So, we’re one week in to summer vacation, and I’m already running out of snack ideas (how is this possible). My kids are grazers. They typically like to eat a small little breakfast and lunch, and graze in between those meals and dinner. I try my best to have healthy (ish at least) snacks, and…
Cookies
Easy Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Ok, I’m going to try to stay on top of things this year and actually post my Christmas cookie recipes as I make them. These are a family favourite recipe. My Nana has made them my whole life, and they are one of a chosen few cookies that it just wouldn’t be Christmas without. The…
Salted Caramel Macaroons
I’m not sure what to say, other than this: I hope that the last thing I ever taste is a salted caramel macaroon. These are, hands down, my absolute favourite thing to eat. The are the perfect blend of sweet and salty, the filling is the creamiest buttercream you’re going to find, and the meringues…
Thanksgiving Favorites
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I’m gearing up to get started of the things we want for the weekend. Yes, it is Friday morning, and our first Thanksgiving dinner is tomorrow, but I was never one to let a little thing like immanency stop me from procrastinating. So, instead of actually staring on…
Double Chocolate Toffee Cookies
Yesterday Anna and I promised Oliver some homemade cookies to greet him from his first day of senior kindergarten. I wanted to try something new, and after a very quick look around pinterest I found these cookies from Julia’s Album that she had originally adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe. Not being able to leave anything…
Oliver’s Favourite Snickerdoodles
Oliver was having a rough couple of days last week. I’m guessing it was a combination of boredom, lack of sleep, and annoyance from his sisters and I (we can do that some times). I decided it was time to break out his favourite cookie recipe to but that smile I love back on his…
Easy Lemon Sugar Cookies
A new blog post, and only 11 days after Sophie joined the family. This is proof that I’m running on the fumes of a crazy sleepless person. I have a helper for these ones, yesterday Anna wanted to make some cookies for Oliver’s after school snack. I think she probably just plain wanted to make…
Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
This is a recipe I’ve literally been meaning to get up on the site for years. It’s hands down my favorite holiday recipe, and one that I make every year for Thanksgiving. Except for last year, because last year I couldn’t find where I put the recipe (which is why I really need to get…
Toffee Bites
Sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy, bite size pieces of Utopia (have I sold you yet?). These are one of the easiest little things you can whip up, and great when you’re having people over. You can just fill up a bowl of them and let people pick. Trust me, they’ll become one of your standards, right next…
Caramel Oat Bars
These bars were delicious, and one of the few desserts that I make in this house that Oliver actually really enjoyed. They’re basically the topping of a crisp turned into the crust and topping of a bar, then filled with caramel, chocolate, almonds, and toffee pieces. I can’t take all the credit for them though….
Southern Tea Cakes (Cookies)
I really, really enjoyed these cookies. I made them last weekend and I’ve been in a funk ever since we ran out. If only I had the energy to go and make another batch (a new puppy will do that to you). They have such a good chew to them, and they almost taste like…
Ultimate Triple Chocolate Cookie
Alright folks, Valentines Day is just around the corner (literally…do you realize that it’s NEXT Tuesday!), so I figured it was time to introduce everyone to my ultimate triple chocolate cookies. What makes a triple chocolate cookie you may wonder? Well, there’s cocoa powder, standard…some chocolate chips, check…but then, oh yes, then, there is also a literal…
Rolled Shortbread Cookies
These are a family recipe and one that my Nana makes every year. They’re also my favorite Christmas cookie. I try to convince myself that they’re only a Christmas cookie because as soon as I stop thinking that way I’ll be making them every week, and no one needs dozens of shortbread cookies a week…
Peanut Butter Blossoms
These cookies are delicious. Like really, really, addictively, delicious. They’re also stolen from my Aunt who makes them every Christmas (thanks Jen!). Which is why I had to make them this Christmas too. See, I stopped by one day, ate one, then knew on my way home that I needed 4 dozen of my own. You will…
Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles Prep Time: 5 minutes Bake Time: 12 minutes Makes: 3 dozen cookies Ingredients: 1¾ cup sugar 1 tbsp cinnamon 2½ cup all purpose flour 2 tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 8 tbsp butter, softened (½ c) ½ cup vegetable shortening 2 large eggs Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees…
Jen’s Shakespeare Cookies
These are the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you, your Momma, your Grandma and your Grandma’s Daddy ever tasted! Seriously. The title can not lie (it’s like incapable or some shit). I had been on the hunt for YEARS (really, close to a decade) for the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookie because it’s Bo’s favorite…