stir in flour mixture until blended set aside.
• In another bowl combine filling ingredients blend well. Roll into 30 small balls - approximately 1 tsp. per ball for each cookie.
• For each cookie with floured hands, flatten about 1 tablespoon dough and shape it around 1 peanut butter ball, enclose it completely. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet Flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 375°F for 6 to 8 minutes until slightly cracked.

MAGIC FRUITCAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients well & wet your hands with water. Take about a tablespoon of the mixture & roll into small balls then smash flat onto parchment paper. ONLY USE PARCHMENT PAPER NOT FOIL!!!!
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook till hot through & take out. Cool & remove. These are like chewy candy cookies. YUMMY!

VEGAN MAGIC COOKIES BARS (AKA 7-LAYER BARS)

Steps:

• Crumb Crust:.
• Preheat the oven to 350F/180°C.
• Lightly oil an 8x8 inch (20x20 cm) baking pan. Line the bottom with parchment so that it extends up two sides of the pan. (To help with the removal of the bars.).
• Mix the graham crackers and sugar in a bowl.
• Mix the maple syrup, oil and vanilla in a small bowl. Pour over the crumbs and mix until moistened.
• Press the dough into an even, compact layer on the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake the crust on the center rack for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature before filling.
• Bars:.
• Pour the cashew cream over the cooled crust.
• Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the cream.
• Sprinkle 3/4 cup (128 g) of the chocolate chips over the nuts.
• Sprinkle the toasted coconut over the top.
• Press the toppings into the cashew cream.
• Bake on the middle rack for 25 minutes until the coconut is lightly browned.
• Press down lightly with a spoon on any areas where the coconut does not look anchored.
• Scatter the remaining chocolate chips on top. Cool completely.
• Place the pan in the freezer for about 30 minutes, until cold, before cutting.
• Remove from the pan, cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into six pieces.

KAREN'S MAGIC CAKE MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine cake mix, white chocolate chips, toffee chips, eggs, vegetable oil, and brown sugar in a large bowl; mix until dough comes together. Form dough into 2-inch balls.
• Pour confectioners' sugar into a shallow bowl. Roll each ball of dough in the confectioners' sugar until coated. Arrange on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm, 8 to 10 minutes.

MAGIC WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl mix together the egg whites, sugar, and nuts until well blended. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, three inches apart, onto the lined cookie sheets. Using the back of a spoon, dipped in water, flatten into rounds about 1.5 inches in diameter. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Let cool slightly before removing from sheets. If the cookies are stuck, they need to be baked a little longer.
• In a plastic bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave oven, stirring every 15 or 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. This can also be done over a double boiler. Spread the chocolate onto the flat side of a cookie and stick it together with the flat side of another cookie to make a sandwich until all the cookies are used up.

PEANUT BUTTER MAGIC COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients.
• Drop by tablespoon onto parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool several minutes before moving to wire rack to cool completely.

MAGIC COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. If you are using a glass baking dish, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• 2. Melt the butter.
• 3. In a food processor, blend the Cherrios and graham crackers to make four cups of crumbs.
• 4. Combine the melted butter and the Cherrios/graham cracker mixture.
• 5. Pat this mixture into a greased 13x9 pan to make the crust.
• 6. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.
• 7. Evenly layer the chocolate chips, marshmallows and coconut over the sweetened condensed milk.
• 8. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• 9. Cool before cutting. Serve and enjoy.

PEANUT BUTTER MAGIC COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix first 4 ingredients together.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Drop by tablespoon onto parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake 10 minutes; let cool several minutes before moving.
• Enjoy!