I learned the fun of candy making several years ago, when I took a Wilton candymaking class at the local Michael’s. Wilton Candy Melts make it easy to create simple candy and bark with nothing but a microwave. Here’s one…
Category: Desserts
Original Girl Scout Cookies
In the early days, Girl Scouts raised money by baking and selling cookies—a sugar, shortbread cookie usually cut in the shape of a trefoil. Today there are two bakeries that supply all the cookies that are sold by Girl Scouts…
Blueberry Oat Bars
My mother loves blueberries. She starts nearly every day with a blueberry bagel smothered in blueberry preserves. When I found this simple recipe for blueberry cookies, I was pretty sure I found a new cookie she’d love. Blueberry Oat Bars…
Ethel’s Sugar Cookies
I have no idea who Ethel is, but these are the sugar cookie against which all others are measured. A recipe from my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook, these are the cookies she made for every occasion when we were younger.…
7 Layer Cookies
I first tasted 7-layer cookies, also known as “magic pan cookies,” when I was babysitting at the house across the street. They seemed like the most decadent thing in the world. I was so taken by them that I went…
Preacher Cookies
Today is my brother-in-law’s birthday, so for the second of my 25 cookies of Christmas, I’m sharing the recipe for his favorite cookies. Each year I make him a batch as part of his Christmas present. The name of these…
Pumpkin Cookies
I remember walking in my great-grandmother’s home on one of our trips to Pennsylvania and finding her packing up these cookies to give to us. At that point, I thought pumpkins were useful only for pies at Thanksgiving. Little did…
Orange Crush Cake
I’ve read about soda cakes before, but I never tried the recipe until this week. The incredibly simple recipe turned out quite well, and left the family brainstorming combinations to try in the future (see the Variations below). Secretly, this…