Drumroll please... here is the last Christmas cookie recipe I'm sharing for 2020 and my favorite photo. Best for last? Depends on your flavor preference. I tell you what, the texture of these molasses spice cookies wins. They are indeed soft and chewy. So if you're expecting something hard and crunchy like gingersnaps, nope, not… Continue reading Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
Category: cookies
Vanilla Sables
A cookie a day keeps the doctor away? Oh if only cookies could heal all sickness. If there was one cookie with healing power, I think it would be these vanilla sables. Or these chocolate chips... in a non-holiday time of year, they will always win. Anyone else feeling the letdown of Christmas being over?… Continue reading Vanilla Sables
Butterscotch Cookies
Coming in second place for the best Christmas cookie this year by my family are these butterscotch cookies. Apparently this was the year for slice and bake cookies, as three of the varieties I made were slice and bake. It was nice making all the dough one day and baking them the next so they… Continue reading Butterscotch Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
My parents came down for an outdoor lunch visit today. We differ in our opinions of whether nuts should be in cookies and brownies. (that's a nope for me). I had the perfect plan to bake white chocolate macadamia nut cookies that would please both crowds. But as I was creaming the butter and sugars,… Continue reading Peanut Butter Cookies
Macarons
I have a strong love-hate relationship with macarons (say the ending like you're saying the name, "Ron". Macaroons are the coconut cookies... totally different). They're so pretty, they're a blend of a wee little bit of crunch and a little bit of chewy, and they're sweet, but not too sweet. If I want to bake… Continue reading Macarons