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Favorite Cookies
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Favorite Cookies!

As the holidays are fast approaching, I get geared up thinking about all of the wonderful cookie recipes out there!  What are yours?  We’d love hear about your favorite cookie  – those you enjoy in the Fall, in the Winter, for Christmas, or just a Sunday afternoon.  The beauty of baking with cookies is that they can be made…

Happy Father’s Day + Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Happy Father’s Day + Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies What is it about a man and a cookie anyway?  Somehow, a delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe seemed just right for all those #1 Dad’s !  With the help of the Magnolia Table Cookbook, we baked up these deliciously soft, chewy, and extra chocolatey cookies.  I now have a new go…

Easter Favorites
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Easter Favorites

Easter is one of our favorite holidays to celebrate!  Not only does it initiate us into the Spring season, but it is also a welcome reminder that Jesus, our Savior, “Has Risen”!  Hallelujah!     Have you colored the hard boiled eggs? Do you have your menu made?  Yesterday, I spotted tulips sprouting up in the front yard! …

thumbprint cookies
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Thumbprint Cookies

It is snowing again today, a perfect day for baking.  With Christmas now, only one week away, I’m checking over my lists… How could I forget this favorite cookie?  I’ve grown up with Mexican Wedding cakes (which are very similar to this recipe, except the frosting is omitted and powdered sugar is sprinkled on top). Denise introduced…

Cornucopia Cookies
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Cornucopia Cookies

***This is a repost from a few years ago, and my kids are so little in the pictures. We still LOVE these cornucopia cookies! They are simple, and fun, and help us get into the Thanksgiving spirit. Aren’t these cookies adorable? They really get us celebrating Thanksgiving.  We are gearing up for Thanksgiving around our…

Thanksgiving Favorites
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Thanksgiving Favorites- Everything But The Turkey!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. We get to stop and reflect on God’s blessings and provisions of the past year. I also love thinking about the original Thanksgiving story and sharing that with my kids. It truly is a miraculous story! My favorite part is that the Pilgrims met an English speaking Native American…

Date-Filled Icebox Cookies (Date Pinwheel Cookies)
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Date-Filled Icebox Cookies (Date Pinwheel Cookies)

Icebox……wow! Can you imagine fitting your refrigerated items into the icebox? Especially this time of year?? However, these precious cooks of old adorned their tables with a multitude of candies, cookies and fruitcakes     (not so much!!!) I do have to wonder how long the chunk of ice lasted. Oh how times have changed! Some…

Iowa State Fair Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies (Copycat Recipe)
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Iowa State Fair Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies (Copycat Recipe)

***This is a repost from a few years back, but this is still a really popular recipe on our website, so I thought I’d repost. Are you going to the fair this summer? If not, you can still enjoy the tastes at home with this delectable recipe!*** It’s State Fair Time here in Iowa, and…

Sugar Free Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Sugar Free Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Our family loves the combination of oatmeal and white chocolate chips. Molly introduced us to this combo several years ago with her Chewy Oatmeal Cookies, and I recently learned to recreate them in a sugar-free, diabetes-friendly version. I was inspired when I found Lily’s sugar free white chocolate chips. Give them a try! They are…

Sugar Free Ginger Cookies
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Sugar Free Ginger Cookies

One of the Christmas traditions that I love the most is baking beloved recipes that my grandmas have passed down to me. We have lots of wonderful recipes that we make EVERY YEAR including my Grandma Betty’s tea ring and my favorite recipe, Grandma Maxine’s Soft Ginger Cookies. Grandma Maxine’s Soft Ginger Cookies are especially…