A good friend of mine makes jam every year and brings me a few jars when we see each other. It is so much better than store bought! The last time she was in Amarillo, she brought me 2 jars of blueberry jam. I used one of those jars in these cookies.
These cookies are delicate, [...]
Aren’t these yummy looking? It doesn’t hurt that I put them on my cute new summery tray!
These shortbread-like cookies are rich, buttery, full of pecans and covered in a lovely layer of sweet powdered sugar. They are a bit crumbly and I found them to be a bit dry as well. But the flavor of [...]
Mother’s Circus Cookies are one of the most fun and delicious packaged cookies you can buy at the store. How can you resist these sweet animal-shaped cookies covered in white and hot pink icing and rainbow sprinkles? Well, you probably can’t resist them…unless for some crazy reason you have never tried them, or, even more [...]
In college a friend gave me a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that uses pudding mix in the dough resulting in an extra soft and tasty cookie. Of course I lost the recipe in one of the 4 moves I’ve made across Texas in the last 5 years. I came across this recipe this past [...]
An undeniable craving for oatmeal cookies struck me last week. I rummaged through the baking cabinet…yes, I have a cabinet filled almost exclusively with baking goods and gadgets…and found a bag of peanut butter chips. Mmm. Then I went to the pantry and was drawn toward the jar of creamy peanut butter and the container [...]
Happy belated Easter! We had a lovely meal and great time with friends…details and recipes to follow.
When Ben ate one of these he practically fell over, overtaken by deliciousness. The tart cherries, sweet coconut, crunchy almonds and oats make this an incredible cookie. I have nothing else to say. Enjoy.
Cherry, Almond & Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 [...]
This past weekend Ben and I went to Angel Fire, New Mexico and spent all day Saturday skiing. That’s right. I skied for the first time in 10 years. And get this, I did not fall, even once. Maybe that is because I played it safe and stayed on greens and easy blues. I was pretty proud [...]
Our good friends Tim and Jackie had us over for the Saints v. Colts game Sunday night. There was so much food! The spread included black bean chili, queso, chips & salsa, veggies, layered Tex Mex salad, hot wings, and cookies. This is one of the main reasons I love the Superbowl.
I brought the yummy layered salad and [...]
Bethenny Frankel was on the Today Show yesterday talking about her cookbook, The Skinny Girl Dish, and I was inspired to search for a healthy dessert recipe to try out. I found a recipe for banana oatmeal cookies that sounded very tasty. To my dismay, I did not have all the ingredients. So I searched [...]
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