Carrot Cake Holiday Cookie

Another heirloom recipe from the 50s. Cookies for Santa, perhaps? . . . → Read More: Carrot Cake Holiday Cookie

“Cooky” Mix

A recipe for a “Cooky” master mix from a vintage (circa 1955) pamphlet along with a Lemon Drop cooky recipe. (I love being kitschy at Christmas!) . . . → Read More: “Cooky” Mix

Baking with Jam Round Up

It’s time to clean out the preserve pantry before I start stocking it up again. Here are some super simple recipes for jam cakes, jam bars, jam cookies, jam muffins, and a jam ice cream. (And for an added bonus: preserve recipes for the upcoming season! . . . → Read More: Baking with Jam Round Up

No-Bake Cookies with Coconut Oil

Again, I am adding coconut oil to everything. Here are two recipes for delicious no-bake cookies–one with nutella and one with biscoff. . . . → Read More: No-Bake Cookies with Coconut Oil

The best chocolate chip cookies ever (seriously)

Whole Wheat and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Oil and Cacao Nibs. That is a mouthful! Finito….the end…..I am done searching. These are the best chocolate chip cookies in the WORLD! . . . → Read More: The best chocolate chip cookies ever (seriously)

Pepper Jelly Jewel Thumbprint Cookies

Finally, another Gift from the actual Kitchen!

And finally, another use for pepper jelly. I can only make so much cream cheese dip.

I saw this cookie at the BHG site. For the original recipe, click here. I decided I had to make it.

These cookies are similar to a short bread cookie with the . . . → Read More: Pepper Jelly Jewel Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies and “Heartburn”

 

What kind of post title is this? I hope it is a somewhat humorous one although I cannot hold a candle to the dark, sarcastic, snarky humor in Heartburn by the late Nora Ephron. I loved it!

Heartburn by Ephron is the current selection for Cook the Books, a club of food bloggers and . . . → Read More: Chocolate Chip Cookies and “Heartburn”

Dark Chocolate Blackberry Jam Cookies

…and White Chocolate Blackberry Jam Cookies (with a twist of lime) . . . → Read More: Dark Chocolate Blackberry Jam Cookies

White Chocolate Almond Cookies with Maraschino Cherries

The nearer the approaching holidays become, the more I get into my cookie-makin’-mama mode.

I have been recently experimenting with finding the best chocolate chip cookie recipe EVER (and I hope to have multiple posts soon on this odyssey), but for this baking session I wanted to switch it up a bit.

These cookies are . . . → Read More: White Chocolate Almond Cookies with Maraschino Cherries

Jam Bars

One of my favorite blogs is Liv Life. Kim posts the best recipes. I adore her Pumpkin Granola recipe and I was also taken with her recipe for Strawberry Oatmeal Jam Bars. She posted this last April and I have been making these beauties all summer.

Blackberry Jam Bars

The only changes I made . . . → Read More: Jam Bars