In the middle of winter, when you are longing for the warm days of summer and the nights of sitting by a campfire toasting marshmallows, make these Oatmeal S’more Cookies to tease your taste buds into thinking you are there! They have all of the great flavors of s’mores, in that amazingly portable…
Category: Cookies
12 Days of Goodies: Homemade Holiday Oreos
:: Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: Making your own Oreos is fun and delicious. Making your own Holiday Oreos is even better! What is it that makes these Oreos festive? The substitution of peppermint extract and addition of crushed candy canes to the cream filling. It’s an…
December 24, 2010
12 Days of Goodies: Peppernuts
:: Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: Peppernuts are a staple around the holidays on my dad’s side of the family. You can grab a handful of these tiny little cookies and happily munch away while opening presents or playing board games. These cookies really bring back happy…
December 17, 2010
12 Days of Goodies: Spritz Cookies
:: Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: My husband grew up with Spritz cookies every Christmas time. He remembers getting to pick out which patterns to use for the press, and decorating the cookies with colored sugars and sprinkles. I never made these as a child, as we…
December 15, 2010
12 Days of Goodies: Gingerbread Friends
:: Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: When I was younger, we would celebrate Christmas at my Grandma Carol’s house. She had a lovely old Victorian-style house that was always decorated beautifully for the holidays, not to mention year-round. When our extended family would get together, there would…
December 10, 2010
12 Days of Goodies: Chocolate Peanut Butter Munchies
:: Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: Chocolate and peanut butter are a classic combination. What I love about these cookies is that they look like just simple chocolate cookies, but when you bite into them you find a yummy peanut butter surprise!
December 3, 2010
12 Days of Goodies: Honey Cookies
:: Day One of the 12 Days of Christmas Goodies 2010 :: This recipe is probably one of the oldest family recipes from my husband’s family. Generations upon generations have enjoyed these cookies at Christmastime. Traditionally, the honey cookies are made weeks in advance of family gatherings, as the flavor really develops as…
November 27, 2010
Snickerdoodles
Have you ever had a snickerdoodle? They are slightly tangy cookies covered in cinnamon and sugar. They have crackly tops and are excellent fresh out of the oven. Convinced yet?
August 16, 2010
Cream Cheese Frosting
I’m not going to try to avoid the question on this one, I’ll just start with the honest truth: I’ve made ONE traditional cake from scratch. Once. That’s it. It was some time ago, and I don’t remember it being that amazing. Boxed mixes, my friends, is about as far as it gets…
May 6, 2010
Chewy Granola Bars
Recently, I’ve been experimenting with different recipes trying to replace prepackaged items which I used to buy (like Macaroni and Cheese, for example). I eat granola bars as snacks at work on a daily basis. They aren’t exactly cheap, and it seems only the pricey ones are halfway good for you. Thus begins…
April 5, 2010
