So I was in mood for a little tea party last week. A tea party for me. A nice cup of herbal tea and my favorite English treat – shortbread. I like my shortbread thin and crisp – not thick. You may remember the yummy lemon poppyseed shortbread I shared almost two years ago. It [...]
White Chocolate Snickerdoodles
Today I am over at 30 Handmade Days with a fun twist on Snickerdoodles! Come visit.
Salt and Pepper Butterscotch Pine Nut Cookies
So is that about the weirdest combination of ingredients you’ve ever heard of for a cookie!?? I sure thought so when my mom brought me the recipe. So don’t go running scared thinking Leigh Anne has lost it – salt AND pepper in a cookie!?! Well, this particular cookie is an award winning cookie. My [...]
Peppermint Melting Moments
We are still on a bit of a peppermint kick around our house. My apologies to all those non-peppermint lovers who may be reading this. But I bet you have a peppermint lover in your life somewhere that would love these cookies. Just think, you could make them for that person and not even be [...]
Buttermint Drop Cookies
So I was wondering why it had been so quiet on the blog the last little bit. I was trying not to take it personally, I figured you were just all busy with Thanksgiving but I discovered yesterday that my rss feed and my email subscription wasn’t working so no one was being notified that [...]
Chocolate Sandwich Cookie
Cookie Day #2 No holiday cookie plate would be complete without some type of chocolate cookie. Don’t you agree? So how about a chocolate sandwich cookie? The one thing I don’t like about sandwich cookies is that when you eat one cookie – you are really eating two cookies. But you only get the enjoyment [...]
Maple Sugar Cookie
Come visit me today over at Thirty Handmade Days where I’m sharing a yummy Fall flavored cookie. On my cooking rating system this was a Four Cookie Cookie!! Yes – I ate four of them! Had to make sure they were good!!
Caramel, Pretzel, Chocolate Chip Cookies
I think my collection of “To Try” recipes has tripled since I got onto Pinterest! One recipe that caught my eye a few days ago was for a Salted Caramel, Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookie from the Diary of Daves Wife. What’s not to love!? Caramel, chocolate, salt and the crunch of a pretzel. Sounded good [...]
Compost Cookies
I’ve got my second newsletter coming out tomorrow so be sure and sign up for it on the right hand side bar on the blog to receive a copy and not miss out. This week I’ll be sharing some fun tips I’ve used to help my kids enjoy reading! I think this is the last [...]
Smart Cookie Graduation Party}Milk & Cookies
This weekend we held the first of our two graduation parties – our Smart Cookie Party. You can see the cute Smart Cookie invite I created here. The party was on Sunday afternoon and we wanted to do something a little different than the typical/usual barbeque so we went with a Smart Cookie Party with [...]





















