Category Archives: Cookies

Orange Chocolate Chess Bars

I had an email from the nice folk at All in Good Food for Chess Bars. I didn’t grow up with the concept, but I have dabbled in chess desserts a bit, so thought I might could dabble again. With … Continue reading

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Cookies!

Chunky chocolate chip cookies to be precise. And, even tho’ the recipe on the back of the Scharffen Berger bag claims the recipe is based on Alice Medrich’s own, let us be brutally honest here… ALL chocolate chip cookie recipes … Continue reading

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Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Rich came across this recipe on Nestle’s Very Best Baking site and thought it looked as though the cookie bars would be as good as his favorite bakery peanut butter cookies, so I went in search of peanut butter chips … Continue reading

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C’mon by, we have (5 dozen) cookies!

Most of the holiday goodies were gone (thank da Google!) – yes, there is still an overfull cheese drawer, and just a bit of the addictive caramel puff corn left sitting there temptingly in a zipper bag in the corner … Continue reading

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Cherry Pastry Bars

I came across this recipe on the interwebs, and knew I’d have to make it – cherries are one of my very favorite treats, and a cherry pastry that looked to be as simple to toss together as this did … Continue reading

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O’Buzzy Bars

In reality, these are just corn flake and peanut butter bars, spread in a glass baking pan and then topped with melted chocolate. The corn flake bars are called just that. Top ’em with melted chocolate chips, and you get … Continue reading

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Neapolitan Bars

So, these happened because of a mistake. My local market had a sale on the cake mixes I use to make this really kinda incredible chocolate cake, so QuickLikeABunny I grabbed two Dark Chocolates to stash in the pantry. Except… … Continue reading

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Salted Caramel Sugar Cookies

Nice cookie! And, a nice riff on the more usual, jam-filled thumbprint cookie; with a thin crushed pretzel coating, a melted caramel oozing out of the center, and a final dusting a sea salt sprinkled over the still-warm cookies as … Continue reading

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Lois’ Toffee Bars

Our cousin Lois lives in Canada. Our cousin Emi, Lois’ daughter, is wrapping up a couple of years spent living in Japan. Sometimes, they have a light exchange of news via semi-public social media venues, and I feel that I … Continue reading

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Parfait! Chocolate Pretzel Cookies

OK, I have to be honest… I don’t really care for these cookies. They’re kinda dry, and I think they need some help in overall flavor profile, vis-a-vis salt to chocolate to tasty cookie base. Still, Rich’s mom LIKES ’em, … Continue reading

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