Friday's grocery topic(it's a surprise)

[Bluedaisy]

Favourite grocery topic so far!

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie? Any that have chocolate but not cooked fruit.

Do you eat them often? Define often... I guess not really, maybe once a month?

Do you accompany them with a beverage? Depends on the type of cookie, but usually a glass of milk.

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits? A couple of dollars I think, I've never paid attention.

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly? Maybe one a month?

Do you bake or buy? Throughout the year we buy, at Christmas we do a ton of home baking. I also have a coconut/oatmeal/chocolate chip recipe that I often bake.

[pghtruelove]

Favorite cookie? Sugar cookie from potbelly!
How often? Not often but when I crave cookies I eat a ton at a time.
Beverage? Water to drink and for hard cookies always dip in milk.
Pay? Don't know.
How many buy weekly? I don't really buy cookies.
Bake or buy? Both.

[tjanca22]

Favorite cookie?
Homemade- either chocolate chip with minimal chocolate chips or monster cookies
Store bought - Oreos or the Milk Chocolate Milano cookies

How often?
It's rare that we buy cookies from the store, maybe 2-3 times a year. I'll make a batch of cookies every other month.

Beverage?
Milk is required for Oreos.

Pay?
Don't know

How many do you buy weekly?
We don't buy them very often.

Do you buy or bake?
Both, I'll trade off throughout the year. Baking at Christmas is a must!

[jillywilly]

Favorite cookie - homemade chocolate chip (must be chewy). Although, cookie dough is superior to actual baked cookies. I'd eat a whole tube of that stuff if I could.
How often - often enough. I have zero control if they're in the house, so I only buy them maybe once or twice a month, bake maybe every other month or so.
Beverage - none in particular
Pay - I'll normally grab Oreos only if they're on sale, so maybe $2?
How often do I buy - 1-2 times a month
Bake or buy - both. I love baking from scratch, but don't do it very often, partially because of time, partially because having hat many homemade cookies in the house is dangerous. Sometimes I'll cheat and just grab the break and bake ones too. I also normally host Christmas cookie baking with H's family because we have a double oven - that's always one of my favorite days of the year!

[Deleted]

I never buy biscuits or cookies. I like the way homemade cookies taste. I don't bake them often. I'm more of a salty snack person so I buy pretzels, crackers, and my fave are chocolate covered peanuts!

My fave cookies to bake at home are oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I bake them more in the fall or winter.


I also have zero control so if I constantly had cookies in the house I would eat them all

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Bluedaisy please share that recipe. Would love to bake them myself!

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@jemomma if you have a good peanut butter recipe please share. I'm a peanut fanatic

[tiffbot]

No lie, this just reminded me I was eating M&M cookies in my dream last night. Best dream ever.

Our cookies are almost always homemade, and almost always sent home with us from my mom or my grandma, lol.

It's hard to choose a favourite. Probably M&M I guess. But I'm always down for chocolate and peanut butter, or a good old chocolate chip cookie.

I love doing Christmas baking especially and will have a few traditions with that. DS and I made sugar cookies last year that I had him decorate.

[dogmama22]

Soft chocolate chip is my favorite, but not the store bought kind. We rarely eat those because I'm doing well to cook dinner, much less dessert, so Oreos are the go-to.
We eat them probably 4 nights/ week
Milk is a must
Maybe $2.50?
1-2 per week
If I bake, it's the Pillsbury naturals break and bake because they taste close to home made

[belle0720]

What is your favourite cookies? Chips Ahoy

Do you eat them often? Nope. I try not to ever buy cookies because I'll binge on them.

Do you accompany them with a beverage? Milk. No dunking though.

How much do you pay for a packet of cookies? $2-$3?

How many packets of cookies do you buy weekly? None

Do you bake or buy? Both, less than a handful of times/year each.

[stinybean]

This is hard @hazeldublin

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie? I have two. Rainbow cookies & homemade chocolate chip

Do you eat them often? No 🙁

Do you accompany them with a beverage? Either coffee or milk

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits? Well rainbow cookies can be pretty expensive. At a bakery I think they might be $10/lb.

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly? 0 I'm trying to be good

Do you bake or buy? Buy rainbow and bake chocolate chips.

[beersandweirs]

It's biscuits/cookies(yay Friday)

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie?
- Homemade chocolate chip cookies, still warm from the oven

Do you eat them often?
- No, not really

Do you accompany them with a beverage?
- Milk, for sure

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits?
- The only cookies I ever really buy are oreos, so like $3, I think

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly?
- Almost never

Do you bake or buy?
- Bake 9 times out of 10

[erbear]

I bake cookies fairly often and rarely buy them. I do love a good Oreo, though. I think they're usually $2-$3?

