Category Archives: Cookies

EASTER TREATS FOR GRANDKID’S EGG-HUNT

Easter treats for your children or grandchildren always need to include decorated sugar cookies.Decorated Sugar Cookies are the favorite of many  Easter Treats my grandchildren love.

We are not able to get together this year because of the Corona Virus. 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 EASTER TREATS FOR GRANDKID’S EGG-HUNT

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.

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,

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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

CHOCOLATE CHIP TOFFEE THUMBPRINT COOKIES


Chocolate Chip Toffee Thumbprint Cookies are a soft cookie loaded with chocolate chips, toffee bits and a Ghirardelli chocolate wafer added to center after baked.Chocolate Chip Toffee Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Chip Toffee Thumbprint Cookies are a soft, buttery cookie filled with chocolate chips and chocolate toffee bits, baked, and have a Ghirardelli chocolate melting wafers pressed into the center. These cookies will melt in your mouth. Continue reading CHOCOLATE CHIP TOFFEE THUMBPRINT COOKIES

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DAY

Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

A chocolate chip cookie is probably the number 1, favorite cookie of everyone in our family.   Not only are they delicious eaten as a single cookie, but they can be used to create other recipes.

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My little grandsons seem to enjoy sneaking a bite of the dough when we are baking cookies. Continue reading NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DAY

PEANUT BUTTER CANDY BITE COOKIE BARS

Peanut Butter Candy Bite Cookie Bars are a rich, gooey, treat loaded with peanut butter and bite size pieces of candy.Peanut Butter Candy Bite Cookie Bars

Peanut Butter Candy Bite Cookie Bars are a rich, gooey, treat loaded with peanut butter and bite size pieces of candy.

The bottom crust is a peanut butter cookie dough, bite size candies arranged on top, covered with remaining cookie dough and drizzled with sweetened condensed milk.

Continue reading PEANUT BUTTER CANDY BITE COOKIE BARS

FREEZER COOKIE DOUGH

Making freezer cookie dough is the best idea EVER!  You can whip out a plate of fresh, hot cookies to serve to your guests or family in a matter of minutes when you have these in your freezer.

Preparing freezer cookie dough balls ahead of time allows you to bake fresh, homemade cookies in minutes with no mess.

 

Preparing freezer cookie dough balls ahead of time allows you to bake fresh, homemade cookies in minutes with no mess.Last week I had a rare day when my “Things To Do List” was actually short, so I decided to bake some cookies.  As I started setting out all of my ingredients, I had a brilliant idea!  Why not just mix up some freezer cookie dough balls instead. Continue reading FREEZER COOKIE DOUGH

MY COOKIE RECIPES IN TASTE OF HOME MAGAZINE

taste of home magazine, cookie recipes, published recipesI am always so excited and feel so honored when one of my recipes is published in a magazine.  This week I received 2 magazines from Taste of Home with one of my cookie recipes in each.   


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This is my recipe for Halloween Party Cutout Cookies.  It is in the Taste of Home magazine posted above.  I have not made my cookies yet for this year but here are a few from last year.tatse of home magazine, decorated sugar cookies

 

I use my recipe for decorated sugar cookies, and decorated these very simple. Some of the grandchildren helped with these.  

The second magazine is a cookie swap edition and is full of great looking recipes. I will be trying several of them out this year.  The cookie recipe of mine they published was actually one I created a few years ago as an after school snack for some of my grandchildren.  taste of home magazine, cookie swap 

trail mix, cookie cups, nutella, peanut butter cookie cupsThis recipe only has 4 ingredients.  If you like chocolate and peanut butter together, this will hit the spot.

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SWEET 16 PARTY AND DECORATED SUGAR COOKIES

A few weeks ago one of my friends asked me to do some cookies for her daughter’s “Sweet 16” Birthday Party.  The theme was a Victoria Secret Theme.

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They turned out cute,  co-ordinated  with her other sweet 16 decorations and cake, and the guests really liked them.

Another grand-daughter was having a “Spa” themed birthday party the following week and wanted some of the cookies too.  She turned “12” so I made these. pink sugar cookies, decorated sugar cookies for girls party

I bought the dog cookie cutter at a kitchen store in our mall and for the other cookies I just used heart shaped and a round cookie cutter.  I did not take great pictures as I did not really plan to post them but they are a cute idea so I wanted to share them.

I used my recipe for decorated sugar cookies.