Girl Scout cookie season is just around the corner. As usual, I’m not really planning to buy any of the Girl Scouts’ offerings - although I am happy to support local troops in other ways - because I know that I can make cookies that are as good or better at home. Girl Scout cookies still contain partially hydrogenated oils, even if they have decreased the amount to come in under the FDA’s definition of “zero trans fats per serving” (no more than .5g per serving). Homemade cookies are made with real ingredients - butter, sugar, flour, chocolate - and really do have zero trans fats. They’re still indulgent treats, but treats you can feel good about eating!
You can find recipes for four of the Scouts’ best sellers here, including an easy to make version of Thin Mints that you don’t need a cookie cutter to shape:
- Homemade Thin Mints - minty chocolate wafer cookies dipped in chocolate
- Homemade Samoas - shortbread topped with coconut-laden caramel and drizzled with chocolate
- Homemade Do-Si-Dos - crispy peanut butter sandwich cookies with a peanut butter filling
- Homemade Tagalongs - peanut butter cup-like cookies with a shortbread base
And if you’ve had enough of the cookies on their own, try using them in another way:
- No-Bake Vanilla Cheesecake with Thin Mint Crust
- Samoas Bars - samoas flavors in an easy to make bar cookie variation
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