Ink It Up! with Jessica Taylor

Cookie Dough Truffles

I first made these truffles as a gift for my sister's birthday.  She loves truffles and cookie dough, so when I saw this recipe I immediately thought of her.

I received a box of truffles for Christmas, so after finishing them off I saved the box and wrapped the top with a piece of Berry Bliss Designer Series paper.  I used an alphabet stamp set to stamp "truffles by jess" on the paper before I taped it to the box top with sticky strip.  After I loaded the box up with truffles I wrapped a piece of wide Chocolate Chip ribbon around it.

The second time I made these to serve at my "For the Love of Chocolate" class and to share with some friends.  They received rave reviews and many requests for the recipe, so here it is!

Cookie Dough Truffles
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 pounds semisweet candy coating, chopped

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.  (I let the electric mixer go for at least 10 minutes, scraping the sides every now and then.)  Add the flour, milk and vanilla; mix well.  Stir in the chocolate chips.  Shape into 1 inch balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets.  Loosely cover and refrigerate until firm, 1-2 hours.

Melt the candy coating in the microwave, stirring often until smooth. Dip balls in coating; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets.  Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.  Store in the refrigerator.

Enjoy!

Birthday Cards and Caramel Bars

Saturday, January 26
9:30 am – 3:00 pm

Jessica Taylor’s House
1301 Green Valley Road, Mount Horeb

This cute birthday gift bag is one of the 6 birthday projects that you'll make at this FUN event.  If you're not into bags, it can also be made into a card, it's your choice! You’ll also have time to work on your own projects.  You can bring your own stamps, or use mine.  Don't want to come up with your own card ideas?  You can select cards to make from my Birthday Card Buffet. Cards on the buffet will have pre-cut card stock ready for you to stamp and assemble, for only $1 a card!

Cost is $25 per person. 

There's another perk to attending All-Day events and that's the pot-luck lunch.  Everyone brings a tasty dish and there are always a few that get lots of requests for recipes.  Mary Segebrecht brought her yummy Caramel Bars to the Holiday Event in November and she was kind enough to share her recipe. So for those of you that asked, here it is!

Caramel Bars

Filling:

1 bag caramels

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/4 c. butter

Crust:

1 1/2 c. flour

1 1/2 c. oatmeal

1 c. butter (softened)

1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. baking soda

1 c. brown sugar

Mix crust ingredients all together.  Microwave filling mixture until caramels are melted.  Put 1/2 of crust mixture into 9 x 13 pan.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Add the filling mixture on top.  Then spread with your fingers the other 1/2 of crust over filling.  Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes, or until alittle browned.  Enjoy!

You'll be missing out on the lunch, but there is still GOOD NEWS for you if you can't attend the Birthday Bash.

 

I have project packets for you!

Add $5 for shipping and I will send you the pre-cut, pre-stamped supplies ready for you to assemble the six Birthday Bash cards.  I will also include a new Spring-Summer catalog if you don't already have one.  PLUS if you order BEFORE the Bash on Saturday, I will include supplies for three of the cards from the Birthday Card Buffet!  Just click on the link below to order.

Again, if you have questions, please call me at (608) 437-1756 or email me.