Cookies

This award winning chocolate chip cookie recipe makes cookies that are soft in the middle and a little crispy around the edges—with extra brown sugar and two kinds of chocolate!  These homemade chocolate chip cookies are full of rich chocolate, brown sugar, and vanilla and they’re big and have just the right amount of crispiness around …

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies made with semi-sweet chocolate and peanut butter chips are an irresistible combination and easy to make! Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies combine two of my most loved flavors—Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are my all-time favorite candy, so I will eat anything that resembles a Reese’s! That’s how I doctored up my beloved …

These Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Bars are decadent and delicious! They are covered in a rich nutella ganache and topped with a brown sugar streusel then a generous drizzle of salted caramel sauce. These shortbread bars will have your guests coming back for seconds and thirds! You’re going to love how easy this recipe for Chocolate …

Tea cakes are buttery and slightly soft, not as sweet as a sugar cookie and falling somewhere between a cookie and a cake. They are an old-fashioned Southern favorite! This recipe is so easy–no mixer required and no chilling dough. You can have these wonderful tea cakes ready in about 30 minutes! What is a …

Chocolate chip cookie in a mug is fast, easy, decadent, chocolatey, and just right for a quick, small dessert to share…Or not! If you’ve spent any time at all on Pinterest searching for things you ought not be searching for—like a one minute chocolate chip cookie in a mug, seriously, who does that!—then you’ve probably …

Sugar Cookie Bars are super easy to make and perfect when you don’t have time to roll and cut cookies! These cookie bars have the best flavor—your family will devour them! With the same basic dough as my Sugar Cookie Recipe for Rolled Cookies, these Sugar Cookie Bars are delicious and so easy to make …

White Chocolate Cheesecake Bars with a hint of lemon and a yummy shortbread crust are easy to make and just right for bridal showers, dinner parties, or simple family suppers. If you’re constantly on the hunt for good, easy recipes that you can add to your repertoire for parties or just to serve on a …

Strawberry Bars with Lemon Glaze are made with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, and a buttery shortbread crust topped with a simple lemony glaze. These bars are a delightful treat for a bridal shower or luncheon, or just a snack after school! Whenever I’m assigned the dessert for a party, I start thinking about things I …

Lemon Crinkle Cookies made with fresh lemon zest and juice and a nice addition of brown sugar–these are soft and chewy and full of fresh lemon flavor!  When I first saw these cookies in the Best Ever Christmas Cookies magazine from America’s Test Kitchen, I knew I had to try them. Chocolate crinkle cookies are one …

Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, also known as flourless peanut butter cookies, are gluten-free, dairy-free, and really tasty! They’re the easiest peanut butter cookies you’ll ever make! Did y’all ever have these easy peanut butter cookies when you were a kid? Just three simple ingredients can turn into a simple cookie that everyone loves. This …

Snickerdoodle Cookie Pie in a skillet—a warm, cinnamony snickerdoodle cookie baked in a skillet so it’s chewy and soft, just waiting for a scoop of vanilla ice cream! While chocolate chip is my first love when it comes to cookies, and tea cakes are my second, snickerdoodles would have to be my third. I love …

A delicious and easy sugar cookie recipe with simple icing that’s quick and easy to apply. And sprinkles, of course! Kids love these cookies. I love cookies. Chocolate Chip Cookies are probably my favorites. But so are Ginger Cookies. And I could eat an entire plate of Mexican Wedding Cookies. But isn’t there just something …

I was going to title this post, “How to Score Points as a Grandma,” but decided I’d better stick with the sugar cookies so folks would know what this is all about. But really, being a new grandmother is what led me to realize that I’ve got to step up my game in the fun …

Hearty, healthy breakfast cookies made with whole wheat flour and filled with dates, walnuts, oats, and chocolate–nutritious with a touch of sweetness. When you’re a busy, working parent or a stay-at-home parent with kids and you’re trying to get everyone fed and off to school, breakfast can be challenging. It’s easy to put instant oatmeal in the …

Chocolate crinkles, chocolate snowflakes…these cookies have multiple names. Whatever you call them, they are one of my favorite cookies. Of course, I say that about all the cookies, especially my Chocolate Chip Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies, and Ginger Cookies! But these little delights of chocolate…yum. When I was in grade school, my friend Claudia’s mother …

Easy shortbread cookies from a simple dough of butter, powdered sugar, flour, and a little vanilla. These shortbread cookies are buttery, crumbly, and delicious! Don’t you love shortbread? It’s like buttery sugar melting in your mouth. Crispy, a little bit crumbly, and just sublimely butter flavored. I like it plain, like these easy shortbread cookies, …

Even though they’re not chocolate, Mexican Wedding Cookies are one of my favorites. I love the buttery, soft texture with just a little crunch from the ground nuts and the flavor is so divine…not too sweet even though they are rolled in powdered sugar. I usually make a few dozen of these cookies for Christmas, but we …

Ginger cookies made with ginger and a little molasses—they’re soft, chewy, large, and just the right treat for an afternoon snack! On a blustery, cold afternoon in January, there is nothing better than to curl up in front of the fireplace with a good book, a cup of hot tea and one or two of …

I’m going to start making Christmas cookies in a few days, but for now I want to share this recipe for easy chocolate chip cookies. These are the cookies I make when the Young Son comes downstairs at 9:00 pm and says, “Mommy, will you please make me some cookies?” Of course, he knows he …