Toffee Cookies

What is not to love about toffee, a delicious cooked mixture of sugar, cream and butter. It tastes luxurious and decadent. I always have a bag of toffee chips in my pantry because I never know when they might need to be sprinkled on warm pie, cold ice cream or pudding. But I wasn’t in…

Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Cookies You know you want to have at least a few over the holidays and don’t act like you don’t!  At the first holiday party where they are on the dessert table, you know you’ll head that direction.  And you probably grew up with a metal tin of them that appeared…

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle Christmas time is candy making time at my house. Now that all the decorating is done, cards mailed, shopping finished and gifts are wrapped, it leaves weekends free to hit the kitchen. My husband’s favorite is peanut brittle. Over the years, I have quite literally made dozens of different recipes for one pot…

Cookies

Cookies It’s the original grab-it-and-go dessert or mid-afternoon snack … cookies! And I love those that are perfectly baked meaning not too crisp, not too soft and not too flat. I know there are literally thousands of recipes out there claiming to be the best, but this one really is. It uses a combination of…

Crispy Cornflake Cookies

Christmas = Cookies! Cookies are the ultimate holiday season treat. They require no utensils for consumption, have a fairly long shelf life if you can keep your hands out of the jar and are thoughtful gifts. This recipe is one that I always begin the baking season making. It is really nothing more than an…

Mocha Cookies

Mocha Cookies Thanks to Michelle and John, I went to the liquor store because I wanted to try the unique red and very affordable wines they recommended. As soon as I tried them both, I instantly was inspired to make a cookie recipe I developed several years ago. Something in the flavor of those wines…