M and M biscotti

I love making biscotti. It is so easy to whip up, makes a great dessert or breakfast and is always well received. I found this recipe on Pennies on a Platter and made the candy cane version as well, but this time I swapped out the candy cane pieces for red and green m and m’s.
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
2 1/2 [...]

Candy Cane Biscotti

Holiday baking goes on. I found this great recipe on Pennies on a platter and thought it was perfect for the girl’s night out I was going to. I loved this recipe because the dough is a perfect basic biscotti dough and you can add in all kinds of treats to your liking. I also added crushed [...]

The best cutout sugar cookies

Ahh nothing better than a decorated tree, Christmas music going, crisp cool air, and cookies in the oven. I found this new cutout recipe on Allrecipes and it was perfect. Easy to roll out–score! and easy to bake and tasted great. Definitely bake these up a few days before as the butter and vanilla flavor deepens [...]

Pecan Snowballs

Holiday baking continues with one of H favorite holiday cookies. Snowballs are deep in flavor and so delicious. I found this recipe in my Real Simple magazine and H loved each and every one!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
1  cup  pecans
1  cup  (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 3/4  cups  confectioners’ sugar
1/2  teaspoon  pure vanilla extract
1/2  teaspoon  pure almond [...]

Gingerbread biscotti

Well my Christmas baking has begun. Today we put all the turkey day decor away, all the fall dishes, and pulled out everything Christmas, even all the Christmas baking items. First on the list was to bake for H garage buddies where he works on his car. I have been doing Christmas baking for so [...]

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

MMMMMM I love cranberry at the holidays. So when H came home and said there would be a bake sale at his work funding their holiday party, I knew I wanted to make something holiday-ish! I had a new bag of cranberries in the cupboard and whipped these up pretty quickly! I found this recipe on [...]

Chocolate-Caramel Cookie Bars

Still baking for H bake sale, I wanted something decadent but easy to portion out. I found this recipe and had it on my list to bake soon, so this was the perfect time to bake them. They are decadent, yet easy to make and went over very very very well!! This recipe is from [...]

Lighter Double Chocolate Biscotti

I have been craving lots of chocolate lately…lately? Like everyday, so when I searched for some chocolate recipes that werent too bad for me, I found this recipe on Cooking Light and thought it would satisfy my chocolate cravings quite well. This, as all biscotti is, was easy to make. Just remember never over mix [...]

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

mmmmm I LOVE whoopie pies, especially with cream cheese filing. This was perfect with the pumpkin flavor in the cookie part. I cant wait for H to take these to his garage where he works on his car and share them there. They will love these!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
FOR THE PUMPKIN WHOOPIE COOKIES
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 [...]

Colored Cutouts

I recently saw some very cute cutout cookies  and knew I wanted to make some with my new pumpkin cutter. I decided to dye the dough three different shades of orange and make cute pumpkin shortbread cookies. I used my shortbread recipe and the directions and idea from Stephanie cooks!
HAPP HALLOWEEN!
ENJOY!
Here they are: