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Mini Cannolis (a quick and easy version)

My family loves to visit a local Italian restaurant that has a dessert buffet full of wonderful rich cakes, cookies, and treats. One of our favorites are the cannolis…full of rich cream and covered in chocolate chips. I knew I just had to come up with a quick recipe of my own. These would be […]

Butterscotch Pecan Sandies Pie

On Father’s Day our church provided a pie for each dad to take home. My sweet hubby picked one out that he knew I would like too. One of my favorite ice cream treats is vanilla ice cream with butterscotch and pecans. Well, this pie uses that combination in a delicious new way. I hope […]

Macaron à la Peaches et Crème

Vanilla Macarons sandwiched with a low fat peaches & cream ice-cream … and perfect for summer! Get the Recipe: Peaches and Cream Macarons 

Whole-Wheat Peanut Butter Cookie

Here’s a whole some cookie (for kids and adults alike), with rich peanut flavour and the goodness and health benefits of whole wheat. From the original site: have some really good “whole-wheat” cookie recipes which I often make and since its summer vacation time, with the kids at home and constantly hungry, we decided to […]

Savoury Dill Cheddar Buckwheat Sables

A savoury cheese cookie that packs big-time flavor with a flaky, melt-in-your-mouth texture. From the original site: But sometimes substitution can be a pleasant surprise. These Savoury Dill Cheddar Buckwheat Sables were a happy ending to one such culinary adventure!

Capuccino Biscotti with Hazelnut and Almond

It’s great that this biscotti keeps for over a week, but it’ll never last that long in the jar. This recipe adapted from Sur la Table is quick, easy and unbelievably scrumptious! Make lots because you’ll want to wow everyone you know with it. From the original site: They are good make-ahead cookies and keep […]

Dark Chocolate Caramel Shortbread

This shortbread {non traditional} topped with a salted butter caramel sauce, then slathered with melted dark chocolate. The result? GOOD DELICIOUS COOKIES! From the original site: “Can I have another squaaaaaaare pleeeeeeease?” You know the cookies are good if that’s what you hear literally reverberating through the house; even better if it’s the call from […]

12 Cookies of Christmas: Sugar cookies

The 11 days before Christmas are dedicated to cookies. At the end of the day you have to choose the best cookie recipe to treat Santa! So this is my first and favorite cookie recipe! Sugar cookie recipe: This sugar cookie recipe is very simple and yet delicious. It is cooked by my mom for […]

Pignoli Cookies (Pine Nut Cookies)

A delicious combo of almond paste and toasted pine nuts gives a decadent, traditional Italian Christmas cookie. From the original site: Crunchy, chewy, sweet and nutty, these are an almond-lover’s dream. That would be me — the almond lover. I believe most things can be improved with the judicious application of almond extract. Pine nuts […]

Apple, cinnamon and walnut rolls + cream cheese crispy rolls!

This is the simplest recipe of rolls in the world. The dough is very easy to cook and it’s very tender, almost melting in the mouth. This is also a very good dough for cookies. Ingredients: stick of butter 1 cup of sugar 1.5 cups of flour (sifted, self-rising) 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 […]

Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies

‘Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies’ for #baketogether. They were delicious and very chocolaty; a big hit at home! I did two versions. From the original site: One bite ensured cookie happiness…

Chocolate Almond Olive Oil Biscotti

An already healthy Italian cookie made even healthier with the use of olive oil, whole wheat flour & reduced sugar. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 3/4 cups top-quality cocoa powder {I used Hintz} 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 small eggs, at room temperature 1/8 cup extra […]

Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache

Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache … inspired baking From the original site: Inspiration comes in strange ways. I’m racing with the wind, time is no longer my friend, the hands of the clock whiz by at a dizzy pace … and the pressure of baking macarons for our baby, MacTweets appears to be […]

Cherry & Peach Oat Crumb Bars

Try these delicious crumb bars! They are flexible, use stone fruit, have oats and are delicious! From the original site: I think this is a great way to use stone fruit in a bake. Fruit and oats offer a great make ahead snack for summer, served chilled out of the fridge! These also make an […]

Fat Witch Bakery White Chocolate Bars

You’ll have everything in the pantry for these, and you can just scamper in and make them. They’re rich, vanilla-y and addictive — just what I like in a cookie! From the original site: These are so good I can’t even talk about them. My mouth is stuffed full, and I would spray crumbs your […]

Kitchen Sink Cookies

There are times when I need a break from chocolate chip cookies. Call me crazy, OK, I’m crazy. As I’ve been looking out in cookieland this week during National Cookie Week I’ve seen a lot of great chocolate options, but I’ve decided to provide yet another no-chocolate cookie. It is chock full of tasty bits […]

Pebbly Beach Fruit Squares

Great Mothers Day cookies from Alice Medrich – her typical style, classic and comforting! From the original site: These squares reminded me of the good old days in the sweltering heat where we read books in shades of LARGE raintrees and tamarind trees, no fans, no conditioners, no frets, no worries. 

Homemade Twix Bars!

I spotted these lovelies at Can You Stay For Dinner, and had to share!  Wouldn’t they be great holiday cookies, too? These bars begin with a crust of buttery, rich shortbread, and then a thick, chewy caramel layer above that, followed by a coating of intense dark chocolate. In other words, we’re sinking our teeth […]

Poured Sugar Icing

I ran across these adorable cookies the other day at the decorated cookie.  Cute, huh?  I love the little birds.  But I also love that she shares the technique for decorating the cookies with Poured Sugar Icing… which I think I just might have to try! These birdies are the result of my experimenting with […]

Spotlight: Mehndi Cookies

A fun find for you all today… Sprinkle Bakes brings us this great idea for Mehndi decorated spice cookies.  They are so pretty and unique! I wanted to make something fun and personal, yet artful and representative of good fortune.  Ann is a talented artist with an extensive background in print making.  Early in our […]

Cheesecake cupcakes
Cheesecake Cookie Cupcakes

You had me at cheesecake. Another recipe from Grieg Wehr, a true Renaissance man – photographer, entertainer, and…nanny. Well, he prefers “manny”. Grieg brought these to a recent party and as he put the finishing touches on them, all the party guests followed him from the kitchen (where all party guests seem to accumulate) to […]