My baking frenzy + a sale at Target resulted in me buying six bags of chocolate chips. Only to realize that none of my Christmas cookie recipes that I have in mind require chocolate chips. The moral of the story is that, it’s impossible to have too much of a good thing. Which brings me to these cream wafers. It’s completely impossible to have too many of these bite-size morsels. I’m already considering making them…
These cookies pull off these wrinkly outfits in such an effortless way, you might be tempted to stop folding your clothes all together. You’ll probably start rolling up shirts and tossing them in a pile on your floor and get rid of your dresser, just to be as hip and crinkly as these cookies. I wouldn’t blame you a bit. They look good, and they didn’t even try that hard. These guys are so chocolatey…
Did you know that maple syrup and cream cheese frosting are officially dating? There are actually rumors about an engagement ring being purchased by a tall dark and handsome bottle of Michigan maple syrup. When I tasted the filling for these guys I wondered why I’ve never used maple syrup in cream cheese frosting before. Considering they go together in a magically delicious way that can only be described as true love. This is my…
Having a tea party soon? Totally using cups and saucers? I have the prettiest and simplest cookies yet, and they are most definately tea party material. Not to mention, rosemary in a sweet context is pretty dreamy. The original recipe includes the zest of one large lemon rubbed into to the sugar before beginning. I am going to give that a shot next time, but if you don’t have lemons on hand, these guys are…
I worry about things like backordered boots and runs in my new tights and if I can make it another half mile before running out of gas or maybe that there won’t be enough food at a party and I didn’t eat dinner or whether or not I have cereal for breakfast in the morning… Do you worry about matching? If you do, you should probably make these cookies to match: your outfits, eyeshadow of…
Maybe I’ve been spending a bit too much time dancing in my car to the new Tegan and Sara. Maybe it’s weird that I practice songs for karaoke when I have no plans of ever really singing one alone. Maybe I did sing “All I Want for Christmas is You” last year…in a group. Maybe the rumor is that we sounded like Kidz Bop. Maybe I had pizza for lunch and totally disguised my pizza-champ-eating-skills…
It’s really fall now, so it’s time to do the following: Go to the cider mill and chug so much cider that I have an ocean-like stomach where surfing is possible. Pick apples and come home to promptly make: pie, apple dumplings, apple butter and more. Make a pumpkin variety of everything sweet and savory. Adopt homeless pumpkins as often as possible. Today was a pretty gross day. Cold. Rainy. Soggy. This day really needed a…
I remember this time when I was a kid and it rained on the day we were supposed to go to a water park. Major disappointment. I remember this other time that they didn’t have French Silk pie at Baker’s Square. Another disappointment. I made a strawberry pie last night that was also a bit disappointing. It wasn’t sweet enough and to be honest, I don’t feel like the pie recipe is worth posting…but that…
So the end of July + August is just sprinkled with birthdays while these cookies are just sprinkled with sugar. My brother’s birthday was last week and I learned last year that cookies are his gift of choice. He’s the kind of guy who loves chocolate chip cookies, but is overly excited to meet the one chocolate chip cookie that’s chip-less! So this year I made him these giant sugar cookies because really, the cookie…
I’ve been known to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner. I’ve been known to burn my hand every time I retrieve my cooling rack that’s not so cool anymore after sitting on my preheated oven. I’ve learned that burning yourself while cooking guarantees that what you’re making will be delicious. I’ve learned that cookies don’t necessarily need flour to be happy. I mean look at these two: I think it’s obvious they are…