Like a Good Preschool Mother, I have offered my services for an upcoming bake sale.
Hmmm. What do I make? I would totally do the pumpkin brownie thing, but I don’t think the consistency will hold up well. (They want the items in plastic bags tied up with ribbons.)
Do you have an absolutely fantastic recipe for cookies, brownies or bars? Please help, as I desperately want the school moms and teachers to liiiiiiiike meeeeeeeee.
(Especially since Wito had a little accident involving poop remnants at school yesterday. Which was beyond mortifying. THE SITUATION IS DIRE, YO.)
check out bakerella’s site. she has pumpkin pie bites that are so simple to make!!
I know there are a zillion responses before mine, but seriously, MAKE THESE. They are easy, adorable, yummy, and did I mention adorable? They’re essentially mini peanut butter cups pressed into peanut butter cookies. Soooooo goooood. And the thing that takes the longest? Is unwrapping the peanut butter cups.
http://www.recipezaar.com/Peanut-Butter-Cup-Cookies-Tarts-113299
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let me clue u in from a seasoned bake sale mom…
after slaving over ina’s carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and then being told i had to bag them, i was horrified to see the mess of what was a gorgeous cupcake being passed over many times at the last bake sale i took part in. last is the key word here. don’t try to impress, most of these morons won’t recognize your efforts anyway.
bitter?
yes.
Oatmeal Scotchies Bars… the recipe is on the back of the Nestle Butterscotch chips, they are delicious and make a HUGE panful.
Just wanted to thank you for this post because I now have a million yummy recipes bookmarked!
And glad to see everyone loves Smitten Kitchen and Bakerella as much as I do!
Saltine Toffee Cookies aka “Crack” are so easy & yummy!
Here is the recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Saltine-Toffee-Cookies/Detail.aspx
They call them “crack” because you have to crack them up to serve them and because they are addicting and you can’t stop eating them! Even if you don’t use this recipe for the bake sale, I recommend trying it sometime.
“Damn Woman No Wonder We’re Fat” Brownies (Paula Deen)
Get a brownie mix for a 13×9 pan. Also get 3 GIANT Hershey bars.(with or without almonds…as you wish)
Make the brownie mix.
Pour half of it in the pan.
Unwrap the candy bars and sink them in the mix.
Cover with the other half of the mix.
Bake as directed, let cool before cutting.
Cool.
Change the name.
Eat and die of the deliciousness.
I agree with the Best, Big Fat Chewy Chocolate Cookie Recipe… http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Big-Fat-Chewy-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie/Detail.aspx
EVERYONE loves a chocolate chip cookie. These are so delicious, and the right size to eat just one ;)
I do recommend using about at least a half cup less chocolate chips, 1 1/2c. is plenty.
I was actually planning on making these before I saw your post. But this just seals the deal. To the kitchen, I go.
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why dont you make the salted caramels that nothing but bonfires made for her wedding….they are yummy and easy and package nicely….
They might be too sexy for a school bake sale, but these Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles are badass.
Okay, Whoorl. You are going to have tell us what you baked after the sale is over.
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I made these cookies this week and I can’t stop eating them. Seriously, so good. (I substituted Trader Joe’s mini choc-pb cups in place of chopped up reese’s). I’m warning you, wrap them up immediately and place them far, far out of your sight.
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/peanut-butter-cup-cookies-00000000021356/index.html
I am SHOCKED that with 60 replies that no one has mentioned the absolute best bakesale item ever. Hello Dollies or Magic Bars {Not THOSE kind of magic bars!} They are truly the most amazing delish dessert ever. Then a few days ago I was over on the Picky Palate site and she added pumpkin to hers! Holy mother of all things good. I promise you if you make those they will FLY off the table.
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I’d recommend chocolate chip cookie bars. you make the recipe for chocolate chip cookies but instead of cookies put them in a brownie pan. Delish!
