Samoas (or Caramel de-Lites, as they’re called now, but they’ll always be Samoas to me) are my absolute favorite Girl Scout cookie. Keep your Thin Mints and your Tagalongs, I want chocolate and coconut!
Now, full credit for these goes to Baking Bites. I didn’t create this recipe, I just stumbled across it and immediately praised the genius mind that came up with it. I love the Internet.
Now on to the fabulousness:
Homemade Samoas
Cookies
1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
up to 2 tbsp milk
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large mixing bowl, …read more

While doing some of my blog rounds I came across something at Baking Bites that made me extremely happy: homemade Girl Scout cookies, specifically, homemade Tagalongs! Don’t they look amazing?
Homemade Tagalongs (a.k.a. Peanut Butter Patties)
Cookies
1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk
Preheat oven to 350F. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt at a low speed, followed by the vanilla and milk. The dough should come together into a soft ball.
Take a tablespoon full of dough and flatten …read more