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…
What is your #1 FAVORITE Christmas cookie? I know, this is a tough question, but honestly, if you had to choose just one, what would it be? This is where the categories come into play, right? You might ask, “Best tasting? or Family favorite? or Prettiest? or Traditional? or “It just wouldn’t be Christmas without…
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…
Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies We’ve had snow day after snow day this Winter. Can you guess what next week’s forecast looks like? MORE SNOW. Other than games, reading, and movies – baking seems like another great thing to do on a cold, snowy day. Gooey, chocolatey, straight-out-of the oven kind – Sea Salt…
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! …
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…
Do you have a favorite Christmas treat? Perhaps something chocolaty or a cookie? I have to admit that I have several favorites and they all contain chocolate. Check out some of my family’s favorite holiday goodies below, just click on the name and follow the link to the recipe. There is something for everyone…the snacker,…
***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…
Valentine’s Day has always been such a fun holiday to me as a kid. As a mother now, I may even enjoy it more – funny how that is 😉 We try to always have some sort of sweet treat around for this holiday each year – or just anytime, really. The other night the…
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…
Oh the holiday season is about to kick off and the excitement level is escalating. I am anticipating the joy of gathering together with lots of family and friends over the next several weeks. However, we all know that this time of year can become busy and stressful as well. The past few years…
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…
This week the kiddos and I made some festive 4th of July cookies. We ate half of them and froze the other for actual Independence Day. Have you ever frozen cookie dough? It’s something I started doing a handful of years ago and I love it. I often double a cookie recipe (because, well I…
***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…
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…
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…