Omg, you’ve already had 62 comments. But if you haven’t decided yet, this is THE recipe. Ok, have you ever had a Girl Scout cookie, either a thin mint or a tagalong? This is the easiest thing and the biggest hit, I promise. Go to Michaels craft store, if you have one. Or go to a cake shop and buy a bag of dark chocolate and/or dark chocolate mint wafers that you melt down to make candy. Then buy a bag of Ritz crackers. If you want to make the mint thins, heat the chocolate in the micro, dip the crackers into it with a fork and then put them on a baking rack (God no, not tin foil!, learn from my mistakes!). If you want the tagalong, do the same, except use the dark chocolate and put peanut butter on the cracker before dipping. I’m not kidding, they will give Wito free tuition after tasting these cookies. And you can give me free hair products if you insist. Email me for more info. if you are interested.
Remember– most preschoolers will thumb noses at pumpkin anything. Look on a Rice Krispie box, make the Krispies and add in MNMs. You will be the hero of the bake sale.
I personally am a huge cupcake fan– but they don’t hold up very well in nice bags, do they??
PS. I have a desperate hair question. Need pic for hair Thursday! Except! I’m sick! And my hair is sick, too!
These are my mother-in-law’s Aunt Margaret’s Molasses Crinkle Cookies, and they are DIVINE! Soft and chewy on the inside with a sugar coated outside, they are dark and rich and sweet, and, a bonus for a bake sale, have no nuts or chocolate! Plus, they are extremely easy and quick to put together. My boys, ages 9, 7, and 5, can’t get enough of them!
Ingredients:
3/4 c. butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar
1/4 molasses
1 egg
2 1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
Granulated sugar for rolling
Cream the butter, brown sugar, molasses, and egg. Combine all the dry ingredients and then add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, and mix together. Roll into balls the size of a ping pong ball and then roll into the sugar. Plop onto a parchment paper covered baking sheet and flatten slightly. (These will spread a bit when baking) Bake in a 325 degree oven for 8 minutes only, as I am told that this is the key to the soft and chewy insides. Let cool a minute or two on the pan, then shovel carefully onto a paper sack or paper towels to cool completely. Enjoy!
Best of luck with the bake sale! I am sure that whatever you decide will turn out wonderfully!! If you can turn out those amazing pumpkin brownies, then a bake sale item will be a piece of cake. Possibly literally. Mwahaha!
I think I’m pass the cut-off here, but I’ve got two recipes that will make you THE HIT of any bake sale, Sour Cream Brownies and Coconut Macaroons.
Macaroons are the easiest, they have two ingredients: coconut and sweetened condensed milk.
14 oz unsweetened shredded coconut
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
Semi-sweet chips for garnish, if so desired
Mix together and using a cookie scoop, plonk onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper (a must!). Bake @ 350 until lightly browned on the outside, about 15 – 20 min. They will be a little splodgy in the middle, but that’s what you want. Allow to cool completely. If you want to chocolate them up, nuke some chocolate chips until nice & melty (but not scorchy) and dip cookies into the chocolate. Let set back on the parchment.
Easy and good. I had a Sous Chef that COULD NOT control himself when these were around.
Easiest damn brownies: Sour Cream Brownies
12 oz butter (3 sticks unsalted)
1 C Cocoa powder — the darker the better
3 eggs
2.5 C sugar
1 TBSP vanilla extract
2/3 C sour cream
1 C AP Flour
1/2 tsp salt
Get out your trusty 9 x 13 pan. Line with heavy foil and spray with pan spray. Melt your butter and stir in the cocoa. Set aside. In a standing mixer, throw in the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Using the whip attachment, whip the crap out of it, or at least until it’s light in colour. Add the butter/cocoa mixture. Whip. Add sour cream. Whip. Throw in flour and salt and mix mix mix. Dump into pan and smooth out. Bake @ 350 for 30 – 40 min or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
They’re fab and can be adjusted to your flavour whims. Want orange? Add the zest of two oranges to your butter. Mexican? Add cinnamon, allspice and cayenne to the flour. Mint? Chop up a handful of mint and throw it in. Extra chocolaty? A handful of chopped bittersweet chocolate added at the end is divine.
Good luck and happy baking!