A blog about food, family, and life on our property in Oklahoma
Hello! I love spring. Everything is bright, fresh and new. Well yesterday was a spring day, but there was nothing bright about it. It was gloomy and rainy all day. I decided to brighten my mood with a little spring baking. I had a cake …
Hello! I want to share this delicious St. Patrick’s Day cookie recipe with you. It’s basically an inside out cookie dressed up for the holiday. Inside out cookies are also known as reverse chocolate chip cookies. Normal chocolate chip cookies have a “vanilla” based cookie …
Hello! If you are looking for a good chocolate sugar cookie recipe, look no further friend. This recipe is amazing for making chocolate cookies that you want to roll out and cut into shapes. This dough is very easy to work with. Cutout shapes come …
Hello! St. Patrick’s day is next week! Today I’m sharing a fun cookie decorating idea for shamrock cookies. I started by making my chocolate-sugar-cookies (click link for recipe), but you can do this with your favorite sugar cookie recipe. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 container …
Hello! These cookies are a fun St. Patrick’s Day version of my-mans-favorite-mistake-cookies. I love making these cookies! The sprinkles make them look so fun and cute. They always turn out perfectly, and they make My Man very happy. In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, …
Hello! The Girl Child loves Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Hot Fries and Takis. She went out with her friends this weekend and I had the house to myself. I decided to make her a surprise. I knew I couldn’t come up with the exact texture of …
Hello! I’m stressed. My anxiety is in high gear. The anniversary of my mom passing away is this month. So, today I did some stress baking. I made chocolate chip cookies, some peanut butter treats for the 6 pack and then I made these strawberry …
Hello! I’m continuing my Mardi Gras themed recipes, and today I made beignets. Beignets are French doughnuts. Deep fried pastry pillows of deliciousness. If you can’t make it to Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans to get an order of their famous beignets, you can …
Hello! A week from today is Fat Tuesday, so I’m making Mardi Gras themed recipes this week. This morning I made marbled Mardi Gras cookies. I had this great idea to use my star shaped cookie cutter and shape the arms into a fleur de …
Hello! I’m busy making My Man his favorite cookies. These cookies were created by accident. I was making Christmas cookies, and I messed up the batter for one of them. The batter tasted good, so I just went with it. I added some sprinkles and …