Today, February 3, 2011, is the first day of the Chinese new year – Year of the Rabbit. And what could be more fun than making fortune cookies to bring in the Lunar New Year? These simple cookies are not only great fun, but they’re also super crispy and lightly […]
No, it’s not a typo. It was, however, a slight mistake that is now a revelation! Ok, ok…a bit exaggerated, but seriously, this dessert was loved by everyone. Even me. I never eat dessert. Well, never is a strong word, let’s just say, rarely. And even more rare is to […]
I rarely, ok, never, follow a recipe. Except today. Today I made gingerbread cookies for my kiddos and used a recipe straight from food.com. It said, “the most wonderful gingerbread cookie” recipe and that’s no lie! You see, I’ve never in my life made gingerbread. I’ve always wanted to, but […]
It’s that time of year! Holiday parties, cookie exchanges and gift baskets. Pinwheel cookies are a great choice for all of those wonderful things. They are so yummy and so darn cute, how could you not want to make, eat and share them. This is a simple, small recipe, meant […]
We all love chocolate chip cookies, right? Who don’t? But, sometimes we want a little something different or something extra. Maybe with nuts or raisins or both. Just so happens, all those great ingredients are in Western Trail Mix. So, the Trail Mix cookie took over half the batch of […]
If you eat as much ice cream as we do, buy an ice cream maker. We recently did just that and it has been nothing short of amazing. I was a bit of a skeptic. Could homemade “really” be as good as Thrifty? But, I had some reward points to […]