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one bowl small batch peanut butter cookies

2020/03/31 By Melinda Leave a Comment

no flour no eggs no problem as long as you have ground flax on hand sometimes a small batch of comfort is in order. For this, I am here for you. Ten little cookies- enough for a day so there can be new cookies tomorrow . this recipe is based on this one from king […]

Filed Under: gluten free, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate chips, cookies, flax egg, gluten free, one bowl, peanut butter, vegan

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Spicy Gingersnap Cookies: The Gingersnap Cookies That Open Doors

2018/10/29 By Melinda Leave a Comment

spicy gingersnap cookies dunked in milk

These are the cookies that get requested each holiday season. Dark with molasses and loaded with spice, as a gingersnap should be, they warm and comfort. Delicious on their own, with hot chocolate, spiced cider, or dipped in milk. They can be soft and a bit chewy or crispy- it’s up to you. The Gingersnap […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: cookies, ginger, spice

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heart shaped, salted butter, milk chocolate chunk, shortbread cookies

2018/02/09 By Melinda 2 Comments

overhead shot of heart shaped, salted butter, milk chocolate chunk, shortbread cookies on a black plate with a typewritten description

In an effort to stay relevant I made the most instagrammed cookie of the past year into a heart shape- the week before valentine’s day! In other breaking news, this morning we had avocado toast (I know avocado on toast, crazy right?) with an egg on it. The part of me that saw Nirvana in […]

Filed Under: chocolate, Sweet Tagged With: baked, cookies, milk chocolate, salted butter, shortbread, valentines day

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Kourabiedes: Greek Christmas Cookies w/satsuma and almond

2017/12/07 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Crisp, slightly citrus, a little nutty, and layered with a fine dusting of snow white powdered sugar. Please enjoy my non traditional take on the traditional Kourabiedes or Greek Christmas Cookie recipe. I’m such a bitch sometimes- most times. But I feel bad about it later, which, I suppose, makes me an insecure bitch. For example: […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: almond, christmas, cookies, holiday, mexican christmas cookies, orange, powdered sugar, russian tea cakes, satsuma, snowballs

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Cardamom Sugar Cookies with Apple Caramel

2014/12/18 By Melinda Leave a Comment

cardamom apple caramel sugar cookies

  Tender sugar cookies that melt on the tip of your tongue: the scent of cardamom with an apple caramel chaser. Each half, now together, and greater than the sum of its parts.

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: caramel, cardamom, cookies, spiced apple cider, sugar cookies

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Thin and Crispy Spiced Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies

2014/01/08 By Melinda Leave a Comment

thin and crispy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

You will see this cookie again, like the spiced butterscotch sauce contained within this cookie’s delectably crispy shell, it will return. Under normal circumstances I would just pack the extras off to the Mr’s office but I made no resolutions this year so I am free to experiment. So with my brain sugar glazed and […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate chip, cookies, oatmeal, spiced butterscotch sauce

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Cold November Rain Cookies- Pomegranate Ginger Snaps

2013/11/04 By Melinda 3 Comments

pomegranate gingersnaps

There is a soft rain falling, not even really rain, just a cloud brought down to earth and even though I haven’t had breakfast yet I’m going to bake some cookies. Some spicy, gingery, these have to be made every year or there will be protests cookies Tuba Christmas rehearsals have been going on at […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: cookies, ginger, gingersnaps, Pomegranate

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