by Laura
on Aug, 31, 2010
in Recipes, brownies and bars, cookies, cranberries, events, holiday

Today we are moving on to the second station I went to at Baking with Betty. Number two was cookies. All of the recipes used the Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix. At this station, I was able to make two recipe: the Citrus-Kissed Fig Thumbprints and the Cranberry-Macadamia Bars. Then I was able to taste [...]
by Laura
on Jun, 28, 2010
in Recipes, Tried and True recipes, butter, cookies, copy cat, dessert, fruit

Why not enjoy that refreshing Summer flavor – lemon - but in cookie form? I saw this recipe in my newspaper last week. Lesli Neilson was on a mission to duplicate Paradise Bakery and Cafe’s Lemon Zester Cookies and this is the recipe she came up with. Now I have only Been to Paradise Bakery [...]
by Laura
on Jun, 05, 2010
in cookies, copy cat

In Utah, there is this yummy cookie shop called Over the Top Cookies. They take your regular cookies and make them extra special by covering them with yummy stuff like cut up candy bars. I like their Peanut Butter Cup Collision cookie and decided to make my own homemade version. Pretty darn good if I [...]
by Laura
on Apr, 22, 2010
in Blogoversary, cookies

The winner of the Velveeta cookbook and coupon is Merri who said, “Chocolate chip cookies! Any recipe!” Enjoy Merri! Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don’t! This cookie will work either way, but I love it with the nuts. The Almond Joy candy bar was my inspiration when I created this cookie [...]
by Laura
on Apr, 21, 2010
in Blogoversary, cookies

The winner of yesterday’s Bake It Pretty gift card is Lindsay S. who said: “I would definitely get the Best Ever Cupcake Decorating Kit. It would give my cupcakes a fast, but beautiful finish. The Blue Sherbet Birthday Candles would be so cute for my son’s upcoming birthday too! “ Congrats Lindsay! Ok, so we [...]
by Laura
on Mar, 06, 2010
in Recipes, Tried and True recipes, brownies and bars, cookies

It has taken me a little while to get around to posting this recipe because I try to space out the dessert recipes. I made this to take to a Super Bowl party. I saw it over at My Kitchen Cafe. She adapted the recipe from Cooks Illustrated. It is a great bar version of [...]
by Laura
on Feb, 06, 2010
in cookies, holiday

Heart shaped cookies always seem to be a part of Valentine’s Day. I usually go for traditional sugar cookies, but I decided to give a new recipe for Chocolate Frosted Heart Cookies from my recent issue of Simple and Delicious a try. I did change the recipe slightly. This is a fun new cookie. It’s [...]