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Friday, July 31, 2009

Simply... Cookies.

Not long ago, I was contacted by Katie Grien on behalf of Pillsbury with an offer to try Pillsbury's new Simply... line of refrigerated cookie dough. Now, I've been known to buy refrigerated cookie dough from time to time. I mean, I love to make homemade cookies and I have great memories of baking cookies at my grandma's house when I was young...they are actually some of my earliest baking memories. But, there's just something about having some refrigerated cookie dough on hand. I mean, remember those cookie dough cupcakes! I'm also guilty of eating it straight from the roll (these aren't in a roll, but you know the ones I mean). In high school, my friend Michelle and I used to walk to the market and buy a log of cookie dough. We'd rip it in half...how, I don't remember, because I know we'd eat it while walking home...and each of us would take out half and eat from the ripped end. Um....good thing I don't do that anymore. Often. The really awesome thing about Pillsbury Simply... cookie dough is that it is made with "simple, wholesome ingredients." The list is actually pretty short- wheat flour bleached, brown sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, vegetable shortening, water, eggs, baking powder, salt & vanilla extract. Nice, right? Zero grams trans fat, no high fructose corn syrup and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. It is available in either chocolate chip or peanut butter. Do I even need to say that I said "YES!! I'll try them...I mean, I suppose...wink wink." Not long after, I received a box with a reusable cotton canvas bags, a media kit and 2 free coupons to try Simply... refrigerated cookie dough. Have I mentioned that I am a bag-a-holic? I have a ridiculous number of reusable bags. So...perfect for me.
Place & bake! Looks yummy like this, doesn't it?
Dunk, bite, repeat.But are they tasty? MMmmmMMMmm...yup! I've only shown you the chocolate chip, but I tried the peanut butter, too and they are both delicious. How can you not love the taste of just out of the oven cookies? I do not know.
Okay, I actually received 4...Yes, 4 reusable bags and 8 Free coupons...so that I can share some with you! If you would like to try Pillsbury Simply... refrigerated cookie dough & have a nice, new reusable bag...simply (ha ha) leave me a comment letting me know that you'd like to try them! That's it. You can have an extra entry if you tweet about the giveaway and let me know...or an extra by mentioning it on your blog and linking back (and letting me know). ***important stuff....1) this giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. only. Sorry to my other friends, but these coupons are only good in the U.S., so it wouldn't be much fun for you anyway:( 2) Please enter by noon on Thursday August 6th (Eastern time)...winners announced sometime over that following weekend.
I would also like to give a few shout-outs to some awesome people who have passed me these awards recently.
The super sweet from Kristen at Whatcha Eatin? passed me this Kreativ Blogger award...thank you so much Kristin! I recently posted the 7 "things about me" here if you'd like to know what I wrote.
Thanks so much to the amazing Frieda of Lovin' from the Oven for passing the Lemonade Stand Gratitude award to me. I am supposed to nominate at least 10 blogs who show an attitude of gratitude. 10! Yikes...I've done this in the past and am going to be an outlaw today and not pass it on again just yet...but I will...in the future ;)
Frieda has inspired me to get in the kitchen and start baking that homemade bread that I so adore! Thank you, Frieda.
I would also like to thank Kim from Stirring the Pot for passing this One Lovely Blog award to me. Kim is a fellow Tyler lover, a source of inspiration and just a plain old sweetheart...go visit her and these other great ladies if you don't already! Good eats :D

Would you like to comment?

  1. How Funny! I had just finished checking your blog to see if you had anything new!

    These look yummy!What a great pack of fun! I'm a bagaholic too!

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  2. I'm not a sweet eater but my hubby and kids sure are. I'd like to give these a try! :-)

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  3. woohoo- cookies! An excuse to make more, I am ON it!

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  4. So torn! I desperately want choco chip cookies, but don't want to turn on my oven. Ahhh... summer.

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  5. I would definately love to try them. Wonder if my kids would like them better. Lucky you.

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  6. I would so like to give them a shot.. I am also guilty of the eating dough thing:)

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  7. Sometimes I come home late from work and I just need a chocolate chip cookie fix. I would love to open that bag and try those Pillsbury cookies!

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  8. I have to say that I was a little skeptical of those before, but they do look delicious, so I would definitely love to try them!

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  9. I can't believe that there is a ready~made cookie dough that doesn't have ingredients that you can't pronounce...a winner in my book! (I'm also a closet cookie dough eater)

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  10. Nice!!! You hit the cookie jackpot!!!

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  11. YUM!!! gotta love the instant gratification of pre-made cookie dough!!! I wanna try them! pls? Ok so I also tweeted it....and I'm telling you here now...waaaaaant. : )

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  12. Yummy! Who doesn't love cookies :-)

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  13. Sometimes we bloggers get the greatest perks, don't we?

    I'm glad you liked these and that the ingredients list was reasonable - and that there was no high-fructose corn syrup. That's so rare nowadays.

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  14. Wow, those look great and I'd sure love to try them. It's so nice to keep seeing companies, finally getting away from all the artificial ingredients & preservatives!

    Thanks for your sweet comments lately - you're a doll!!

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  15. Great to know they are coming out with some nice, pure product!
    My daughter loves these kinds of cookies, I hope they come out with this new line in Canada soon. Looks yummy!

