Last week, I began a pursuit of peanut butter cookie perfection. Peanut butter cookies are Papa’s favorite. That was my inspiration. I need to remember everyone has their own idea about what makes a cookie perfect. But for me, it’s a cookie with thin, crisp edges and a chewy heart that bends, not breaks, when…
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How To Make Chocolate Peppermint Hurry Up Bars
Chocolate and peppermint are an unbeatable combination. The taste always says Christmas! I had some precious cooking-baking time with our granddaughter Baylie this week. She’s home from college. We made some fancy cookies. The recipes were from some of my favorite food bloggers and they turned out fantastic. Here’s the deal though. I’m just plain…
Busy Day Lemon Bars Easy And Crazy Good
This recipe for lemon bars made me think back to YEARS ago when our girls were in high school. I was a working mom and perpetually in a rush. I started baking what I called “idiot cookies.” (Credit to Peg Bracken’s snarky humor in her “I Hate to Cook” cookbook.) It’s completely politically incorrect to…
Super Easy Coconut Macaroons
A coconut lovers dream cookie, so crisp and chewy! I live in a middle size town in the middle of Nebraska, a state stuck smack dab in the middle of the United States. I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather live, surrounded by my whole family and a zillion friends. That being said, Nebraska has…
Aunt Martha’s Perfect Lemon Bars
Nothing says spring and summer better than these tangy, refreshing bars! I was sooo lucky and blessed to receive many bonuses when I married my farm boy all those years ago. Lucky for him, the rascal, it was the least he could do! I was blessed with an instant extended family living nearby that I…
Four Ingredient Desperation Cookie Recipe
It was dark and stormy on Saturday night. And it was really, really cold. We’d had ho-hum leftovers for supper and suddenly we were overcome by craving something sweet. No way did we want to leave the house. The clock ticked. The hankering intensified. We rummaged through the cupboards, nothing. The freezer, nothing. Then I…
Naughty But Nice. Cookie Dough Energy Bites.
Cookie Dough Energy Bites Recipe It’s here, ready or not! “The Holidays” are upon us and you know what that means! Temptation at every turn! What if you had a secret weapon that would satisfy your sweet tooth, keep your energy high and your motor humming in high gear during the busy weeks ahead? Ta-da!…