Recipes Full of Memories

You know those certain recipes that never fail to bring back floods of memories? The ones that take you back to childhood road trips, family holidays, or week night dinners? We've all got them, and they're without a doubt some of the most comforting foods you can experience. 

Today we'd love to share two of our favorite recipes with you! These are really great. Pulled lovingly from the memory of Robin's mom, Phyllis Pegg Toney. When sharing the recipe Robin couldn't help but recount memories of her mom making batches of these cookies for family road trips. Packed along side homemade pimiento cheese stuffed in celery sticks, chicken salad sandwiches, and deviled eggs all waiting for a roadside picnic. 

Mom's "Aggression" Cookies: A delicious and true old-fashioned oatmeal cookie. Simple, pure ingredients mixed by hand (hence the name! They're sure to work out any built up frustration you might be feeling). 

Dough:
3 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 cups butter
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
1 Tbl soda
3 cups all purpose flour
6 cups quick-cooking oats, uncooked

Toppings:
Butter 
Sugar

Put everything together in a big bowl and mash, squeeze, and knead until it becomes a well-mixed dough. The more you work it, the better! 

Form dough into 1" balls and place on an un-greased cookie sheet.

Flatten with the bottom of a glass that has been buttered and dipped in sugar. (The glass only will need to be buttered a few times, but dip in sugar for EACH cookie!).

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not overcook as cookies become crisp as they cool. 

Yield: 15 dozen. Store in airtight container.

Stovetop Hot Chocolate: The perfect companion on a cold snowy morning or a cozy evening with a good book! This recipe is an absolute favorite for children and is perfect topped off with marshmallows and whipped cream. 

½ cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa of choice (I often use Hershey’s!)
Dash salt
1/3 cup hot water
4 cups milk (I use 2%, but skim or whole are fine as well!)
¾ tsp vanilla extract

Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in saucepan. Stir in hot water to make a paste. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture boils. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Stir in milk and continue stirring frequently until mixture is steaming…but DO NOT BOIL! Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Yield: 6 servings. 

For those times when you're in need of just your own personal cup, here are the measurements for a single serving! 

2T sugar
2T cocoa 
Dash salt
1/8 cup hot water
1 cup milk 
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Yield: 1 serving. 

Robin shared these recipes a few weeks ago on WFMY NEWS2. In case you missed the video be sure the check it out below!

Holiday Indulgence

Whether you’re trying to feed a group of close friends and family or bring some sweet appreciation into the office, our new holiday platters are the perfect solution! We have five new assorted trays to choose from all packed full of our sweet southern treats! All assortments come ready to serve. Just unwrap and place out for everyone to enjoy. 

Our assorted cookie trays come in two options. The first is our Spiced Cookie Tray, a selection of our three favorite cozy fall flavors: Ginger Molasses, Oatmeal Raisin, and Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate.  Perfect to pair with a cup of hot apple cider!  The second option is our Traditional Cookie Tray. A variety of honored southern favorites including Chocolate Chip, Sugar Cookies, and our Maxie B’s Signature Cookies (dark chocolate chunks, coconut flakes, and walnuts). Each tray includes 18 delicious cookies. Because of the flavor profiles of these two assortments, flavors cannot be substituted between the two options. $32

For those with a true love of all those gooey baked treats, you can’t beat our Holiday Baked Goods platter. Filled with Sugar Cookies, rich Chocolate Chunk Brownies, and heavenly dusted Snowball Cookies.  It’s 24 serving of sugary, buttery goodness. $40.

Don’t worry! We haven’t forgotten about all those out there with a hardcore sweet tooth. We take our icing very seriously around here, which is why we created our Frosted Holiday Platter. We guarantee it’ll satiate any frosting craving you might be experiencing. Pilled high with mini whoopie pies, mini cupcakes, and rich chocolate brownies. All in perfect bite sized proportions to feed 24. $50. 

Our final option is by far my favorite.  As beautiful as it is delicious, a Holiday Cupcake Wreath is sure to be the centerpiece at your next function! A dozen of our classic vanilla holiday decorated cupcakes arranged in an elegant wreath finished off with a beautiful bow. Almost too beautiful to eat! $38.

We are also making our wonderful Seafoam candy this year! A tasty meringue like candy with hints of maple, this old recipe of Robin's Grandmother's is perfect for the fudge lover! Individual candies can be purchased for $1.25 each, or you can pick up a box of 12 for $9.95.

Since all these sweets are created from scratch with love in our kitchen, please allow us a few weekdays notice to create our newest holiday offerings for you. We’ll be serving these through the New Year so call today to place your order! 336.288.9811.

Can you feel the love?

It is that time of year again...almost February!  That means that it is time to romance your sweetheart for Valentine's Day, and what better way to woo them than with something sweet?  

We are excited to have a few new things for you all this year and want to give you a tour of all of the decadence that is to come~

Something completely new for 2013 are our Cake Parfaits.  We are so excited about these and hope you will become addicted to them just like all of us at the shop.  We layer our homemade cake crumbles with different delectable fillings for you enjoy.  We will have a variety of flavors to choose from...WARNING:  It is hard to pick just one.

Decorated cupcakes will be available to grab on the go, as well as by special order.  You can come in and pick just one... or we can put together an assorted box tied with a satin bow.

Sugar cookies with romantic words are sure to win them over ... coated in an almond royal icing.

Champagne Cupcakes have been the buzz in the shop this week.  They are so delicious and topped with a candied rose petal....how can it get any better?

Red Velvet Brownies melt the heart and are oh...so....yummy!  We iced ours with a Cream Cheese icing and a sprinkle of confetti.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries....enough said!

We have had a makeover for our Red Velvet Whoopie Pies that you already love....we just made them a little more romantic.  How could you not love these?

Cupcake Topiaries will be available in a range of flavors and decoration....these will feed more than one person, so feel free to share.

Last, but not least.....PUPCAKES!  You can't leave out your pup, so we have packaged our Pupcakes in festive bags so that your little one can feel the love too!

It is great to pre-order what you need for Valentine's celebrations.....but we will try our best to keep it all stocked in the bakery every day.  

If you want to place an order, just give us a call at (336) 288-9811, email us at cakeorders@maxieb.com or drop by the bakery!