We all know chocolate and peanut butter is a match made in heaven. 🤦🏼♀️ It’s a no-brainer, really.I’m so-so on chocolate. I do love peanut butter. BUT, when they are paired together, I cannot resist! And, when mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are baked inside a most perfect butter sugar cookie envelope, there are no…
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Simple sugar cookies, with integral cut-outs filled with Jolly Rancher crushed candies fulfill our artistic desire for edible stained glass and a beloved buttered cookie all at once! Food is ART! Stained Glass Sugar Cookies Stained Glass Sugar Cookies Basic Sugar Cookie Dough:1 cup butter (or shortening), room temperature1 cup white sugar1 large egg2 tsp….
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Yoga Sugar Cookies – with rainbows and unicorns, of course – it’s yoga!🧘♀️🌈🦄🧘♀️Well, bright frosting and sprinkles will do partially, and the rest of the sparkles will come from the flavor and from the practice! In any case, my amazing neighbors gifted me yoga cookie cutters!BEST GIFT EVER, right? If you know me, and know…
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I’ve never worked so hard, literally sweat and elbow grease, wishing just as much for a cookie to turn out beautifully. And, at the same time, I’ve never been more disappointed with the result – that is, aesthetically.In terms of flavor and texture, these sugar cookies win five stars! 🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖 I truly have perfected my…
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Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be brilliant, full of gratitude and thanks, loving family and friends, and perhaps some homemade sugar cookies. Basic Sugar Cookies 3 cups all-purpose flour3/4 tsp. baking powder1/4 tsp. sea salt1 cup butter, softened to almost a melt1 cup cane sugar1 egg1 Tbs. milk Place butter and sugar in the large…
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It’s no secret how much we LOVE lemons in our house. We adore them. Lemon zest on this, lemon juice on that, Preserved Lemons with that…you really can’t go wrong. It seems like it’s been a while, though, since I really took a dive into the lemon 🍋world. A deep dive… I wanted to use…
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It’s that time of year. Christmas cookies – sugar cookies! Simple, delicious, and delicately decorated. Simple Sugar Cookies 8 Tbs. butter, softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract 3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar 1-2 Tbs. water or milk…
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So, I may not be as perfect as Martha Stewart when it comes to cookie aesthetics… but these sugar cookies are pretty darn near perfect in every other way. And, who doesn’t need another dose of sugar cookies one month following the holidays? The Perfect Sugar Cookie 1 1/2 cups Kerrygold butter, softened 2 cups…
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Springtime is in the air. I can just feel it right around the corner. Despite the blizzardy, blustery conditions this last week, the sun is shining and the weekend calls for 60 degrees! It’s time to celebrate spring ~ the plethora of pastels and the fresh and fragrant flavors of the season. Lemon Thyme Sugar…
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