It’s that time of the week again… Time for my Friday Favorites! I’ve found quite a few great recipes this week that I want to share with you, so let’s just get right to it, shall we? I love Italian food… Especially lasagna. I like to mix it up, though, so I’m looking forward to trying…
While I love vanilla extract and vanilla sugar (as I shared with you yesterday), I also love to use vanilla beans when I am baking. One of my favorite recipes is a simple recipe for vanilla bean biscotti. It may seem strange that I love biscotti so much… In fact, sometimes I can’t quite wrap…
Christmas is just a few short days away. Hopefully by now you’ve baked most of your Christmas cookies, finished wrapping gifts, and made plans with friends and relatives. So, instead of writing a Friday Favorites post with some last minute recipe ideas, I decided to let Yellowdog take over today. She’s been dying to show…
The holidays just aren’t complete without some cookies. Don’t you agree? Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I love to bake… And, I especially love cookies. So, when I saw some tweets about the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap hosted by Julie from The Little Kitchen and Lindsay from Love and Olive Oil,…
Each year, I do quite a bit of holiday baking… I’m sure that comes as no big surprise to most of you. I just love giving homemade goodies to all of our friends and family. Of all of the baking I do, I think cookies are my favorite. One of the things that I enjoy…
The holidays are officially here. I can attest to that based solely on the crowds at the mall on Friday! While I do enjoy going shopping on Black Friday with my mom each year, I never seem to finish up all of my Christmas shopping. This year, I barely made a dent in my list. Since I…
I decided to share a cookie recipe with you today. It’s made with Nutella… And mini peanut butter cups. I also threw in some chocolate chips for good measure. They are cookies worth sharing. But, you may be thinking, “Does she realize that it’s the Monday before Thanksgiving?” And, rightfully so. Yes, I am aware…
Following directions is something I have never been real good at. I admit that. Sometimes I am stubborn and I think I know better. Other times, I just fail to completely follow the directions. In fact, just a few days before making these cookies, I was telling my dad that one of my most memorable…
Last week, as I was decorating cookies for Halloween, I was reminded of the fact that I’ve been meaning to share my tips for making royal icing with no stress. After all, everyone wants to decorate beautiful cookies during the holiday season, but no one wants to fight with the royal icing. Between shopping for…
I love to decorate cookies… And, typically my cookie of choice is a standard vanilla bean sugar cookie. My sugar cookies are both tasty and sturdy, two important qualities in a cookie! This time of year, though, I start to get antsy and feel the need to break out of the usual sugar cookie mold….
