Fast & Easy 4 Ingredient Cookies
Quick & Simple Cookie & Bar Recipes for Snacks, Gifts & Party Food
Four easy yummy recipes with only 4 ingredients for everyday or any holiday. Cookies & bars for snacks, gifts, parties. M&M & peanut butter cookies for kids to help make.
4 Ingredient Easy Praline Cookies
Ingredients:
- Whole graham crackers (enough to line a 15 x 10" cookie sheet)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup chopped pecans
To Do:
- Line 15 x 10" cookie sheet with whole crackers.
- Bring butter and sugar to a rolling boil for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add nuts, and spread over crackers.
- Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 10 minutes.
- Let cool and then cut into bars.
These make pretty and tasty easy gifts displayed on a tray.
Simple Colorful M&M Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 packet from box of graham crackers
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup M&Ms
(butter for greasing baking pan)
To Do:
- Butter a 9x9-inch baking pan.
- Crumble the graham crackers into a mixing bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients & gently combine well.
- Pour mixture into baking pan.
- Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.
- When cooled, cut into bars & enjoy.
(These can be adapted to holidays, such as Easter, by simply changing the color of M&Ms which come in pastels in the springtime)
Peanut Butter No-Cook Snowballs
No baking required. Delicious, quick and easy ball cookies.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1 pound white candy coating or almond bark
To Do:
- Combine sugar, peanut butter and margarine in a mixing bowl.
- Shape into 1-inch balls and put in the refrigerator to chill about 30 minutes.
- While balls chill, melt candy coating in the microwave until smooth for about 2- 3 minutes.
- Dip the balls into the melted candy coating and cover completely.
- Place on waxed paper to harden.
These make a nice gift displayed in a pretty jar with a ribbon.
Easy Fudge Crinkles (An Easy 4 Ingredient Cake Mix Cookie)
These taste light and chewy, like a brownie-cookie combo. Recipe makes 30-40 small cookies.
Ingredients:
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box devil's food cake mix (Betty Crocker Super Moist suggested)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- Powdered sugar
To Do:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Hand stir dry cake mix, oil and eggs together in a large bowl until dough is formed.
- Dust hands with powdered sugar and shape dough into 1" balls.
- Roll balls in powdered sugar and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until center is just set.
- Remove from pans after a couple minutes and put on wire racks to cool.
Perfect for a last-minute bake sale or cookie exchange.
Enjoy these easy 4 ingredient recipes. For more easy ideas, read 3 Ingredients Easy Dessert Recipes: Cooking Very Fast & Simple Sweets & Treats for Party Entertaining
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Everyone loves fresh cookies. When there is no time for a complicated recipe, these quick and easy four ingredient treats may just save the day.
Cookie Quote:
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
- Robert Fulghum,1987 at Middlebury College
