Cinnamon Sugar Twist Cookies are firm, mildly sweet cookies adapted from Greek Easter cookies. They are an ideal dunking cookie, with a buttery, cinnamon flavor that goes with just about everything! For military care packages, easy ingredient adaptations can be made to make Cinnamon Sugar Twist Cookies desert safe. Originally published 10 May 2013. Last…
Spiced Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Spiced Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are just right for this blustery, winter weather. Spicy notes of cinnamon and cayenne pepper add warmth to the rich chocolate flavor. Defrost your taste buds with each crunchy bite.
Gingerbread Spice Cookies (Time Saver Recipe)
Gingerbread season is here, in all of its chewy, spicy splendor! With this time saver recipe, you can quickly whip up a batch of Gingerbread Spice Cookies. There is a taste of the holidays in every scrumptious bite!
Chocolaty Chip Muffins
If variety is the spice of life, then these Chocolaty Chip Muffins could be called Spice of Life Muffins. The rich chocolaty dough pairs well with a variety of flavors, so I made them with 5 different kinds of chips. Semi-sweet chocolate chips. Cinnamon chips. Peanut butter chips. Butterscotch chips. Mint chips. Bake one type…
Chocolate Pretzel Cookies
Chocolate Pretzel Cookies are amazingly delicious, soft cookies that look like pretzels. They are shaped like a pretzel. They are sprinkled with coarse sugar to look like salt on a pretzel. But Pretzel Cookies are made from a rich chocolate dough accented with cinnamon and espresso. A frosty mug of milk is the perfect beverage…
Slice-and-Bake Shortbread: one dough, three cookie flavors
The start of November means the start of the time crunch we refer to as “the holiday season”, a frenzy of cooking and baking and merrymaking that leaves many people frazzled and decidedly unmerry. Let’s enjoy the “happy” in Happy Holidays. Planning ahead helps. So do time saving recipes like this one for Slice-and- Bake…
Butterscotch Oatmeal Bars
Childhood memories often include nostalgically remembered sweets. Whether those candies, cookies, and ice cream would taste as wonderful to an adult palate isn’t important. It’s the happiness those treats produced that creates such fond memories. Some commercially produced snacks continue to create cravings for generations. Oreo’s are 102 years old. M and M’s have been…