Things get crazy around the holidays, and for me, it’s often a lot easier to just go to a restaurant or order takeout. But I would never do that for desserts! These 16 Restaurant Style Desserts for Christmas are my go-to recipes for when I want something sweet during the holidays but I’m trying to […]
Today is Day 7 of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. You can enter each day to win the prize of the day! Contest rules and how to enter are below. It takes just a minute to enter: simply comment below answering the question of the day! Today’s Recipe : Lemon Crinkle Cookies On the seventh day of […]
I used to live for cookie exchanges when I was a kid. For years, my mom would come home from the neighborhood cookie exchange with trays piled high with baked goods of all kinds. She always left with the same type of cookies: spritzer shortbread cookies that had been dipped in chocolate and sprinkles. We […]
Christmas Cookies have roots tracing all the way back to Medieval Europe, where biscuits were a popular item during the Christmas season. Many modern ingredients such as cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, almonds and dried fruit were brought to the West at the start of the 16th century. Christmas biscuits gained in popularity across Europe. Lebkuchen was […]
Today is Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. You can enter each day to win the prize of the day! Contest rules and how to enter are below. It takes just a minute to enter: simply comment below answering the question of the day! Today’s Recipe On the ninth day of our […]
Have you started baking your holiday cookies yet? It’s interesting to find out about other people’s holiday cookie traditions. Some people make just one type of cookie en masse each year. Some people make a variety and hand out bags of assorted cookies. Others decide to try something new each year (like these easy 3 […]
Here’s another chance to enter the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! You can enter each day from December 1st-16th to win the prize of the day, as well as the grand prize. Information about today’s prize, contest rules, and how to enter are below. Today’s Recipe: Chocolate Pistachio Meringue Cookies from Conair are the perfect […]
It’s finally time for cookie exchanges! It’s so exciting to try a variety of holiday cookies each year. But when you’re been baking for years, you start to see a lot of the same cookies. There’s nothing wrong with tried-and-true favorites like Simple as Can Be Snowball Cookies, Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies, or Chocolate Mint […]
When thinking about all the cooking and baking you’re inevitably going to do over the holidays, it might seem pretty daunting — so why not make it something to look forward to instead? Baking cookies in the slow cooker is one of the easiest and most care-free ways to bake, and during this holiday season, […]
You can make snickerdoodles with cake mix? You betcha! We didn’t believe it at first but, hey, cake mix makes everything better so we decided to make one of our favorite kinds of cookies with magic boxed mix. So, we looked around at a few cake mix snickerdoodle recipes (like the ones from Betty Crocker, […]
