Anne's Macaroon Cookies

Preheat Oven 350 degrees

1/3 Cup butter softened                     

1 ¼  Cups flour                      

3 oz cream cheese                              

2 tsp baking powder

¾ cup sugar                                        

½ tsp salt

1 egg yolk                                          

3 3/4  cups coconut

2 tsp orange juice

1 tsp almond extract

In a large bowl mix butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, juice, almond extract. Stir together dry ingredients and add to mixture . Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Shape into balls and roll in remaining coconut. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-12 min. Optional, dip edge in melted chocolate when cool.

I melted Hershey's dark chocolate chips. I don't have double boiler so I placed a glass mixing bowl on top of a pot of boiling water. I used 1 cup of chips and 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream. Stir until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Remove from heat and dip cookies.

I made these for my Additional Relief Society Meeting last night. They were a huge hit. I had many requests for the recipe.  

Chocolate Oreo Cookie Bars

Chocolate + Oreos = Yum

30 Oreo cookies
6 T butter, melted
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups (1 bag) semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Set aside 8 cookies and combine the rest in a food processor or blender. In a small bowl, stir together the cookie crumbs and butter until well blended. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

In a medium microwavable bowl, combine 1 cup of the chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk. Microwave on 50% power for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds on 50% power. Stir until smooth. Spread evenly over the crumb crust. Sprinkle the remaining cup of chocolate chips over the top. Break remaining cookies into pieces by hand and sprinkle over the top.

Bake for 20 min. Cool, then chill completely in the fridge for 2 hours before cutting into bars.

Enjoy!