Category Archives: Cookies

Strawberry-Port Wine Jam

SO… this is just a little bit of a cheater recipe. I took the strawberry-red wine jam used in those really nice Strawberry Cookie Bars back in October, swapped out a nice bit of port for the red wine, and … Continue reading

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Strawberry Cookie Bars

Here is a tasty cookie that you can make as easy or as complicated as you like – and the best part is, even the complicated option is pretty darned easy! You could, for instance, take the easy way and … Continue reading

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Chocolate Pretzel Cookies

The jury is still out on these… Rich’s mom loved ’em, but that may have been due to the fact that I made them dairy-free. I thought they were a bit on the dry side, but that may have been … Continue reading

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Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunches

Tasty, dairy-free (vegan, even, if you use Earth Balance buttery spread or sticks) and pretty darned good for you, I think. Well, as good for you as a dessert munchie can be… shredded wheat, peanut butter, brown sugar, a bit … Continue reading

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Oatmeal Scotchies

Rich was getting bored with the Angeletti in the cookie jar, so I set out to try a little something different. He likes a nice oatmeal scotchie – oatmeal cookies with butterscotch chips – now and then, and usually makes … Continue reading

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Lemon Basil Butter Cookies

This recipe showed up in an email from the nice folk at Southern Living Magazine featuring their favorite cookies. Hmmm. I like these, but I am not sure they’ll make my favorites list. Still, I have a goodly sized batch … Continue reading

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Cranberry Happiness

Yeh, I know we’ve hit the cranberries a bit hard of late, what with Parfait! and cranberry peanut butter bars and all; but ’tis the season, and these bars are just too darned tasty not to share now, so’s you … Continue reading

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Cranberry Peanut Bars

I was thumbing through an errant another holiday-themed cookery magazine – this one “Our Best Holiday Menus” by the nice folk at Better Homes and Gardens from 2007 – that popped up in the book stacks downstairs before adding it … Continue reading

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Parfait! Angeletti Di Saronno

Little Italian Cookies. TASTY little Italian cookies. EASY tasty little Italian cookies. Ermmm, they’re FAST, too – about an hour from start to finish. The original recipe for this little gem of a cookie, from the very nice folk at … Continue reading

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Spiced Pear Cookies

I had a bowl of pears that I thought were a bit too, ermmm, ripe for just plain eating, but I was not feeling the love for making a spiced pear cake, or even for playing around with the classic … Continue reading

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