Sweet Somethings

Hey, y'all

Today, it's about sweet somethings. First, I'm going to be starting with a scrumptious Arnold

Palmer cupcake. And then it's mouthwatering cookie dough truffles. And then next, the owners of my favorite cookie shop here

in Savannah, y'all, stop by to make the greatest oatmeal scotch cookie you've ever seen

And I just couldn't let them leave, y'all, before showing me how to decorate their signature sugar cookies

Try not to lick it now. Uh-huh. Well, I'm going to kick everything off today by making an Arnold Palmer cupcake

Now, if you came into our restaurant and said, I would like an Arnold Palmer, please

our waitress would bring you a half a glass of lemonade and a half a glass of sweet tea

Apparently, that's his favorite drink. And this recipe is an Arnold Palmer cupcake

So I've got two sticks of unsalted butter that I'm going to start with, and I'm going to add two cups of sugar

Now I'm just going to cream this together. And then I have four eggs up here on the counter that I'm going to add after I cream our butter and our sugar

And I'm going to add them one at a time, giving it a chance to incorporate into our butter and sugar mixture

Look at that beautiful color. All right, now our liquid is going to be our tea

Now, I have taken five regular-sized tea bags, and I have steeped it with a cup of milk

You just heat up your milk, drop in your tea bags, and let it steep for about 15 or 20 minutes

So, here's the tea part to our Arnold Palmer cupcakes. In that goes

All right, now we've got to come in there with the lemon. Now I'm just gonna grate probably about a half a teaspoon of lemon zest

And that looks about right. Now I'm gonna add one teaspoon of lemon juice

And I'm just gonna eyeball that. That's about a teaspoon. All right, now we're just gonna come back in here and mix all those ingredients in

There we go. I just adore cupcakes. My mother used to make them when I was a little girl

To me, you just can't beat a cupcake. All right, now we've got to get together our dry ingredients

that we need to add to our wet ingredients. And I'm going to need two and a half cups of all-purpose flour

You have to be precise because bacon is a formula. 3 fourths of a tablespoon of bacon powder

And that's going to make our cupcakes get fat and pretty. And now 3 fourths of a teaspoon of salt

And then we're just going to add them to our wet ingredients. In the bowl that goes

And then I'm going to take our little mixer and mix up those dry ingredients into our wet ingredients

All right, now I'm going to turn that up and just whip that on out

All right, there we go. That was simple enough. All right, I want to load up our muffin tins

I'm lining mine with paper because it works out better for a cupcake

And I'm just going to put one peeping scoop into the muffin tins

And I'm using a medium-sized scooper. My oven has been preheated to 350 degrees

and we're going to bake these for about 20 to 22 minutes

So, in they go. Let's make our frosting that's going to go on our Arnold Palmer cupcakes

Now I've got two sticks of butter that's at room temperature. I've got a half a cup of our milk and tea mixture that I made earlier

I'm going to cream our butter, soften it up, and then I'm going to add two cups of confectionate sugar

There we go. This is gonna be a real rich, buttery frosting

Now I gonna start adding our liquid That looks like hot chocolate

doesn't it, or chocolate milk. Boy, would the kids be surprised if they picked that up

and started guzzling it, thinking it was chocolate milk. They'd be real surprised

All right, so I think that's about right. All right. We've got our tea milk, milk tea, in there

and now I'm going to add about a teaspoon of lemon juice

There we go. I'm going to keep beating this until it's nice and creamy

and when we come back, we're going to frost those cupcakes, because today it's about sweet something

Coming up, it's cookie dough truffles. Cookie dough lover in your house is gonna be so very happy

And later, those two smart cookies are stopping by to make a giant oatmeal scotchy cookie

Oh, that looks so good. And later, they're letting me help decorate their famous sugar cookies

Oh, look, he just comes to life. I got our cupcakes out of the oven

Arnold Palmer cupcakes. And I was just trying to jump ahead and get some nuts chopped up

for our next dish. But since y'all are back, let's come on over here

and finish up these cupcakes. Now I'm just gonna put a little thin layer

and then I'm gonna fill our pastry bag with our icing

and just cover our Arnold Palmers with little stars. Aren't those pretty

And we can stick a straw in it, because an Arnold Palmer, you would actually have a straw

because you're drinking it. Isn't that cute? And not only is it cute, it's so very tasty

