Flu Fighter Cookies

Put down the phone, I didn't find a cure for the flu. I just made some yummy cookies filled with ingredients to help your body battle the flu! 

If you don't follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you have missed the week long saga of  every member of my family being sick. We even paid the ER a visit on Wednesday! Fun times.  I am just now starting to feel human again (can't you tell? I made cookies) thanks to a LOT of herbal tea with honey and enough Vicks products to make any shareholder happy. 

Let's break down a few of these ingredients!

Cinnamon: anti-inflammatory properties, antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic properties.

Nutmeg: helps regulate your GI tract.

Allspice: helps ease digestive symptoms (use your imagination), acts as an anesthetic to numb pain, it is also knows to have string antioxidant properties, and it is used to treat coughs, chills, bronchitis, and depression.

Ginger: widely used to treat colds and the flu.

Honey: helps treat allergies

Cranberries: rich in antioxidants and helps treat infections

Raisins: another concentrated source of antioxidants

Walnuts: Eating as few as six to seven average sized nuts a day could help scavenge disease causing free radicals from the body

Apricots: enriched with numerous health promoting phyto-chemicals; that helps prevent heart disease, reduce LDL, ("bad cholesterol") levels and offers protection against cancers

You might think they will taste like a spice cookie but the lemon zest adds a lovely freshness and keeps them light!

Have I convinced you yet?? 

Now go whip up a batch! 

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Flu Fighter Cookies

Ingredients

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon allspice

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

1/2 teaspoon ginger powder

Zest of 1 lemon

1/2 cup old fashioned oats

1 1/4 cup dried cranberries

1 1/4 cup raisins

1/2 cup walnuts

1/4 cup dried apricots, diced

Preparation:

Spray 2-3 baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray. 

In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt until well combined.

Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Add the honey, yogurt, ginger powder and lemon zest and beat until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture to make a sticky batter (do not overmix). Fold in the oats and half of the raisins, cranberries, apricots, and walnuts.

 Mix the remaining dried fruit and nuts in a small bowl and set aside.

Drop 2 tablespoon sized scoops of batter onto the prepared baking sheets. Top each with some of the reserved dried fruit and nut mixture and chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Bake the cookies until dark golden but still soft, 10 to 12 minutes; cool on a rack. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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Frosted Strawberry Cookies

Gosh, if I didn't know any better, I might look like I had attended culinary school. Ok, no. I'm sooo bring sarcastic. I found these cookies on Pinterest (of course I did) and given the color and shape, I knew I had to make them. These cookies differ from the chocolate ones I shared. They are a crispier cookie, rather than a chewy one. Watch them once you get them into the oven, there is a fine line between done and burned. 

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Frosted Strawberry Cookies

Ingredients 

1 box strawberry cake mix
1 stick butter, melted
1 large egg 
several drops of red food coloring (optional)


Store bought ftrawberry frosting or homemade butter cream frosting
Sprinkles (optional)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 


In a large bowl, combine ingredients, mixing until dough is uniform in color. 


Roll out and cut cookies into heart shapes. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet. Let cool completely before frosting. 

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Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

As most of you know by now, the Find Some Love Fest is just around the corner! I have several recipes to share (because nothing says love like sitting around and stuffing your face with your Valentine) over the next few days.

 These are a super simple cookie that comes out with the chewy consistency of a brownie. I took most of them to work (read: after I ate 3 4) because I could NOT stop going back for more! I used a variety of sprinkles, but if you aren't a fan of sprinkles, you can totally omit them. I really enjoyed how fun some of the sprinkles looked after baking. 

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Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes 


Bake: 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes


Cool: 10 minutes


Yield: 2 dozen cookies 

Ingredients

1 devil's food boxed cake mix

1/2 cup unsalted butter

2 eggs

1 1/2 tablespoon flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

Sprinkles (optional)

Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix well. Use a cookie scoop drop evenly sized potions of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. If using sprinkles, roll dough balls in sprinkles before baking. 

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. 

Let cool completely on the sheet.

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