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  16. Ha! I can so picture you walking homw with a friend chowing down on a tube of cookie dough!

    These photos look great and that glass of milk in the background is calling my name, but I need the cookies first! I'd love to try them :-)

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  17. I would throw these into ice cream

    chocolateandcroissants at yahoo dot com

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  18. I can't participate, sigh! but I wish you all luck.
    The cookies sound great.

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  19. Ok...I'm back to let you know I posted it on my blog http://peacefulcooking.blogspot.com/2009/07/nummy-yummy-cinnamon-rolls.html (coooookies)

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  20. Fun! I too am a bagaholic and cookies right from the oven are one of the best things there is--love those short ingredient lists too.

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  21. These look really delicious and actually my son could make these when he starts begging for chocolate chip cookies and I don't have the time. Great! Can't get this stuff in France!

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  22. Heh, I used to eat the tubes of cookie dough too! Good times.

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  23. There is nothing better then a fresh baked cookie...

    You rock!!

    Take care!@

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  24. The cookie dough does look good and yummy. I love cookie dough esp in ice-creams.

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  25. I love the story about eating cookie dough on the way home! - LOL Could you imagine being able to do that now? Isn't it fun when they offer you goodies in the mail like that? I would love to try the cookie dough, we are big cookie monsters over here : ) Congrats on all your awards and thanks for the shout out : ) I gave your brunch ideas to the committee (I'm not on it, they were just asking for advice) and they really liked your ideas. I'm curious to see what they put together : )

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  26. i used to eat tubes of cookie dough all the time. only difference is i didn't worry about ripping it open because i'd eat the whole thing myself. I'd love to try their new cookie dough. I always keep some in the freezer just in case i need a cookie fix.

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  27. I would love to try these cookies. I hope they contact me. Looks really good.

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  28. I'm just as bad when it comes to refrigerated cooking dough...if it's in the house, it's gone. It doesn't even stand a chance to become a baked cookie. All day long...late at night, I'm hacking away at the log of dough or breaking another little piece of of the block. I have no power over the cookie dough. I'd love to try this...and actually bake it! lol.

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  29. I bet this dough would be awesome in homemade ice cream. YUM!!! I love the ingredient list. And would love to try them.

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  30. They look more than just GOOD! They are a stack of heavenly baked crisps!

    Angie's Recipes

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  31. Congratulations on all of your awards. Looks like you hit the sweepstakes. Very deserved too. You have a wonderfully friendly, make everyone feel at home kind of blog. No wonder we all come back to visit so often.

    Those cookies look good and I would love to try them. I too collect reusable bags. In fact I've been using reusable canvas bags long before everyone called it the "green movement". They are a wonderful idea and if you use them, your trash can won't be full of those plastic throw-away bags.

    I read recently that Giada said that having some frozen cookie dough in the freezer is great for company that drops by unexpectedly. I believe Jacques Pepin always keeps some frozen cookie dough in his freezer for the same reason.
    Sounds perfect to me.
    Sam

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  32. I'd love to try this cookie dough...sounds like an improvement from the good old days!

    tokyoshoes (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  33. Ooh, yummy. I'm a cookie dough addict, so I'd love to try these. I might even attempt to bake them!

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  34. you KNOW i need the cookie dough - not only for late night snackin convenience straight from the freezer, but also because i have to make those cookie dough cupcakes you tempted us with weeks before
    so come on! cough up the dough!

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  35. The cookies look great for a refrigerated dough. I love that they also have such a short ingredient list.

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  36. I think Pillsbury has a great idea with these! I would love to try them, I'm a fan of most Pillsbury products :)

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  37. I love raw cookie dough too! Sometimes I think dough tastes better than the finished product.

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  38. I was wondering about how these taste. I have not yet found them in my grocery store yet but I am sure they are on the way. Thanks for sharing.
    Joyce

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  39. I was wondering how they taste like? I will them a try...

    Thanks for the info , recipe.

    Have a great weekend...

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  40. This is a very timely post. I am craving for cookies and I wanna try and attempt to bake for the first time..

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  41. My boyfriend is a cookieaholic and I have been looking for healthier alternatives than the dough he has been buying. This is perfect! I would mind having a cookie or two myself of course!!!

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  42. I posted your contest at the top of my blog where it will get more constant viewing... hope that counts as blogging about it!

    http://whoiamuncovering.blogspot.com/

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  43. I just tweeted about it:

    http://twitter.com/UncoveringFood

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  44. Truthfully, I'm not big fan of pre-made cookie doughs, esp since I love the action of stirring and mixing and measuring of baking, but those cookies ARE looking fabulous!

    And don't worry abt your cupcake cookbook...I intend to use it to make some people REALLY happy! I love to bake, but not necessarily eat them xp

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  45. I have heard about this cookie dough and would love to give it a try!

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  46. I would love to try these!
    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  47. OH! Me, me, me, me!! I am a reusable bag FREAK! And I've got to have cokoie dough around at all times for my boys. I would LOVE to try these out!!

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  48. Oh! I'd love to try them! (woohoo and I saw this in a timely manner to comment too!)

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  49. Ah! I got mine too, and we baked some to try them out...pretty good!

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  50. i can't bake but i aspire to do that. i betcha don't have more reusable bags than this place: Simply Green Solutions

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