Cookie Pie

I ended up with one million left over Christmas Cookies.

One Million.  I counted.

Most of them were chocolate chip or M&M Cookies.  For some reason, when cookies sit on my counter in plastic baggies, they get crushed into tiny little pieces.  I think there is a little cookie smashing elf that comes around at night.  See:

Anyway, I didn't want all these cookies to go to waste, so I decided to try making a pie out of them.  This was super easy and it turned out delicious!  You could do this with any left over cookie you have, not just Christmas Cookies.

Here's what you need:
3 Cups of Cookie Crumbs
3 Tbsp Butter, melted
Dash of Salt *optional*
1 1/2 Cups of Cookie Chunks (or more to taste)
8 ounces Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tsp Vanilla
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
8 ounces Cool Whip

Here's what you do:


1.  Use your blender or food processor to grind your cookies into cookie crumbs.  Grind enough cookies to make 3 cups of crumbs.

2.  Melt butter.

3.  Add butter to cookie crumbs.  Mix until well moistened.  I added a dash of salt because I buy unsalted butter and the crumbs and butter alone were a little too sweet for my taste.

4.  Press the cookie crumbs into the bottom and sides of a pie plate to form the crust.

5.  Beat the cream cheese until it is light and smooth.

6.  Add vanilla to cream cheese and mix well.

7.  Add powdered sugar to cream cheese mixture and mix well.

8.  Fold the cool whip into the cream cheese mixture.

9.  Gently fold 1 cup of cookie chunks into the cream cheese mixture.

10.  Put the cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie pie crust.  Garnish with remaining cookie chunks.

11.  Refrigerate until firm.

That looks like a lot of steps, but, really, it's not that bad.  It's mostly that I added one ingredient at a time.  It took me about 10 minutes to make this pie.

I'm not a very good pie cutter, but here is what one of my "slices" looked like:

Enjoy!

12 Days of Christmas Cookies -- Day 11: M&M Cookies

Remember when I said these Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies were too sophisticated for me?  Well, they were.  But, these cookies aren't.  These cookies are right up my alley.


When I was little I was fat.  F.A.T.  I have a hard time convincing people that it's true because I'm little now.  But, trust me I was fat.  And not cute little kid pudgy.  I was F.A.T.  I was like a miniature ginger sumo wrestler.  The miniature part related only to height.  If you don't believe me, you can ask my Aunt Jean.  Aunt Jean only says nice things about everyone.  She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.  And, she says I was fat. 


Anyhow, I'm pretty sure that fat kid lives on in this adult body. Which is why I get overly excited about things like sprinkles and frosting and M&Ms.  And, that, folks, is why M&M cookies HAD to make the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies.  I have an M&M Cookie recipe, but I wanted to try a new one, just to see what else was out there.  So, I found this one and decided to give it a whirl. 


You all should know that I have finally moved into my new house. FIN-A-LLY.  Seriously, I was starting to think it would never happen.  Now, don't get me wrong.  It's not done.  At all.  But, one day I decided I was tired of paying a mortgage for a house I didn't live in.  So, I spent the next week pulling nearly all-nighters in order to get my bedroom done.  And in I moved.  


I'm currently surrounded by tons of boxes, some left over construction tools and materials, and one super stocked, super cute kitchen!  And, these cookies are the first product of my brand new refrigerator and brand new stove in my brand new kitchen.  Now, everybody "ooooh" and "aaah" and then go try these cookies.  Because they're good. 


Slightly Adapted from: Kokocooks


Here's what you need:
1 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 Egg
2 tsp Vanilla
2 cups Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/8 tsp Salt
2 cups M&Ms

Here's what you do:

1. Preheat oven to 350°

2. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. 

3.  Beat in the egg and the vanilla.

4.  In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt. 

5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. 

6.  Stir in the M&Ms.

7.  Drop cookies by about one tablespoon full onto cookie sheets. 

8.  Bake for about 10 minutes.  Remove from the oven when they are golden brown. 

Enjoy!