When I was growing up, my little brother was always the cookie maker in the house. Whenever someone wanted chocolate chip cookies, we would call Riley. It was just kind of his thing, whether he wanted it or not. He just made really good chocolate chip cookies. They were really good, but the other day…
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Pop Rock Cookies
Do you remember those candies that come in little envelopes that explode once they hit the moisture in your mouth? I used to love those when I was a young, and frankly, I still do! I went to an ice cream shop and they had pop rocks ice cream. I couldn’t resist it! I ordered…
March Madness! A Day of Basketball Treats.
I am not really a sports person, but this year I have actually been following the March Madness tournament a little bit. The team I was rooting for made it to the Sweet 16, but lost to Florida. I am a true blue BYU Cougars fan. I was born into it. My parents went there…
Valentines Day Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies (and my broken heart)
I decided something this year. I don’t mesh well with Valentines Day. I love holidays and I love being festive, but I have problems every Valentine’s Day. Its not that I hate the holiday because it reminds me of how lonely I really am (because I am not lonely and I have been happily married…
Christmas Red Velvet Whoopee Pies
Have you ever had “one of those days?” A day where nothing seems to be going right? A day where everything ends up being so much harder than in should be or needs to be? Well that was how my day was when I made these really easy cookies. The recipe for these cookies…
Brown Sugar and Spice Sugar Cookies and Royal Icing Tutorial
So, you may have seen my previous attempts at sugar cookies. Messy, ugly, unappetizing. You can see some of them here or here. I have tried a couple different recipes and I am happy to say that I have finally found one that I like! The ones I am showing you today are spiced with…
Super Easy Pumpkin Cookies
I am student teaching right now and I have the best cooperating teachers! In speech class we are doing sales speeches right now and one girl presented her Kitchen Aid and brought the class pumpkin cookies that she had made in it. My cooperating teacher saved the recipe for me and I went home and…
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
I have seen whoopie pies all over the foodie blogosphere for sometime now. I’ve seen them in chocolate, red velvet, and S’mores flavors, but it was the pumpkin flavor that sold me. What is a whoopie pie, you might ask? Wikipedia says that it is a “baked good made of two round mound-shaped pieces of…
Butterscotch Brownies
I can’t believe how fast and easy these were. I whipped them up really quick to take to a friend’s Barbeque. They are great for those times when you are in a pinch and need a desert fast to take to a party or for company. Ingredients: 1/4 C. butter 1 C. packed brown sugar…
Jumbo Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
These were awesome! I highly recommend these cookies! So delicious! There are so many different things inside, but they all just blend together really well. Ingredients: 3/4 C. butter, softened 1/2 C. peanut butter 1 C. sugar 1 C. brown sugar 2 eggs 1/4 C. milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 C. all purpose flour…