Well, come on down here because I want to get this next recipe going

And this is a no-cook cookie dough truffle. And we're going to start with three-quarters of a cup of packed brown sugar

Pack that in there good. And another fourth. One stick of butter

It's at room temperature. and just cream that together. I know some girls that say

by the time they get through tasting the dough, there's none left to bake cookies

Some people just love cookie dough. So that's what these truffles are gonna taste like

Okay, now I'm gonna measure out two cups of flour. one teaspoon of vanilla extract

All right, we're going to add one can of sweetened condensed milk

Got that mixed together. Now, when y'all popped back in on me, I was chopping nuts

I'm going to need about a cup of chopped pecans. You can use the nut of your choice

So bear with me while I get my nuts cut. There we go

That looks about like a cup. Now I'm going to add a half a cup of little mini semi-sweet chocolate morsels

so we're just gonna mix that up and that looks like some mighty fine cookie dough doesn't it

and then we're gonna start rolling our truffles now you'll want to take your hands and dip them

down in some flour because this cookie dough is going to be a little sticky so you just want to

roll them into balls about the size of a walnut. Just like that

You don't want to keep your hands rolled in that flour. Otherwise, you're going to have a sticky mess

So, I'm going to roll these out, stick these in the refrigerator

and let them set for about two hours Now I got some down here that I had in the refrigerator chilling for us So here our cookie dough after it set up Now back here behind me on the stove

I've got some milk chocolate that I melted over hot water, and we're just going to take our balls

and we're just going to run them around in that chocolate and lift them out just like that

Doesn't that look good? Mm-mm-mm. The cookie dough lover in your house is going to be so very happy

And then we're going to let those set up in the refrigerator and let that chocolate harden on them

and they're going to be so good. But you know what? I got this cupcake sitting over here

and Arnold's saying, Paula, Paula. Mmm, mmm

Mmm. That is so good, y'all. You can taste that lemon Great time of day, that's good

Coming up, my girlfriends Amanda and Annette Stop by to make the greatest oatmeal scotchy cookie

Michael Groover will be on this like white on rice And later, they're letting me help decorate

Their famous sugar cookies Well, y'all, I want you to look over here at this tier of cookies

These cookies are the best in Savannah, Georgia. Two smart cookies. Well, I've got those two girls in the kitchen with me, y'all, that I want to introduce y'all to

This is Amanda, and this is Annette. So, why don't you two smart cookies tell everybody what you're going to make today

We're going to be making oatmeal scotchies. That's a big, huge cookie here in Savannah, y'all

Got those pecans in them. Got those pecans, yes. We've got a cup of softened butter in our bowl

We need to add a cup of pack brown sugar. Okay. Well, yeah, I'll measure that for you

Okay, we're going to add it right to that butter. Okay, how's that

Great. And then we're going to need a half a cup of granulated sugar

Okay. I'm going to go ahead and put the dry ingredients together first

I'm going to use a cup and a half of flour. And that's an all-purpose flour, right

It is. All right. And your eggs. Eggs. A couple of eggs

Two eggs. You going to start creaming that? I guess I can

Okey-doke. Teaspoon of baking soda. One at a time or just toss

You can just toss them in there. They'll be just fine. Don't y'all feel good, though, about your accomplishments

We do. I mean, a little flour and butter and eggs. That's amazing

Look what y'all have done. Who knew that people wanted cookies so badly

but they apparently do. Oh, honey, listen. America will always buy a cookie

And we're going to need that teaspoon of vanilla. Okay, I'm going to pour that in

And I'm going to put a half teaspoon of salt. It's coming together nicely

It smells pretty good, too, that butter, huh? I'm telling you what

All right, Amanda. I love me some butter. Go ahead and dump that in there

This is great. Just on low speed or else you'll have a nice flower storm

You ever done that before? I have done that a few times. We like to make that store real dusty

Who came up with the name? Amanda did. Yeah, I did. I spent some sleepless nights

It just popped out one day. I thought the name was ingenious when I saw it

Paula, you want to go ahead and get the rolled oats ready for me? What kind of oats we using in it

