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Category: Cookies

  • Molasses Spice Cookies

    Every year I try to find a new cookie, candy, or treat recipe to add to my Christmas baking. This year I made molasses spice cookies that taste similar to gingerbread. Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies Once a Month Mom Stars of the recipe: Steps: Printable Recipe

  • Peanut Butter Cups Chocolate Cookies

    I love cookies. They are one of my favorite desserts. Like a Lay’s Chip, you can’t eat just one. So last week, when Cookies and Cups posted a recipe for Peanut Butter Cups Chocolate Cookies, I knew I needed to try it to put it in my growing cookie recipe “file.”  These cookies were so…

  • Sugar Cookie Frosting

    Every New Year’s Eve, the Imaginative One, the Wee One, and I head to my mother-in-law’s house to ring in the new year.  A new tradition was created a couple of years ago.  The grandkids (4 of them in total) spend the night at grandma and grandpa’s house after staying up until midnight.  Mommy and…

  • Sugar Cookies

    Happy New Year! I haven’t blogged as much as I like during the past year. This needs to be corrected. Right before Christmas, I was browsing Not Rachael Ray’s blog and found this recipe for sugar cookies. I had all the ingredients, so I finished baking those cookies. Oh my goodness, these are easy cookies…

  • Lemon Cookies

    One of my favorite authors/book series is Joanna Fluke’s, Hannah Swenson.  Not only does Hannah bake cookies for a living, but she also solves mysteries.  Joanne Fluke also provides recipes for the readers.  I have found several of my favorite recipes in her books.  This is one of those recipes.  I don’t remember which book…

  • Christmas Baking

    When I was a teen, I lived with my mother and grandparents.  There are several Christmas memories that I treasure.  One is my grandma and her trees.  She loved teddy bears and would put up several trees with just her teddy bear ornaments on them.  Then there, we would put up the traditional tree.  I…

  • 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies

    I’m about simplicity, especially when it comes to baking or recipes.  So when I saw this recipe in my inbox, I knew I needed to make these cookies.  Fortunately, I had both ingredients at my house. These cookies did not disappoint me.  They were delicious, moist, and easy to prepare. 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookiesvia cookies…

  • Mystery Cookies

    As I have stated before, I like reading Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen mystery series.  The books are fun and easy to read.  The added bonus is the author provides recipes.  I found the recipe for watermelon cookies and pretzel chocolate chip cookies in her book.  This is another one of her recipes found in the…

  • Pecan Nougat Cookies (Shortbread Snowballs)

    Pecan Nougat Cookies (Shortbread Snowballs)

    This is one of my favorite Christmas cookies.  Today I looked at the Southern Plate’s blog and found a recipe for them.  I decided I needed to try out the recipe.  Oh, my goodness, they were delicious.  I put them in the freezer, so I don’t eat the entire batch.  They were that good!!!!  :)…

  • Spritz Cookies

    I love Spritz cookies. However, most recipes I’ve tried have been more work than necessary. After putting the dough in the cookie gun, I would pump it, and most times, it would not stay on the cookie sheet. It truly was frustrating. Rather than giving up, I looked for other recipes. Then  I saw this Spritz…