Woke up this morning and the barometer in my nose said it would be a good day to bake Chocolate Chip Meringues. (Dry and cold…great for egg whites, lousy for sinuses). So.. I leaped out of bed and raced to the kitchen, where I whipped up some perfect Chocolate Chip Meringue cookies! hahahahahahaha Truth be told… […]
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Chocolate Mocha Cookie Recipe
Coffee…? Chocolate….? Can’t decide…. Have both! This rich, decadent, and sort of goofy looking Chocolate Mocha Cookie Recipe is loaded with tons of chocolate, and flavored with coffee. It’s not a cookie for the faint-hearted, and it might keep you up at night….But in the middle of the afternoon…when you’ve hit that low point, these […]
Double Chocolate Cherry Cookie Recipe
I have a good reason for baking this Double Chocolate Cherry Cookie Recipe. Someone once actually told me how lucky I am to be an At-Home mom …. I can just sit around all day eating chocolate covered cherries and watching Oprah. Huh? My first impulse was to whack some sense into that pea brain, instead I […]
Chocolate and Oreo Cookie Recipe
The idea for the Chocolate and Oreo Cookie Recipe came out of the mouth of an 8 year old. We were getting ready for a soccer tournament, and I wanted to take along some cookies for snacking. My daughter loves chocolate chip… but then she said maybe she’d rather have chocolate chocolate chip… then she said […]
Peppermint Meringue Cookie Recipe
Well… I guess I just have to go along with it… Christmas Season is upon us. I’ve been in a state of denial… ignoring the decorations… blocking out the “Jingle Bells Muzak”…. blindly toting in the massive stacks of catalogs from the mailbox without regard to why I’m suddenly flooded with them. But I can’t […]
Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookie Recipe
I made this Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookie Recipe as sort of a challenge (admittedly, it wasn’t a tremendous challenge, but I did get to stretch my brain just a bit). They are kind of a knock-off of the Peppermint Oreos that Nabisco produces at Christmastime. They are deeply Chocolate cookies with some thick yummy peppermint […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes Scratch
Looking for Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, scratch like your Grandmother made them? With a few simple changes, one easy Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe can become 5 Different Homemade Cookie Recipes. Once you have flour, sugar, butter and eggs, it’s just a matter of adding a bit of creativity. Some of the recipes need a slight […]
How to use Leftover Frosting? Make Cookies
Want to know how to use Leftover Frosting? Read and learn…. (To my horror) I found out that a friend of mine THROWS AWAY leftover frosting. BLASPHEMY!!! Got leftover frosting? There are a number of things you can do with it. How to Use Leftover Frosting 1. Sit down in the corner and eat it. […]
Soft Sugar Cookies Scratch
Had a few girlies in the house today working on school stuff and I figured they could taste test some Cookies for me. Baked up the Soft Sugar Cookies, scratch (of course)…. made up the Buttercream Frosting…. and went to my sprinkles storage box (yes, I have a sprinkles storage box, don’t you?)… Where are […]
Ginger Cookies Recipe Easy
Why is this Ginger Cookies Recipe easy? Because I made it with stuff I had on hand, in no time flat! See…I was in a real hurry. The track team needed cookies, they were leaving in an hour. I started mixing up the ingredients for Gingersnaps, and broke a cardinal rule of cooking…. MAKE SURE […]
Best Recipe Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
After many tries (and a few fails) I’ve found the Best Recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies EVER! Because you see…the cookie jar is empty again. Really? Where the heck do the cookies go? Ok, sure, there were 7 teen aged boys in the house last night, and they are all athletes, and as far as […]
Chewy Chocolate Cookies Scratch
Needed an indulgent treat today. Something gooey, rich, and above all, chocolate. Nothing fancy or froo-froo…. I wanted the kind of treat that didn’t need a fork, or fancy ingredients, or special tools. I needed a Chewy Chocolate Cookie! Put on an Apron, and started pulling out ingredients. Basics… Butter, Sugar, Flour, Egg, Cocoa… mixed […]