I have been under the weather for the past couple of days and Dana wanted to cheer me up. So she made some of the tastiest cookies around. S’more cookies. Yep, that campfire favorite is now a tasty cookie. The chocolate, graham cracker and marshmallow works great as a tasty cookie. They were so delicious, [...]
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The next cookie that Dana made for our Christmas Cookie tins was a nice Apricot Thumbprint cookie. The Apricot jam accented the sugar cookie nicely. Just like the other cookies, I could not keep these out of my mouth. Apricot Thumbprints In a large bowl combine butter with sugar, eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Using [...]
The third cookie that Dana made for our Christmas cookie tins was soft molasses cookies. These are soft and chewy with just a hint of spice. The perfect treat on a cold night. We ate a ton of these. Not sure how any were left to give away. Soft Molasses Cookies Cream together the shortening [...]
This was the second cookie that Dana made for our Christmas cookie tins. I love snickerdoodles and could not even think of a way to improve on them. However, Dana found a way. She used browned butter instead of regular butter. The brown butter gave the already amazing cookies, a great rich flavor. These are [...]
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For the next couple of posts I am handing the reigns over to my wife Dana! She was in a Christmas cookie kind of mood and we decided to have a Christmas Cookie Marathon. Dana is a great baker and here is her first recipe. Fudge Crinkles. I have never had these before, but they [...]
I love Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are chewy and delicious. Plus, they seem as if they are a tad bit healthier as they contain oatmeal. Not sure of the overall health benefits, but they are delicious! Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – Adapted from Smitten Kitchen Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl [...]
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I made one batch of these cookies and immediately had to make another. Dana and I loved them! They were delicious. We are dark chocolate fans so they hit the spot. If you wish, you can use standard cocoa and semi-sweet chips if you are not a fan of the decadent dark chocolate. Double Chocolate [...]
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I am a huge fan of caramel. I can not get enough of it. So I decided to create a caramel pecan cookie. I modified a standard cookie recipe to include dark brown sugar. The added molasses in the dark brown sugar enhanced the caramel and pecan flavor. These were some of most delicious cookies [...]
I was trolling around the internet looking for some inspiration and discovered these tasty cookies over at SavorySights.com. They were posted by Fake Ginger and they reminded me of the super soft and delicious sugar cookies that the local Ukrop’s Bakery inside of Martin’s makes. They were perfect. Light and fluffy and exactly what I [...]
I have been up all night lately and my only savior has been coffee. Nothing goes with coffee like Shortbread cookies (AKA Sandies). I buy them by the case. However, I ran out and was unable to go to the store. So I decided to try them for myself. It is a basic butter cookie [...]
I hate to say it but I love sweets. I guess that is how I keep my amazing figure. Haha. Anyways, I am a huge fan of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. I like my cookies semi-dense with a little bite but not too chewy. Along the same path I like my cookies to be thick [...]
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Over the past couple of weeks we have been trying to get settled into our new house. However, we still have a ton of things to move and unpack. So we have been enlisting the help of our family. Last week my Mother came out to help. This week we have Dana’s Parents helping out. [...]
The other night I had a craving for chocolate chip cookies. The only problem was that I did not have any brown sugar. So I looked around and I had molasses. I use about 1 tbs molasses for every cup of granulated sugar to make my brown sugar alternative. It works great. Having solved that [...]
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