Category Archives: Cookies

CARAMEL APPLE CINNAMON ROLL COOKIES with MASCARPONE GLAZE

These Caramel Apple Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Mascarpone Glaze are perfect for your holiday cookie trays.

Caramel Apple Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Mascarpone Glaze

Caramel apples and cinnamon rolls come together in these irresistible Caramel Apple Cinnamon Roll Cookies. A buttery cookie dough is rolled with cinnamon sugar, finely diced apples, and caramel bits, then sliced into pretty swirls and baked until lightly golden.

After baking, the cookies are finished with a sweet mascarpone glaze, another drizzle of caramel, and honey-roasted pecans.

They taste like a little cinnamon roll, caramel apple, and cookie all in one bite.

These cookies are beautiful enough for a holiday cookie tray but delicious enough to make all through the fall and holiday baking season. Continue reading CARAMEL APPLE CINNAMON ROLL COOKIES with MASCARPONE GLAZE →

TRAIL MIX COOKIE CUPS

TRAIL MIX COOKIE CUPS

Trail Mix Cookie Cups are a quick and easy cookie cup with only 4 ingredients. Peanut butter and chocolate, yum!

 

 

These Trail Mix Cookie Cups are a fun and easy treat made with just 4 simple ingredients! They’re perfect for after-school snacks, holiday trays, or anytime you want something sweet without a lot of work.

I first created these cookie cups several years ago as a snack for my grandchildren, and they were an instant hit. 

You really can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate—and when you add a little crunch from trail mix, it makes these cookie cups extra special. Continue reading TRAIL MIX COOKIE CUPS →

TRIPLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DELIGHTS

Triple Peanut Butter Cookie Delights  (Halloween Candy Cookies) 

Triple Peanut Butter Cookie Delights are soft, chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with three favorite candies: Reese's Pieces, M&M's, and mini peanut butter cups. They are colorful, fun to make, and absolutely perfect for Halloween baking.Triple Peanut Butter Cookie Delights are soft, chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with three favorite candies: Reese’s Pieces, M&M’s, and mini peanut butter cups. They are colorful, fun to make, and absolutely perfect for Halloween baking.

This recipe started as a way to use some leftover seasonal candy, but it quickly became a cookie that my grandchildren and neighbors loved. The combination of peanut butter cookie dough, chocolate, and peanut butter candy makes every bite a little different.

The best part is that this recipe is flexible. If you have a few different small candies left from Halloween, you can use them in place of some of the candies listed here. It’s a great way to turn that assortment of leftover candy into a batch of homemade cookies.

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HAPPY NATIONAL SUGAR COOKIE DAY

I have some great ideas and a recipe to help celebrate National Sugar Cookie Day.

National sugar cookie day with a great and easy recipe.

National Sugar Cookie Day has to be one of my favorite days.  I have been making these cookies for over 40 years, made them for my children when they were growing up, and now make them for my grandchildren.   I try to make them for each occasion during the year and on their birthdays Continue reading HAPPY NATIONAL SUGAR COOKIE DAY →

DECORATED EASTER SUGAR COOKIES

Sharing this recipe for my Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies.

Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies are an easy recipe that our family has been using for over 45 years.

Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies are the favorite of many  Easter treats that my grandchildren love.

Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies are an easy recipe that our family has been using for over 45 years.

One of my daughters hosted a large Easter Egg Hunt at her home along with a fishing derby and fish fry a few years ago.  They have a beautiful, large lake on their property.   Everyone brought Easter Treats, and the weather was perfect with beautiful sunshine. Continue reading DECORATED EASTER SUGAR COOKIES →

CRANBERRY ORANGE SNOWBALLS

My Cranberry Orange Snowballs are an elegant cookie to add to your baking list.

A delicious holiday cookie starting with a snowball recipe and upgraded with frozen  cranberries and orange zest.

A delicious holiday cookie starting with a snowball recipe and upgraded with frozen  cranberries and orange zest.
This past week I began my holiday cookie baking and decided that I needed to try these cranberries in a cookie.
Cranberry Orange Snowballs were perfect and all of my taste testers loved them,

 

Frozen cranberries are perfect to use in homemade cookies.  They are a beautiful, vibrant color and taste as good as they look. Continue reading CRANBERRY ORANGE SNOWBALLS →