Eggnog cookies have such a special place in my heart. I make them every year for my holiday cookie tray, but this year when I have not been baking I have also been going over each and every post on this site. It had been a long process but it has also been fun, albeit …
Peppermint Butter Cookies
It’s less than 10 days away now, guys! How are you doing on holiday prep? I am not going to lie, I am behind and need to get cracking, and by cracking I mean shopping. But I have been doing pretty good on getting cookies made for my cookie trays I will be gifting to …
Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies- This rich and decadent cookie is perfect to the holidays! I have to tell you, no matter how much I lament pitting a five gallon bucket of full of tart cherries by hand, I will never ever get sick of going down to my basement, cracking open my deep freezer and pulling …
Crackled Butter Cookies
Crackled Butter Cookies are buttery and sweet with a sugar-glazed top that forms crackled patterns during baking. Holiday baking can get a little elaborate and over the top. While I have nothing against delicate pastries, exotic ingredients and time-consuming recipes, simple old-fashioned recipes hold a special place in my heart. I love a cookie that is …
Holiday Cookie Tray Tips
Tips and tricks to ensure that your holiday cookie tray is brimming with beautiful treats and your time in the kitchen is successful and enjoyable. Are you ready to start baking for the holiday season? I am! In fact I thought it would be fun to focus on cookies from now until Christmas. But before …
Gingerbread Cookie Mix in a Jar
Need a simple homemade Christmas gift? Use this Gingerbread Cookie Mix in a Jar recipe and your recipient can mix up delicious cookies whenever the mood strikes. This is Cookie in a Jar mix the perfect holiday gift for teachers, neighbors, and Co-workers. I became really obsessed with homemade gifts last year, at first, it was simply …
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Sometimes (especially with cookies) bigger is better. This Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie is the biggest and quickest cookie you can mix up. Have you ever made a skillet cookie? If you haven’t you should. Seriously they are awesome, and this Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie is my official favorite weeknight cookie. Much to my families …
Bakery Style Pumpkin Cookies
I seriously have a problem with these cookies, I just can not seem to stop eating them. It is such a problem I limit the amount of times I will make these a year. My youngest daughter seems to have inherited my taste for soft spicy cookies because when I made this batch she stood …
Soft Brown Sugar Cookies
We have been busy here, like ridiculously busy. Calving season is in full swing (pics coming soon, I promise!), farm planting, I am recovering from the mother of all sinus infections, the kiddos recreational ball games, end of school year activities and functions, the list goes on forever. Recently during a rare moment of quiet …
Secrets and tips for perfect cut-out cookies
I want to let you in on a little secret, for many many years I flat-out avoided making cut out cookies. I had whole batches that instantly made their way into my garbage can, some spread to much and where unrecognizable as the holiday symbol they were supposed to be, some baked unevenly, and some …
Big Soft Ginger Cookies
One of my all time favorite flavors is ginger, I love it’s aromatic and explosively spicy flavor. One of my favorite holiday cookies is Big Soft Ginger Cookies, they have all of the gingery flavor I love without all the crunch gingersnaps, I think I have already established my love of big soft cookies in …
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles get all decked out in pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice for fall, and I love it! Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are like a marriage made in cookie heaven between Bakery Style Pumpkin Cookies and Classic Snickerdoodles, I am pretty sure if you like either of those cookies you will love pumpkin Snickerdoodles! These cookies are soft, chewy …
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
I have had a killer craving for anything chocolate peanut butter for a few days now. When I finally decided it was time to give in to my craving, I knew I needed something way more substantial than Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies. I needed something I could really sink my teeth into, something that …
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Is there a better union of flavors than Chocolate and Peanut Butter? I think not. I find this blissful match irresistible in just about any form. Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter cookies are great when you are needing a chocolate & peanut butter fix. These Chocolate chip Peanut Butter cookies are addictive, and my self control …
Cherry Almond Cookies
I think before I share this recipe I need to warn you, these cookies are addictive. I had to package them up and send them to work with my husband just to get them out of the house so I would stop eating them, seriously they are that delicious. My 6-year-old daughter was absolutely smitten …