Cookies and Bars

It’s hard to beat a warm chocolate chip cookie with a glass of cold milk, though a brownie might match it. I’ve also got the best Christmas holiday cookies as certified by my family and friends!

Cookies and Bars, Desserts

Gingerbread Cookies

My search is over!!! After trying many different gingerbread recipes, a friend came to the rescue with this gem. She found it online a few years ago, printed it out and never got around to baking them. So, I made them and they are the best. Tender, not too spicy and easy to roll out. […]

Cookies and Bars

Forget Me Not Mints

This is another one of my “Christmas Cookie Collection” recipes. This cookie is a pastel colored green cookie with mini chocolate chip morsels, and a delightful mint flavor. It is a meringue style cookie, that have a “sleep over”” in your oven. These cookies melt in your mouth!

Cookies and Bars

Eggnog Snickerdoodles

This cookie recipe comes from my official “Christmas Cookie Collection”. It’s a crisp, sugar cookie rolled in sugar and nutmeg, with a hint of rum and brandy. I recommend buying those extracts before the holidays as they are hard to find once holiday baking season arrives.

Cookies and Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’ve been searching for a chocolate chip cookie that is not too sweet. I’ve tried so many, and none made me happy. I was beginning to think I just didn’t like chocolate chip cookies…how unAmerican is that? Then I found this recipe on line. They claim it is the recipe for the cookies served at […]

Cookies and Bars

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

It’s been over 50 years, and I still reminisce of my Mom making these cookies at Christmastime. She would add red food coloring to some of the batter and green to the next batch. Some she baked without color but ALL were decorated by us kids, with colored sugar or little silver candy dots. I […]

Cookies and Bars, Miscellaneous

Cranberry Hootycreeks

At Christmas time, there are always friends, neighbors or family members that you would like to give a small gift to, but the funds just aren’t available. Well, last year, a dear friend found herself in that situation and here’s what she did. She bought some mason jars and filled them with ingredients to make […]