Perfect cut out sugar cookies~ they hold their shape, stay chewy, and are delicious. You see… I have made lots of cut-outs in my time… sometimes they come out in blobs after they’re baked, and other times they hold their shape, but they are way too crisp and dry. And I happen to…
Category: cookies
chocolate malt sandwich cookies
Malt. Malted milk balls. Malted milk shakes. Now transform that into a cookie. You know what I’m talking about? Even if you don’t like malt, (like the hubby) you can just make these without the malt powder and they work. Because I did that. Yeah, I’m fond of my man enough to not…
September 11, 2010
gingerbread scones
First of all- these are soooo easy. Second? When you bake them, people will swear you live in a gingerbread house. They smell that good. Go ahead, open your windows and make the neighbors hungry. For these you will take the folloing steps: In a bowl, combine: 2c flour 1/2 tsp salt 4tbs…
November 11, 2009
Jack o lantern brownies
I don’t always do things from scratch…. today I used a mix! Just a basic mix… in muffin pans. I rolled the warm brownies in little balls (cake would work well, also…) like I said before, all that rolled fondant will appear for Halloween! This stuff is great- it makes a ton, and…
October 27, 2009
cocoa spiderweb bites
[print_this] This recipe came from a Cooking Light magazine, I bake them every year. The recipe is by Elizabeth Tallaferro 1 cup flour 1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 c shortening 3/4 c sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg white Mix the shortening and sugar until…
October 16, 2009
my favorite chocolate chip cookies….
Chocolate chip cookies… just a classic. I like em chewy and gooey… thats why this recipe has both butter and shortening in it. The shortening keeps em chewy and soft. And the butter gives them that richness. I apologize for making y’all : 1) hungry 2) plump The next cookies I will be…
October 14, 2009
salted butterscotch nut bars
I got this recipe from a little Betty Crocker cookbooklet. It’s a keeper. salty, sweet, sticky, gooey…… one stick of butter, 1 1/2 c flour, 3/4 cup light brown sugar, and 1/4tsp salt mix all that gently until it looks like this …I used a pastry blender now, press it into a 9×13″…
September 30, 2009
banana cake bar cookie
Do ya’ll remember I had TONS of bananas from one of my trees last week? I fed the kids, the turtles, the lizards and even the dogs… and still had about a dozen or so left…. they became this. I was trying to recreate a cake from a restaurant I used to work…
September 24, 2009
vanilla sugar tea cakes
Now, aren’t these PURDEE?! I will tell you… they took ALL DAY. No, keep reading. It took all day because I was crazy busy yesterday… and really folks… I play with my daughter a lot more than I cook or bake. We went on a nice bike ride yesterday… then waited for the…
September 9, 2009
as promised..sugar cookies!
Ok… sorry I didn’t update as much in the keys, but the wifi was slower than molasses (mmm… cookie idea) and I had to walk from my cozy cottage to get to an area to pick it up. So my apologies… I will have to post extra this week to make it up…
July 13, 2009
oatmeal peanut butter chip bars
This is not what we had for dinner last night, but it was dessert. We had spinach stuffed flank steak, I just didn’t want to be redundant with the spinach thing. (sorry, Popeye) For this you’ll need: 1 stick melted butter 1 1/2 c white sugar 1 c brown sugar…
June 25, 2009
