A new year means healthier eating right? But what about the cookies? With resolutions of healthier eating it’s hard to give up snacks. So let’s talk oatmeal cookies, which come in all shapes and sizes. They really do. Soft and chewy, with ginger, chocolate chips, raisins, cinnamon and more. Everyone has a favourite and/or a favourite […]
I like coffee and I love the smell of coffee. But I can typically only drink about half a cup of coffee and I even drink it cold. Sometimes it just doesn’t sit right and I after a couple sips I’m good. Always been that way – weird right? Unless of course it’s full of […]
Kimberley over at Kimberley’s Kitchen and I share a common bond….we are both Northern BC girls. I grew up in Northern BC and even though I left in 1989, I still pay homage to the town I grew up in. Kimberley lives in a town near where I grew up and it is there she […]
What a crazy past couple of weeks. I remember Halloween..then my son’s birthday and wham here we are just weeks away from Christmas. From frantic bake sale baking, long distance cookie swap baking to mom’s wine night & cookie exchange baking….I feel like I barely came out alive. Maybe I just take on too much […]
This recipe is the combination of a Carrot Cupcake and a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie recipe. Yes it is possible to put pureed lentils into cookies which is how we got to these Carrot Lentil Whoopie Pies. And the kids don’t have a clue. Batch one came about last week. Just before I got hit with […]
My daughter has been in Girl Guides for 4 years. My time flies. During this time she has been able to experience all kinds of fun outings and adventures with her district group. Truly a great activity for children to be involved in. This week they celebrated Chinese New Year and part of the celebration […]
This was the second batch of three ice box cookies I was testing in December. The last of the 3 turned out but one or two things didn’t, so the 3rd recipe won’t be featured on the blog. What I learned making Ice Box Cookies is you can put almost anything into them…well almost. These […]
These cookies should really be called the last of the Christmas baking ingredients garbage cookies because essentially that is what they are. Searching through my pantry one day looking for inspiration on a cookie, and I started coming across all kinds of last little bits of ingredients to use up…a small ziplock bag of toasted […]
A couple years ago I started a Mom’s Wine Group and this lead to an annual Cookie Exchange. It’s turned out to be a great evening hanging with the ladies each holiday season, talking smack, kids, partners or husbands, enjoying wine, bites and at the end of the evening getting to go home with dozens […]
Always wanting to create and try new cookie combinations I decided to investigate Ice Box Cookies as they are new territory for me. I googled ice box cookies and learned they are simply butter, sugar, eggs, flour, a few other ingredients and your add in of choice. Pretty much the basis to any cookie, except […]
Seems we live in a world of Whoopie Pies these days. Everywhere I go there are Whoopie Pies! Never being one to jump on a band wagon, I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever had or made a Whoopie Pie. It started when friends invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. Our […]
Thrilled to be participating again in the 3rd Annual Calgary Food Bloggers Bake Sale. Proceeds from this Bake Sale go to The Calgary Foundation’s Flood Rebuilding Fund. A great charity to support considering the year Calgarians and Albertans have had following the nasty flood of 2013. This is my first kick at the can with […]
It’s time again for the Food Bloggers of Canada and Eat In Eat Out Christmas in July Cookie Contest! I look forward to this cookie contest as it give me the opportunity to brain storm cookie ideas that I would not normally create. Since we were smack dab in the middle of blueberry season I […]
It’s that time of the year again…time for our Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange Night…only this time we are combining it with our Wine Evenings and so it goes forth as “Cookie Exchange & Wine Evening!” Yum, Yum, Yummers. I wanted to try something new and adventurous and I think I found the right recipe – […]
Christmas is everywhere. Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars are back. My kids won’t stop singing Christmas Carols. Neighbours have their Christmas lights up. We are 10 days away from Advent Calendars & Christmas decorations. Bliss is in the air & Life is Good. These White Chocolate Cranberry Kiss Cookies were created for a couple of reasons. […]
These are my Blood, Sweat & Tears Cookies…..but I’ll call them Pumpkin Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies cause that sounds better! Why Blood, Sweat & Tears? Well….while I was experimenting and making these cookies somehow my baby finger ended up slamming into the top of the opened pumpkin can = deep cut. I won’t get […]
Halloween is such a fun time for the year. Fun for kids and fun for grown ups! I fondly remember dressing up, filling up our pillow cases with all kinds of candies, coming home so mom could check our candy bags and enjoying sugar highs for days on end. We never baked a lot of […]
Well I must say I earned my namesake in September since I did a ton of baking and averaged a big batch of home made cookies (such as these Chips & Bits Cookies) weekly. It’s fun to try and create new cookies and make existing cookie recipes. It was a beautiful September here in Calgary, […]
Several cookie monsters in our house and so these Chewy Chipsters (Cookies) hardly last a couple of days. We’ve made so many cookies that incorporate the basic ingredients (sugar, butter, flour, baking soda/powder) that it’s easy to start with the basics and spin variations from there. My daughter wanted to make cookies (I wanted some […]
Summer reminds me of Cherries and fresh Cherries remind me of home. This was the inspiration for a new cookie recipe I created today..Double Cherry Chocolate Cookies. My folks used to have all kinds of fruit trees, berries, a garden and a green house….it was endless and always fresh food from Garden to Table…organic and […]
I’m thrilled to share with you these cookies took 3rd place in a Canada Wide contest sponsored by the Food Bloggers of Canada and Eat In Eat Out digital magazine! The contest was the Christmas in July Cookie Contest 2012. A couple years ago I started buying hubs Vosges Bacon Candy Chocolate Bars for his stocking […]
A simple recipe using mini Easter egg chocolates mixed in with your favourite chocolate cookie recipe. These cookies are easy to make and with double the chocolate, really fun to eat. Take your favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe, pick up some Mini Chocolate Eggs and you are ready to begin. Doubling this recipe is also […]
These were the second batch of cookies we made on Sunday. I’ve had my eye on a cranberry/chocolate combo cookie for a while. After scouring the internet in search of the perfect cookie…I ended up utilizing a couple different recipes for the basics and adding/making changes to suit my needs. So here it is, our version […]
Nothing screams family time like spending an afternoon making cookies and memories in the kitchen with the kids or loved ones. Technology is limited in our house. Social interactions of all kinds are what’s encouraged. Sometimes impromptu cooking making sessions are just what the doctor ordered if someone is feeling blue or under the weather. […]
Can you tell I’m preparing for a Christmas Cookie Exchange?!! These Orange Nutmeg Shortbread Cookies have become another regular Christmas time family favourite in our house. It’s a little bit of a process having to constantly refrigerate these cookies (as per the original recipe) and admittedly I don’t do it as much as the recipes […]
I started making this Cherry Walnut Shortbread Cookie recipe a couple years ago when my Mother-In-Law came for Christmas. She really liked the shortbread recipes I made and I was thrilled. For our first every Mom’s Who Need Wine Cookie Exchange I made a trio of shortbread and this was one of them. I swear […]
After a few requests for this recipe I am finally posting it! I always have to double the recipe because my family loves these cookies. The other fun thing to do with these cookies (for kids big and small), is find two of similar size, put a big scoop of ice cream on one, top […]
We make these special cinnamon scented cookies every year for Valentine’s Day….they’ve become a family tradition. As the years go by the kids get more creative with their decorating and recently we have seen blue & green icing added to the mix. Love the kids creativity. These cookies are a melt in your mouth kind […]