I like the long cooking, old-fashioned. It gives a lot more texture, a little bit more crunchiness

Okay. We got the two and a half cups. Two and a half cups. Okay

Three quarters cups of pecan. Okay. And you can always add a few more of those

And then we need a cup of the butterscotch chips. Amanda, maybe you can get our pan

Oh, we're going to make one big cookie. We're going to make a big old cookie

Okay. This is great. Yep. Pretty quick. I hate dipping up cookies, so I'm going to go ahead and spray the pan, too

Okay. All right. Just take our spatula you want to do one or uh yeah, I'll do one. Okay. Oh

Do you like to taste things don we Absolutely That good dough

And just jump it in your pan. Now, do y'all make these like this at the stove

We sure do. Put a message on it when it's finished. Okay, now we're going to stick it in the oven and bake it at 350 for about 20, 25 minutes

Okay, well, here we go. All right, here we go. Well, come on down here, girls

because I want y'all to taste these truffles that I made earlier

They look pretty good, don't they? They sure do. And cookie dough right up our alley

I was gonna say. Yes, y'all can really appreciate this. All right, now let's reach over here and y'all get you one

And tell me what you think. Okay. I can't believe I'm making cookies for the two smart cookies

Mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. Yum. Mmm, mmm. Tastes like cookie dough, doesn't it

Sure does. But with chocolate on the outside, couldn't be any better

Up next, us girls are going to cookie heaven. Try not to lick it now

Uh-huh. Well, y'all, this is what I've been waiting for all day long

This cookie. This cookie right here. These are the most wonderful. Can I stick these right here, girls

Is it a sugar cookie? It's a sugar cookie. This is a nice sugar cookie. Now, out of everything that y'all do, this is my favorite

because you taste them first with your eyes, and they're so beautiful. Look at the cute little frog

All right, now show me everything that you do. Just icing with a little almond flavoring in it

and we have just put it on. Y'all hand-decorate every one of those

Every single cookie. Uh-uh. Yeah. I'm not good at this. Do I do the whole frog

Mm-hmm. The whole frog, and then we have some eyeballs for him right there in the little dish

Oh, I see that. Now, is there anything special about this icing

Is it just... I think it's the almond flavoring that people are so attracted to

We've been accused of putting something in it that will be addictive

but we don't tell people what it is. And this icing has to be fairly thin, doesn't it, y'all

It does. So it will spread. It can't be like an icing on a cake

Oh, no. I can't believe y'all. Try not to lick it now. Uh-huh. Does everybody clean y'all's cookies by licking them

We have children who come in and their parents buy them a cookie and they lick all the icing off first

All right, now, just like right there. Oh, look, he just comes to life

Now, where do you get things like this? Any place that sells cooking items

They would carry things like this. Now, what else does this frog get

He can get polka dots if you'd like, whatever you want. You know what

It's up to you. Maybe some little green polka dots. Look at that

I'll give him any color you want. We'll give him a yellow wart

That's just like the cutest thing, and it's going to taste so good

Speaking of cute, look at the swimsuit. Look at the little belt

And look at what Amanda's done with that palm tree. How many people do y'all have doing this

Most days we have probably five or six people that are icing cookies

I'm telling you. How many of these do y'all produce a day

Hundreds. These are just adorable. All right, now what are we going to do to our cookie cake

We're going to put a little message on it. Then I thought you could come back in with the green

and just put some little stars around the side. I'll try. All right, so what are you going to put on that

We're going to put a message on here. Is that what y'all normally do? Mm-hmm, we do

Happy birthday, you know, congratulations, whatever. Best? Did you guess? I think I know what this is going to say, girls

Best dishes. So how do you get your colors that vibrant? Just keep adding the gel until we get it the right color

And we like them bright. All right, it's all yours. All right, now what do you want me to do

Just do some stars. Michael Groover will be on this like white on rice

That looks so good. Yeah, and Annette, put some of those little sprinkles on there

If you want to spice it up a little bit. Oh, how pretty. A few little sprinkles on there. So, what you say

Shall we? Take a tip of this star. Looks like it could be pretty tasty

Okay. There you go. Cheers. Cheers. To Girls in Business. We send y'all best dishes and love from our kitchens to yours

Till next time, y'all. Mmm