Little a and I enjoyed our marathon holiday baking weekend, and there’s so much to share. Instead of snowflakes this year, we chose to decorate ornaments and trees: The basic sugar cookie and royal icing recipes came from Sweet Sugarbelle. I just love her blog and her cookies inspire me to keep trying, although I … Continue reading »
Crispy on the outside…..soft, vanilla wonderful on the inside. These are goooood!! Vanilla Drop Sugar Cookies 3 sticks butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 3/4 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1/2 tsp. salt Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, … Continue reading »
My holiday baking is underway, and raspberry thumbprint cookies are an all-time favorite…and they’re pretty too! For these cookies, I combined two of my favorite recipes: Pillsbury’s Hazelnut Melting Moments and Land o’ Lakes’ Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprints. With toasted and chopped hazelnuts, the Pillsbury recipe* makes a tender and delicious base, and I used … Continue reading »
Ohhhhh………….I had way too much fun making these cookies. I have become somewhat totally obsessed with creating and perfecting cut-out sugar cookies. My cookie cutter collection is growing and I actually look forward to sitting at the kitchen table for hours, playing with my decorating tips and doo-dads, and making a humongous mess. I made … Continue reading »
According to Wikipedia, pizzelles “are traditional Italian waffle cookies made from flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, and flavoring (often vanilla, anise, or lemon zest)”. According to me, pizzelles are deliciously light and crispy cookies that are addictive and should only be eaten by the dozen. In order to form the cookie, you’ll need … Continue reading »
Every cookie was delicious!!! (Or, so they say). I know that the few cookies I sampled were really, really good but, with butter, sugar, chocolate, almond paste and raspberry jam, how could you lose? This was a collaborative effort…Holly, Bethy and I spent a very productive day together baking for Jill’s (Holly’s beautiful future daughter-in-law’s) … Continue reading »
Rainbow cookies are deliciously moist and rich tri-color cookies that are usually found at Italian bakeries. They have an intense almond flavor and are held together with thin layers of either raspberry or apricot jam (or orange marmalade) and a layer of melted chocolate tops them off. They are a fussy and time-consuming cookie to … Continue reading »
I LOVE these cookies. REALLY love ‘em. They are a soft version of the ever-popular Italian iced cookies and, once you start, you can’t stop eating them. They are exclusive to my friend Bethy and, quite honestly, nobody makes them like she does. We spent a day together baking cookies for an upcoming wedding shower, … Continue reading »
I’m going to keep working on these. Eventually, (HOPEfully), I’ll master the consistency of the royal icing, and all will be “right” in my cookie-making world ;-) Wishing you all a sparkler-filled, happy July 4th!! “A”
Tonight is our “Bayberry Babes” birthday girls night out but, as you can see, I did not bake the cake. Instead, I made these high heel sugar cookies as a take-home favor for each of the gals. I’m really getting into this cut-out-and-decorate sugar cookie thing…although, I’m not sure exactly WHY. The baking and the … Continue reading »
