cookies

Lemon Cowboy Cookies are chewy lemon cookies made with oatmeal, crispy rice cereal, flaked coconut, and diced candied lemon peel. These cookies have chewy centers with bits of candied lemon peel and crispy edges.  Have you ever had a cowboy cookie? Or maybe you heard them called ranger cookies? They’re both pretty much the same thing, a cookie that’s loaded with extra goodness in the form of oats, crisp rice cereal, coconut, sometimes nuts and chocolate. Cowboy cookies were kind…

The bright and fresh citrus flavor of Key Lime Pie shines through in these fun Key Lime Pie Shortbread Cookies. An easy to make slice and bake cookie that’s topped with a sweet and tart lime glaze.   I know the internet hates food blogger stories, but here’s the story about this key lime pie cookie recipe. You may know, I live in a tiny town in rural Missouri. By some chance of fate, I found beautiful key limes at…

White Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread Cookies have fresh chopped cranberries for a beautiful red speckled appearance with a buttery crisp texture and are dipped in white chocolate. Shortbread cookies are one of my favorite cookies to bake around the holidays, if they are one of your favorites,  you will definitely want to check out my other shortbread recipes while you’re at it.  These White Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread cookies are perfect for using up fresh cranberries. They have a buttery sweet flavor with…

Thick and soft German gingerbread cookies hearken to Christmases of old. These pretty chocolate and nut topped cookies have a unique taste and history. German gingerbread cookies are also known as Lebkuchen. These traditional German Christmas cookies are thick and soft gingerbread cookies with a unique spice blend that gives an old world flavor. Topped with chocolate and nuts, these pretty cookies look unlike the modern and colorful confections we see around Christmas time now. One bonus of these cookies,…

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BakeBetterCookies #CollectiveBias #KaroSyrup Chewy Coconut Chocolate Chip cookies are the perfect combination between chewy macaroons and classic chocolate chip cookies.  These coconut chocolate chip cookies bake up nice and thick, with soft centers and chewy edges. And they stay soft for days. But maybe your kids hate coconut? Bonus! More cookies for you! These cookies have a secret ingredient that makes them extra…

Lemon Rosemary Cookies, simple fresh flavors of lemons and rosemary meld together in these buttery shortbread cookies to make an unassuming cookie with a dynamic flavor combination. I’ve got a ridiculous confession to make. I love the scent of these lemon rosemary cookies so much that I’ve spent weeks looking for a lemon rosemary candle, just so that I can smell them all the time. I’ve even been dreaming about them, but that might have more to do with the…

Pumpkin gingersnap cookies have everything you love about gingersnaps, the rich and fragrant spicy flavor, the pretty crinkles and cracks along the tops of the cookies, all with the wonderful pairing of our favorite fall addition, pumpkin. You haven’t seen it on the blog yet, but I’ve been on a huge pumpkin baking spree. My coworkers and family have been loving it. That’s the thing once you start baking with canned pumpkin puree. One recipe just takes a little bit…

Soft and chewy graham flavored cookies studded with chocolate and topped with toasted marshmallows. These s’more cookies are so much fun to make! Perfect for bake sales, picnics, or days when your bonfire gets rained out. Who loves s’mores? Who loves the flavors of s’mores, but is such a perfectionist that getting a s’more just right is an elusive battle with the campfire that usually ends with a flaming marshmallow? I fall somewhere between the two. To be honest, I…

 Soft thick peanut butter cookies studded with coarse chopped peanuts and sweet chocolatey m and m’s. They are sure to satisfy your cravings and maybe even make disastrous days feel not quite so bad. This recipe for chunky peanut butter cookies is kind of a happy accident (like the rest of my life). My boys love to snack on salted peanuts, but one day I bought plain peanuts by mistake. No one would touch them.  A few days later I…

It’s hard to believe that 4 ingredients and around 20 minutes will yield these soft, melt in your mouth, buttery lemon crinkle cookies. Lemon crinkle cookies are the sunny sister to the Mint Middle Fudge Crinkles  I posted a few weeks ago.  Bright lemony flavor shines in these soft and chewy cookies. Cheerful yellow cookie peeks out of the powdered sugar covered cracks along the outside, giving these cookies their characteristic crinkle appearance.  These cookies make a great cake mix…