I need a recipe for the best smelling cookies?!
I need a recipe for the best smelling cookies?
My BF and I are trying to sell our home, and someone is coming to look at it tomorrow. This will be a first experience for us!
Someone told me to bake cookies before they come to make the house smell "homey". This may sound a bit absurd, but since I am a psychology major, I do believe that if the sense of smell is satisfied, it could be to our advantage. So far, the house smells like cleaning products!
Anyways, I need a recipe for cookies that will make the whole place smell good. Something simple; I won't have much time.
Any favorites???
1 week ago
Elizabeth... I own two cookie cook books.... unfortunately... neither say which recipe smells the best... lol.
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1 week ago
Elizabeth... I own two cookie cook books.... unfortunately... neither say which recipe smells the best... lol.
Oatmeal cookies, I saw it on a show where people are learning all kinds of new tricks to sell their home's faster.... anymore info ...
1 cup flour
1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, softened
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup SPLENDA? No Calorie Sweetener, Granular
1 egg
2 Tbsp. MAXWELL HOUSE Naturally Decaffeinated Instant Coffee
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup finely chopped PLANTERS Salted Almonds
PREHEAT oven to 375°F. Mix flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon; set aside.
BEAT margarine, brown sugar and SPLENDA Granular in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, coffee granules and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until well blended. Stir in almonds. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE 10 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from baking sheets. Cool completely on wire racks.
KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS
How to Store Cookies
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 100
Total fat 5g
Saturated fat 1g
Cholesterol 10mg
Sodium 110mg
Carbohydrate 12g
Dietary fiber 1g
Sugars 4g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 4%DV
Vitamin C 0%DV
Calcium 0%DV
Iron 4%DV
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I was in the mood for oatmeal cookies and saw this recipe. I made them with real sugar and they were great! They would be awesome with some heath bits!
p.s these are coffee oatmeal cookies and if you want you could add a few raisins....totally up to you ... the house will smell so good........
buy a cook book!
Go buy a bag of nestle tool house morsels- the semi sweet chips. Take the recipe for chocolate chip cookies on the back and modify it by replacing the 3/4 cup of sugar with a package of vanilla pudding mix and 1/4 cup of sugar. (keep the brown sugar measurement the same) reduce the salt to half of what it calls for (I'm sorry I don't remember because I don't measure it!) and make a batch of those. Chocolate chip cookies smell so good- and if you leave a plate of these ones out for your buyers they'll love you!
As a side note, when you're mixing in the flour do it by hand because this will give you a softer texture. I also use margarine in my cookies- none of that store brand stuff either- get Parkay or Blue Bonnet.
Good luck on selling your house!
Here are three that I would recomend. They are all wonderfully aromatic when they cook, and guest will be hungry when they walk into your kitchen. It somewhat depends on your taste, but all get five stars:
If you like cinnamon, then Snicker Doodles are wonderful. You mix cinnamon and sugar and roll a base sugar cookie in them. They smell wonderful when cooking.
Also, Gingerbread cookies smell great. Most everybody seems to love Gingerbread.
And if you want chocolate, I love this recipe. But I much prefer substituting Ghirardelli's dark chocolate chips to the Neslie's. The attached recipe has more vanilla and salt than others, and is more savory. I substitute half lard for the butter and I think it ads something and makes it better.
Here's my favorite Gingerbread, the Others are in the links:
Gingerbread Cookies
? Cup Butter
? Cup Brown Sugar
? Cup Dark Molasses
1/3 Cup Cold Water
3 ? Cup All Purpose Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ginger
? tsp All Spice
? tsp Salt
? tsp Ground Cloves
Beat: Butter, sugar, molasses and water.
Mix: in a separate bowl four, soda and all spices.
Blend: Together, then chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight.
Roll: and cut, Ginger man, Ginger Bunnies, little bats, angels, cowboys etc.
Bake: at 350? for 10-15 minutes
Note: I like to make 'Ginger Bunny Cookies' with my bunny press. I roll the dough in a ball, dip the press in melted butter, or lard, then let most of it drip off. Then dip the press into sugar. You can usually get several presses per treatment.
Have fun!
Also, I've heard bread it great too!
Oatmeal Cookies
Coconut Macaroon cookies
and ol' reliable Chocolate cookies.
Good Luck with the open house.