My favorites to bake are a salted chocolate chunk, 'firecracker' cake mix ones, potato chip cookies, and Nutella no bakes.

[erbear]

Oh, and I can destroy a box of girl scout cookies, so I try to not buy them. Thin Mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs. Mm.

[periwinkledaydreams]

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie? Homemade chocolate chip (my modified Betty Crocker cookbook recipe)

Do you eat them often? Homemade only a few times a year because I have ZERO self control with those. Store bought cookies more often.

Do you accompany them with a beverage? Yes please, milk for dunking and drinking. Its the only time I drink milk.

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits? Around 2 bucks for most, but depends on the cookie. I buy these little packs of Marias for 69 cents for J to snack on and for with coffee.

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly? 1 or 2 or none. SO buys 2 every time he does groceries so usually I counter with a "none" week after that. He eats cookies by the package if they're around.

Do you bake or buy? Bake chocolate chip a few times a year. Buy whatever else, usually the Keebler Coconut Chocolate Chip and Marias

[periwinkledaydreams]

I'm baking chocolate chip cookies today, because of this thread. My family thanks you!

[heartofglass]

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie?
Bought: samoas
Homemade: chocolate chip from the back of the nestle package

Do you eat them often?
No. Maybe a few times a year.

Do you accompany them with a beverage?
I don't have a specific cookie beverage. When I do eat them I'll eat them with anything.

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits?
Maybe $4? I can't remember how much Girl Scout cookies are.

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly?
Zero

Do you bake or buy?
I prefer to bake, but I don't like having to clean up the mess.

[periwinkledaydreams]

Like I was saying, ZERO self control.

Its on!


Recipe link: www.food.com/recipe/betty-crocker-chocolate-chip-cookies-1971-mens-favorites-22-350722

My mom had this actual cook book growing up and I started using/modifying from there so for the past like, 20 years. I'm going to go ahead and give yall my secret.. I sub butter in place of the shortening. I also don't put nuts because I'm not down with them personally. I add about 1/4 cup flour for a bit of a softer cookie. Today we only had margarine which is sinful to me but I wanted them bad enough that I went for it anyway. Will report back, but honestly there is just no situation in which margarine is on par with butter so I expect at least slightly sub-par results.

They're the best damn cookies ever!

[sabrinaml]

What is your favourite biscuit/cookie?
Homemade: molasses with golden raisins or monster cookies
Bought: lemon Oreos are my new obsession

Do you eat them often?
Molasses are only at Christmas when my mom makes them.
Lemon Oreos- I try not to buy them often.

Do you accompany them with a beverage?
No

How much do you pay for a packet of biscuits?
Probably $3.50 a package for Oreos

How many packets of biscuits do you buy weekly?
I try not to buy cookies- DH is even worse than I am with them. He will sit and eat a package in one night

Do you bake or buy?
In the fall/winter I bake more. Summer I buy.
I think I'm going to start a Christmas cookie Baking day with the family.

[erbear]

Ok, cookie recipes:

Sated chocolate chunk:
smittenkitchen.com/2015/04/salted-chocolate-chunk-cookies/

Nutella no bake:
www.thekitchn.com/recipe-no-bake-160655

Firecracker cookies:
www.cookincowgirl.com/2012/05/firecracker-cookies/

Extra - eggless cookie dough for one. My favorite special treat!
communitytable.parade.com/388416/jessicaformicola/girls-night-in-eggless-cookie-dough-for-one/

[shahoi]

sabrinaml the thin lemon oreos are freaking delicious!

[heartofglass]

sabrinaml I'm going to need that molasses cookie recipe please

[sabrinaml]

Aug 19, 2016 21:08:41 GMT -5 heartofglass said:

sabrinaml I'm going to need that molasses cookie recipe please

I'll get it for you in the morning!

[periwinkledaydreams]

OMG erbear those salted chocolate chunk cookies look and sound absolutely to die for. I almost wish I read that recipe before I up and made 3 dozen cookies today, but I didn't have the right chocolate on hand anyway. Keeping it in my back pocket for next time for sure!

[beersandweirs]

I love a baking recipe in weight, so much easier!

[Bluedaisy]

Coconut Cookies:
allrecipes.com/recipe/10245/oatmeal-chocolate-coconut-chewy/

[sabrinaml]

heartofglass

[heartofglass]

Thank you sabrinaml!