Tag Archives: baking
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Looking for a banana muffin that is moist and full of banana flavor? This recipe (slightly adapted from Cook’s Illustrated) is your answer. It packs FIVE bananas into a single loaf of bread (or batch of 15-18 muffins). I like … Continue reading
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Third Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies Recap
Here’s a recap of this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies Happy Baking! DAY 1: Christmas Cherry Cookies DAY 2: Blueberry Crumb Bars DAY 3: Cherry Shortbread Squares DAY 4: Chinese Almond Cookies DAY 5: Chocolate Covered Pretzels DAY 6: … Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Candy Cane Kisses Cookies
DAY 12: Candy Cane Kisses Cookies Fun little Christmas colored cookies topped with candy cane flavored Hershey’s Kisses. These are great for making with kids. They love rolling the dough balls in colored sugar and pressing the Kisses into the … Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Cranberry Orange Pinwheels
DAY 11: Cranberry Orange Pinwheels Traditional flavors of Christmas, all swirled into a bite-sized cookie. Buttery orange dough swirled with chopped fresh cranberries and pecans. A delicious cookie for the grown-up cookie plate. RECIPE: Cranberry Orange Pinwheels —————–(from Better Homes … Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
DAY 10: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies These fun cookies are from Martha Stewart. If you dip them in dark chocolate, they taste a lot like Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. Martha’s recipe is quite labor intensive, involving three refrigerator/freezer periods, dough … Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Maple Cookies
DAY 8: Maple Cookies A simple maple flavored cookie. No frills; just a quiet, unassuming cookie. – RECIPE: Maple Cookies ———-(from AllRecipes) 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 cup real maple syrup 1 teaspoon … Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Chinese Almond Cookies
DAY 4: Chinese Almond Cookies A soft, delicious cookie especially for the almond lover (that’s me!). The dough contains almond meal (ground almonds) and is flavored with almond extract. The cookies are then topped with blanched almonds before baking. A … Continue reading
