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    Home » cooking » baking » Heath Bar Cookies {recipe} - They're Nice to Have

    December 2012 baking

    Heath Bar Cookies {recipe} - They're Nice to Have

    Relationships — or more specifically, boyfriends — are a little bit like cookies...

    I don't need a cookie. Really, I don't. I could go an entire lifetime without ever eating another cookie.

    But...

    But if there's one right in front of me, I'm not not going to eat it. I mean, cookies are nice to have, especially a really good one.

    (And even though I neither need nor want a cookie, if I already have one in my hands and it's taken away...Well, you know where I'm going with this. I'm probably going to wail about not being able to live my life anymore without that cookie. Or something like that.)
    Heath Bar Cookies

    Heath Bar Cookies, dough balls

    heath bar, chopped for cookies

    Heath Bar Cookies

    Heath Bar Cookie Ingredients

    2½ cups all purpose flour
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 cup unsalted butter, softened
    ¾ cup granulated sugar
    ¾ cup brown sugar
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 cups coarsely chopped Heath, Skor or chocolate covered toffee bars

    Heath Bar Cookie Directions

    Preheat oven to 350.

    Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda.

    Cream softened butter, sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.

    Stir in flour mixture until well combined. Fold in chopped Heath candy bars.

    Chill cookie dough for at least 30 minutes, up to overnight.

    Scoop 2 tablespoons of cookie dough, gently form into a ball shape, and place on ungreased cookie sheet, dough balls about 3 inches apart.

    Bake 10-12 minutes, checking after about 8 minutes for browned edges.

    By sheer coincidence, these Heath Bar Cookies were originally posted almost exactly three years ago, December 15, 2009! The photos below are the original ones I took waaay back then. We haven't come a very long way, have we?
    Heath Bar Cookies
    Heath Bar Cookies

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    1. emily says

      December 16, 2009 at 3:19 pm

      That is one of the best analogies I have heard in a long time!

      Reply
    2. Diana says

      December 16, 2009 at 10:50 pm

      Does the same go for 23-year-olds?

      Reply
    3. Sarah J. Gim says

      December 17, 2009 at 1:37 pm

      emily: thank you :) i think food as a whole is a metaphor for my dating life :D

      diana: YES! i do believe 23 would be the perfect peanut butter cookie for you!

      unfortunately for me 23 is below my "half-my-age-plus-seven" age floor, which basically makes a 23-year-old a giant truffle for me. a luxury in which i won't indulge.

      Reply
    4. Maria says

      December 18, 2009 at 7:57 am

      Heath bars are my favorite. Even better in cookies:)

      Reply
    5. Amy K says

      December 18, 2009 at 3:31 pm

      I don't think I could go my whole life without another cookie... or a...
      but you are SO right.

      I think if I get a present I am not keen of this year I will just say "it's nice to have"

      Reply
    6. Brittany and Ilana says

      March 18, 2010 at 8:42 pm

      These cookies turned out wonderful!! we ended up cooking them for about 15 minuntes instead of the 10-12, but they were so chewy and perfect when they came out. We also added a 1/2 pecans which gave the cookies really nice texture and crunch! thanks for the recipe :)

      Reply
    7. Adrienne Enghouse says

      June 24, 2010 at 5:26 pm

      I am wanting to make these but how many will they make? thanks, A

      Reply
    8. Adrienne Enghouse says

      July 05, 2010 at 7:36 pm

      I made these and to quote my son, "these are the best cookies you have ever made." soft in the center, bit of a crunch on the outside. Awesome.

      Reply
    9. Kristin says

      September 16, 2010 at 4:45 pm

      I just finished baking these off. YUM......very good. I wanted to leave the dough in the fridge overnight, like my chocolate chip cookie dough. However, time was not on my side. So, I ended up leaving them in for around 5 hours. The are the perfect height with minimal spread. They're definitely nice to have. Thanks!

      Reply
    10. Ellen says

      December 20, 2012 at 7:57 pm

      Ha, the analogy is brilliant.
      I'd further add that like relationships there are times I'd be so much more productive and focused when not on a cookie (sugar) high, but god those highs are the spice of life sometimes.

      Reply
    11. Stephanie says

      December 20, 2012 at 10:00 pm

      Or when you haven't had a cookie for a while, and you get this mad craving to have one RIGHT NOW. Then you get your hands on a cookie, and after a few bites you're thinking, "Eh. This isn't as good as it should be."

      Reply
    12. [email protected] says

      December 22, 2012 at 5:00 am

      Well, the ideal cookie is before me. Love Heath bars to death... one of my favorite things about the old Marshall Field's Frango Mint ice cream pie was that the topping tasted like Heath Bars.

      Here's hoping however this particular cookie crumbles, you remember you are and will ever be a gorgeous brilliant woman with or without cookies, pies or cakes!

      Happy Holidays, wonderful Sarah.

      Reply
    13. [email protected] bake five says

      December 22, 2012 at 5:55 am

      very nice (:

      Reply
    14. Swathi Iyer says

      December 22, 2012 at 10:50 am

      This is very nice cookie, sure my daughter loves it.

      Reply
    15. Erika says

      May 09, 2013 at 12:25 pm

      Best analogy ever.

      Reply
    16. Trista says

      October 28, 2013 at 8:06 pm

      I tried the cookies and I think I added too much salt. Is there a way to make the cookies any sweeter after baked?

      Reply

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