chocolate · cookies

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

My friend Leina hosted a cookie exchange/princess party for Christmastime (cookie exchange for the adults, princess tea party for our daughters) which I thought was a brilliant idea. One of the cookies that she made was a buttery, soft, ah-mazing chocolate cookie.  The second I put it in my mouth, I could tell by how… Continue reading Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

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Peanut Butter Cup Blossoms

Who doesn’t love the classic combination of chocolate and peanut butter, especially in a blossom cookie?  Now, I think we can all agree that the classic soft peanut butter cookies with a chocolate kiss in the middle are absolutely delicious. But there is one way to make them better. Peanut butter cups instead of kisses.… Continue reading Peanut Butter Cup Blossoms

christmas · cookies

Christmas Cream Cheese Cookies – 3 Ways!

This cookie dough is one of the more brilliant things I have ever seen.  It is a simple, cream cheese, shortbread-ish dough, that, divided into thirds and a few things added to each dough makes three different unique Christmas cookies that nobody would ever know you used the same batch of dough for. From this… Continue reading Christmas Cream Cheese Cookies – 3 Ways!

christmas · cookies

Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Glaze

I am not one of those people who spends three weeks baking all of my Christmas goodies.  As a general rule, I pick about half a dozen things I’m going to do for my friends, neighbors, family, and my husband’s co-workers, and I knock them all out in one day.  Yesterday was that day for… Continue reading Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Glaze

cookies · Fall (Halloween & Thanksgiving)

Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

I saw these cookies in my Betty Crocker magazine and thought they were so cute!!   Made a couple changes, because they sounded like they would have a boring taste (added almond extract and baker’s sugar to the top)  They are truly delicious.  My hubby took one bite and proclaimed it the best sugar cookie I had ever… Continue reading Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

cookies · Fall (Halloween & Thanksgiving)

Perfect Every Time: Cut Out Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

Good ol’ fashioned cut out sugar cookies for the holidays are one of my favorite childhood memories, and a tradition that I am carrying on with my kids.  Today  my daughter and I spent the afternoon using Halloween cookie cutters to make (and then decorate) sugar cookies for my husband’s work.  This time, however, we… Continue reading Perfect Every Time: Cut Out Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

cookies · Fall (Halloween & Thanksgiving)

Apple Crisp Cookies

The best name I can come up with for this recipe is Apple Crisp Cookies.  Why? Because the sweet combination of cinnamon-y apples, crunchy oatmeal and brown sugar, and the delicious brown butter glaze that goes on top makes these cookies taste exactly like a warm slice of apple crisp.   My cousin Tonya posted… Continue reading Apple Crisp Cookies