
March 22nd, 2012

Heather
This batch will be given to the SEO team at PlattForm tomorrow morning! They do great work, even when they’re understaffed and overcommitted due to circumstances beyond their control, and they’ve done me a great big huge helpful favor this week, so cookies are the least I can do. I decided on Reese’s Peanut Butter

March 12th, 2012

Heather
The strawberry shortcake cookies were Luke’s idea. Strawberry Shortcake Cookies Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt Coarse sugar for dusting 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1/2

February 27th, 2012

Heather
Gluten-Free Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup almond butter 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 whisked egg white 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookie Recipe Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix almond butter, brown sugar, whisked

February 22nd, 2012

Heather
I’m a little behind on the cookie project (and just about everything else in my life) so I’ll be making two this week instead of the usual one. This is modified from a Food Network recipe for Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Double Chocolate Andes Mint Cookie Recipe Ingredients 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt

February 14th, 2012

Heather
Editor’s Note: My husband was stumped for dinner tonight, and this is what he happened to have at the house. He almost didn’t make French toast because he didn’t have syrup on hand. Then he remembered he had some Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter lying around. Just because I’ve been living the “bachelor life” away from

February 7th, 2012

Heather
I’m a sickie-face today. Woke up with tummy troubles. I’m just now getting around to eating, and I need to eat things that will be easy on my poor tummy. Here’s what I had in the house. I set out to make pear oatmeal bake, but I also had two apples to use up so

February 5th, 2012

Heather
Apple Spice Cookies. Ridiculously. Good. Cookies. I made these for my younger brother’s going away party this weekend. I know this blog is about baked goods, but if I could take a moment to say a few words about my brother… My brother is 22, and recently enlisted in the U.S. Army. He leaves next

February 2nd, 2012

Heather
Classic Snickerdoodles Cookie Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened at room temperature 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, or substitute another 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 3/4 cups flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon

February 2nd, 2012

Heather
I was in a pinch to get this cookie recipe out, so I used what I had in the house. I basically made the Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles recipe, but I substituted honey for the maple syrup as I had none in the house but had honey aplenty. (In case you didn’t know, you can substitute

January 20th, 2012

Heather
I still love my cookie scoop more than most possessions in this house. I got a lot of organic bananas in my KC Door to Door Organics box this week, so this banana chocolate chip cookie recipe is what made the cut! They’re so beautiful and round and soft and fluffy, I just love them.