Fudge Filled Shortbread Hearts for Valentine’s Day Ahhh, shortbread. A delicious, flaky, buttery cookie that I love to hate. First off, it simply can’t be good for you. After all, this recipe calls for almost a POUND of butter. Second, it’s such a pain in the butt to work with. *Not* the kind of cookie… Continue reading Fudge Filled Shortbread Hearts
Sugar Cookie Necklaces I’m always looking for two things: Fun things to bake with my 2 year old daughter, Daphne, and fun crafts to do with her. This awesome idea for sugar cookie necklaces combined the two perfectly. I made Lofthouse Style Sugar Cookies today, and used the scraps of the sugar cookie dough to… Continue reading Sugar Cookie Necklaces
Lofthouse Style Sugar Cookies People are passionate about the way they like their sugar cookies. Take my husband. He likes thick, soft cookies, and the frosting has to be pink. That’s right. Pink. He claims that the frosting tastes better if it’s pink. I’m not sure if he understands about food coloring. 😉 I found this… Continue reading Lofthouse Style Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Monday night around 11pm, I was just about to turn in and I saw a Facebook post from (probably my very favorite blogger) The Girl Who Ate Everything for some Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. This combination sounded so glorious to my 8 month pregnant mind that I literally almost ditched… Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Homemade Pecan Sandies As a general rule, when it comes to nuts in baking (other than peanut butter) I am usually really not a fan. I find when the holidays come along though, I use them a lot more. I use walnuts for baklava, I use almonds for biscotti, and this year, I had some… Continue reading Homemade Pecan Sandies
White chocolate cherry shortbread I found this recipe on Pinterest, and the description said “Seriously, the best Christmas cookie EVER.” So, of course I had to try them. Not only did they claim to be delicious, with the specks of bright red cherries and the contrast of the white chocolate, they were so festive and… Continue reading White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Christmas Cookies
I don’t have much to say about this recipe, other than that it is hands down the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever found. I’ve made it twice now, and both times the cookies turned out uniform and amazing– all because of one special and kind of weird ingredient: corn starch. The secret… Continue reading My Favorite Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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