Toffee Shortbread

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 [...]

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White Chocolate Snickerdoodles

Today I am over at 30 Handmade Days with a fun twist on Snickerdoodles!  Come visit.  

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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!!

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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