this will be a short post…mainly because i just became a foster mommy to a cat a couple hours ago and i have no idea what i am doing (other than freaking out). while i waited for her to arrive, i decided to make cookies– not only to take [...]
before i get started, i need to make a brief confession. i am a bad daughter. my mom’s birthday was on April 9th and I had great plans for what i wanted to send her. there is something (non-food) that i want to make her, but have not found a [...]
earlier this week, i brought you peanut butter pillow cookies filled with chocolate brownies; a little over a year ago, i showed you chocolate cookies filled with peanut butter; but my vegan friends have sadly had to miss out on both of these. i [...]
it is a wonderful feeling to find your soul mate… ya know, the one you were meant to be with, and everyone in your presence can’t help but agree; the one where when someone bites into the two of you together a big smile comes over their face– wait, wha??? [...]
coffee, hazelnut, chocolate, cookies… all of these things are on the list of things i need more of in my life. so, today, i baked them all into one brilliant masterpiece! while these shortbread cookies might hold their own without the nutella, and could easily be wonderful with [...]
…i have not abandoned you. some say that distance makes the heart grow fonder, so those of you must be missing me dearly. others say that distance makes the heart go wander, so you folks have moved on and perhaps didn’t even stop to look at this. in [...]
parchment paper is my secret weapon. i love that unless it is a bad recipe that flattens out completely or i forget about them and the whole darn things are hockey pucks, the bottoms of my cookies very rarely burn; by very rarely, i mean that i can’t [...]
last september, i filled the request of my friend tom and shipped him snickerdoodles…problem was, he didn’t mention that he was going away, so by the time he ate them they were several days old. he said they were tasty, but of course i wanted him [...]
you may recall that last month i was frustrated and looking for a pumpkin cookie that would ship well, without getting mushy, sticking to the packaging, etc… i scoured my recipe books, favorite websites, and google images, but i did not find any that looked good [...]
i have a lot of friends that are enamored with slow cooking/crock pots. something strikes me a bit odd about about food cooking allllllll day. i am very particular about food consistency, and picky about soup and other mushy vegetables, so i opted for a different kind of [...]
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