Recipes, food, travel, and family
Healthier Almond Cookies are a delicious addition to my book of cookies. I decided that adding some coconut oil, stevia sugar, and almond flour would take some of those calories down and add nutrients. This recipe is Made with high quality ingredients from Steviva, You can find out about their products from one of the […]
Brandy Pecan Sandies is my updated version of the old fashioned treat everyone knows. I decided to add some brandy to the batter. Why stop there, so I added brandy to the pecans and candied them! These Brandy Pecan Sandies are going to be added to my Christmas baking for gifts this year. If you […]
Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies ~I received compensation for this sponsored post, however my opinions are my own~ I made these Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies for my road trip to World Food Championships. I like to take a nice sugar rush for a long ride to keep me singing at the top of my lungs. I […]
Mint Brownie Crackle Cookie #Recipe Baking so many days in a row gets a little old. I tire of making the same cookies every year. I have created these in a similar recipe but it is all chocolate. You can get it HERE. This year I had a bag of Hersheys mint chocolate chips that […]
Toffee & Cashew Blondies Recipe I love toffee. Every year around Thanksgiving I purchase huge amounts of chocolate chips of all kinds. I also pick up a bag of the toffee chips too. I usually put them in an oatmeal cookie and those are pretty good. This year I decided to make a new one […]
Top 10 Homemade Cookies from My World Simplified Tomorrow is homemade cookie day!!! My family LOVES homemade cookies. We never really purchase cookies and prefer them fresh out of the oven. I also give homemade cookies as a gift to family and friends. Since October 1st is homemade cookie day I decided to gather my […]
Not Fruit Cake Cookie I enjoy fruitcake. I grew up having a piece of fruitcake and eggnog on Christmas eve. I tried to pass on this tradition to my children but so far none of them like fruitcake. A few of my kids do like this cookie though, so give it a try! I brought a […]
Nutella Sugar Cookies with Nutella Frosting Nutella is a favorite of my children. I purchase the HUGE one from Sams club and its gone in just over a week! I decided to make these Nutella sugar cookies so I could lure my high school senior home to visit with me! She is so super […]
Blueberry Shortbread Thumbprints I can remember helping my grandma make thumbprint cookies as young child. Getting to smash each little ball was fun! I decided that a nice shortbread cookie would be good with some Blueberry jam baked into the centers. These are great year round but were created to go in my Christmas cookie […]
Lemon Blueberry Shortbread Cookies Shortbread cookies are one of my favorite. They are easy to make and don’t require a great deal of ingredients. I was feeling summery when I came up with this recipe and felt like lemon and blueberry sounded great together! So Lemon Blueberry Shortbread cookies were born! Perfect summer cookie! Lemon […]
Root Beer Float Cookies I love root beer floats. I grew up in a town that still has an old fashioned drive in root beer stand so we were used to getting a really good root beer float. I recently took my nephew there and enjoyed a delicious root beer float! Making memories, he still […]
Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies Eggnog in a cookie! Even people that don’t like eggnog like these cookies. They are soft and scrumptious. Eggnog Snickerdoodle’s are a nutmeg flavored cookie. Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe Ingredients: 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ cup sugar 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg ½ cup butter […]
