Copycat Girl Scout Do-Si-Dos
Everyone has their favorite Girl Scout cookie, but if peanut butter is your thing, you always go straight for the Do-si-dos. They have peanut butter on the outside and peanut butter on the inside, so what’s not to love? Although you might think that the Girl Scout recipe is hidden under lock and key somewhere, with secret ingredients that you could never even begin to guess at, the truth is that these cookies are pretty easy to make at home. All you need is 15 minutes of prep and 15 minutes of baking time, and you’ll have some copycat Girl Scout Do-si-dos.
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Homemade Samoas Girl Scout Cookies Recipe | Get the Dish
How to make homemade Samoas at home! There's no better time of the year than Girl Scout cookie season right? But those boxes only last for so long . . . even if you freeze them. Well thank heavens we have an easy homemade version that can keep you snacking happy all year long and if Samoas aren't your jam, you can always whip up some Thin Mints as well!
Homemade Samoas Cookies
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INGREDIENTS
For the cookies:
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the coconut topping:
15 ounces soft caramels
3 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups shredded sweetened coconut, toasted
8 ounces dark chocolate
DIRECTIONS
Make the cookies: Preheat oven to 350ºF.
In the bowl of a stand-up mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter in thirds, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Once incorporated, add the milk and vanilla extract, and mix until the dough comes together.
Flatten out the dough and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until the dough is firm.
Once the dough has chilled, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is 1/8 inch thick. Use a doughnut-shaped cookie cutter or two biscuit cutters to cut out cookies. Place cookies on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet using a spatula, and keep going until you have used up all of the dough.
Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until the cookies are a pale golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
Make the coconut topping: Melt the caramels, milk, and salt in a double boiler by placing the caramels in a medium saucepot set over a large saucepot of simmering water. Cook until the caramels are fully melted. Remove the saucepot from the heat and pour 3/4 of the melted caramel over the toasted caramel in a large bowl.
Carefully spread the remaining caramel on top of the cooled cookies and then press on the coconut caramel mixture on top of each cookie. Let the cookies cool for 30 minutes. If the caramel-coconut mixture thickens too much or the caramel sets, return it to the double boiler and warm it up until it is spreadable again.
Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave. Dip the bottom of each cookie in the chocolate and place it on a wax-paper-lined baking sheet. Use a fork to drizzle chocolate on top of each cookie in a zigzaggy pattern. Let cookies sit until chocolate hardens.
Yield 48 cookies
Cook Time 2 hours
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KETO THIN MINTS | easy Girl Scout cookie copycat recipe
Missing Girl Scout Cookies on your keto diet? Take matters into your own hands and make these easy keto thin mints! The best way to ward off temptation.
They are just as crispy, just as chocolatey, and just as minty delicious! Scouts' honour. ????
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Making keto chocolate wafers
0:58 Whisk together the dry ingredients
1:17 Add the egg, butter, and vanilla extract
1:36 Work the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients
1:59 Roll the dough out thinly
2:37 Cut out circles
3:31 Bake the cookies
4:10 Melting keto chocolate
4:51 Add oil-based mint extract
5:16 Dip the keto thin mints
6:04 Taste test
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How To Make Homemade Samoas
Here’s the recipe:
Yields: about 4 dozen cookies
Cookie Dough Ingredients:
1 cup of butter
1/2 cup of sugar
2 cups of flour
1/4 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp of salt
2 Tbsp. of milk
1/2 tsp of vanilla
Caramel, Coconut and Chocolate:
2 cups of soft caramel
1/4 tsp of salt
3 Tbsp. of heavy cream
1/2 tsp of vanilla
3 cups of toasted coconut
melted chocolate (approximately 1 cup)
Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter and sugar. Make sure it’s well incorporate, it will have a crumbly texture. Add the milk and vanilla. Bring together and refrigerate for 30 min.
Roll out cookie dough and cut out your cookies. Place on a parchment paper and bake for 10-13 minutes at 350°F/177°C. Set aside to cool down.
Melt the caramel with salt, heavy cream and vanilla in the microwave (2 min). Add the melted caramel to the the toasted coconut. Make sure to save about 1/4 cup of the melted caramel. The reserved caramel will be used to ‘glue’ the caramel coconut mix to the cookie.
Once the cookie is cool enough to touch, add some of the reserved caramel to the top, then add a layer of caramel coconut. Dip in melted chocolate and drizzle chocolate over the top. Once the chocolate has set, enjoy! All Tasty music provided by Audio Network and Warner Chappell Inc. Used with permission
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Girl Scout Cookies | Gourmet Makes | Bon Appétit
Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourmet Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. That's right, Claire's making Girl Scout Cookies. Did you know the Girl Scouts started selling cookies back in 1917? But it wasn't until 1951 that the Thin Mint, the cookie most synonymous with the Girl Scouts, was introduced and swept the country like a tidal wave. And now here we are, in the Test Kitchen, watching Claire make them herself. What a time to be alive.
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How Girl Scout Cookies Are Made
Two different bakeries supply the Girls Scouts of the USA with cookies. They make the exact same type of cookie, but they're labeled under different names and look different too. One of the factories, Little Brownie Bakers, makes 450 million thin mints a day! Each season, Girl Scouts sell nearly $800 million worth of cookies.
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