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Spring Wildgrain Subscription Box

Spring is a time to lighten up and enjoy the beauty around us, and my Spring Wildgrain Subscription Box  helped me do just that! Wildgrain Subscription Boxes provide delicious, nutritious artisanal breads, pastas and pastries to make your workload a little lighter, while helping you enjoy easy, great meals with the people you love. A …

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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Shortbread cookies are a taste treat for anyone who loves the peanut butter and chocolate flavor combination. Sprinkled with sugar and sea salt, you’ll taste a slight tang from the cultured butter, and the savory flavor of peanut butter. In regard to the texture of the cookie,  they crumble and …

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Kitty Krap Cookies: Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

The original recipe for these Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies has morphed over time, at my house, to the point that I feel they need a new name:  Kitty Krap Cookies. As much as I’d like to take credit for this brilliant and enticing moniker, I can’t. Where Did They Get Their Tasteful Name? …

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Molasses Crinkles: an Award Winning Cookie

Molasses Crinkles cookies are scrumptious: soft, and chewy on the inside, packed with sweet, spicy gingery flavor, with a bit of a crunch on the outside. Not to mention, they are absolutely addictive. And SUPER easy to make. When you’ve made a cookie several times a year since 2002, you know you have a winner! …

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Lovely Meyer Lemon Bars with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Lovely Meyer Lemon Bars with Olive Oil and Sea Salt are a scrumptious dessert with a vibrantly bright flavor that isn’t *just* sweet. Their flavor is both sweet, and tart, with a savory slightly bitter underlying note from the olive oil and the lemon zest. Oh, my goodness we devoured them in a FLASH around …

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Buttery, Easy, Scottish Shortbread Cookies

There’s no cookie quite so simple, nor so sublime, as buttery, easy, Scottish Shortbread cookies. When made correctly, they are tender, flaky, and absolutely melt in your mouth. This recipe will teach you how to achieve those results.   Are Scottish Shortbread Cookies A Christmas Tradition? When I was young, shortbread was a Christmas treat. Our …

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Crispy Chewy Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

Make going back to school a little happier with this recipe for Crispy, Chewy Oatmeal Walnut Cookies! They’re made with ingredients you probably have right now in your pantry Good Cookies Make Happy Families This recipe for Crispy Chewy Oatmeal Walnut cookies lines up nicely with my mission. Now, by “my mission” I mean, why …

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Frosted Malt Chocolate Cookies with Sea Salt

These gorgeous chocolate cookies, Frosted Malt Chocolate Cookies with Sea Salt, are perfect for Christmas, or Valentine’s Day, or for anyone you know who loves chocolate, on any day at all.   My Husband Wanted These Chocolate Cookies My husband spotted a picture of these Frosted Malt Chocolate Cookies on the cover of the December issue …

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Curry Coriander Shortbread Cookies

Curry Coriander Shortbread Cookies are one of my favorite Christmas Cookies. And you’re about to discover why I think they’re an excellent candidate for a new holiday tradition I’d like to start: Cookies and Wine.   My friend Gwen Pratesi, who writes over on Pratesi Living, shared the recipe with me. They sounded intriguing to me, …

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Two Christmas Cookie Recipes: Raspberry Shortbread and Chocolate Caramel Treasures

Are you looking for a recipe or two for some wonderful Christmas cookies? I won two different cookie contests in my small ‘burg in the Boonies with these delicious recipes. Chocolate Caramel Treasures and Raspberry Shortbread are my two prize winning recipes. And if you’re not looking to cook, the story of how I became the …

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