Sweet summer parties are always memorable because of the great food and conversations. One can plan different types of cookouts and potlucks to make the whole experience more indulgent and special. Home-made things have always a more personal and decadent touch than store-bought things. Of course, it is easier to buy everything from the market and simply serve it, but it just doesn't taste as good as the food made at home.
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Cookies are a delightful snack that are sweet, crunchy, light, and very delicious. Contrary to what a lot of people believe, cookies are not a snack for just kids. There are so many ways one can bake cookies at home and the best part is that it's not even gonna take a lot of your time. Here are some interesting cookie recipes that one should try this summer for their next pool party.
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* Red, White, And Blue Cake Mix Cookies
The colourful cookie, which is a mixture of all attractive colours like red, white, and blue is perfect for people who like their cookies to look as interesting as their taste. These cookies are not just attractive in terms of how they look but are also quite easy to make. One simply needs the regular ingredients such as eggs, oil, vanilla, extract, salt, a box of cake mixture, and some red, white and blue sprinkles to make these delicious cookies. There is no compulsion to abide by the exact colour theme and one may choose any sprinkle of their choice.
* Peanut Butter Cookies
Most people will agree that peanut butter cookies are like that old apple pie recipe that reminds everyone of some soulful memories from childhood. New cookies may come and go, but peanut butter cookies never go out of style. These are crunchy and chewy from the outside and extremely soft and mouth-melting from the inside. To make these cookies at home, one simply needs all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, brown sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and peanut butter.
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* Buckeye Ice Cream Cookie
There is nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. But what if we tell you that there is a possibility to combine cookies with ice cream to make a cookie sandwich? Sounds scrumptious right? This creative ice cream cookie sandwich is made by baking some chocolate cookies at home and simply putting a scoop of vanilla ice cream between two chocolate cookies to make a sandwich. The sandwich is then dipped in some melted chocolate and served instantly.
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* Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Peanut butter cookies are the cutest and the most attractive-looking cookies on the list. These cookies are really easy to make at home and yet they look like something that has been outsourced from a high-end bakery. Peanut butter cookies are made by using ingredients like brown sugar, baking soda, regular sugar, all-purpose, flour, butter, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. The star ingredient is the chocolate kisses. After making cookie dough, the cookies have to be given the shape of small circles and a little hole has to be created in each of the cookies before they are baked. After baking the cookies, a chocolate kiss has to be carefully put inside each cookie inside the hole before being served.
* Strawberry Cookies
There is no way a person wouldn't like having some fresh and fruity cookies in summer. Most people must have already tried different desserts made from strawberries. However, subtle strawberry cookies hit differently. These cookies are perfect for a Sunday brunch or a family reunion. The cookies are made by mixing chopped pieces of strawberries in cookie dough and then baking. These cookies are baked in the microwave until the cookies turn golden brown and the strawberry properly melts off in the cookies.
* Coconut Cookies
While it's not practically possible to rest at the beach under the coconut trees every day, it is very much possible to bring the taste of an island to one's home by making something special from coconuts. These golden brown cookies are made from shredded coconut, coconut extract, and coconut milk. Other ingredients like all-purpose flour, eggs, baking powder, butter, vanilla extract, and some brown sugar are also necessary to bake these cookies at home.
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* Lemon Meltaways
Lemon meltaways look like balls of snow and the dough of these cookies is made from lemon juice, all-purpose flour, eggs, vanilla, extract, brown sugar and baking soda. Small balls of this dough are baked in the microwave and these big balls are instantly covered in sugar powder to make sure that sugar properly sticks to these balls.