It happens every year – at the beginning of summer, I lick my lips and drool at the thought of fresh, juicy Palisade peaches. I eat them every day – yes, EVERY DAY – all.summer.long. Then September arrives and I panic. Peach season comes to an end and I ask myself (every year), what am…
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Why is it golden? Why is this White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie GOLDEN?Because peanut butter and chocolate are always the golden ticket to anyone’s heart. 🎫💖 If it’s Valerie’s heart – the key is WHITE chocolate. ( Reese’s Minis White Creme Peanut Butter Cups, specifically). White Chocolate Peanut Butter Golden Sugar Cookies Classic soft and…
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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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Happy St. Patty’s Day!!!!Chocolate-Mint: St. Patrick’s Day Thin Mints, of a sort.These sugar cookies with Dutch cocoa and mint extract are above and beyond, but with with only six simple ingredients.YES, that’s it!They WILL be your lucky charm 🍀 this year! Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookies BTW – after my Valentine’s Day sugar cookie expansion disaster…
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Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Eat your heart out today – kiss your love bunny – hug your neighbor – smell the roses – AND, enjoy lovely buttery sugar cookies filled with red stained glass candy glory! Valentine Glass Heart ❤️ Cookies 1 cup butter, room temperature1 cup white sugar1 large egg1 tsp. baking powder1 tsp….
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Every year at Christmas I tell myself that sugar cookies are just too much work.The rolling out of the dough, time after time – the many, many sheets of baking – and then the frosting.And then, I continue to make them, over and over again.I think you just have to at Christmas, right. Christmas sugar…
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The MELTED butter, rather than room temperature butter, in this yummy Brown Sugar Cookie recipe increases the chewiness of the cookie – when used just right. It’s like rich molasses and brown sugar – the depth and caramelization and butterscotch flavor – that the melted butter provides. You know, like “brown butter.” The Maillard Reaction:…
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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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While most of us are hunkering down and preparing for a season of Pumpkin Spiced Lattes this time of year, most of my sensibility is longing for the warmth and sunshine of summer days. I love the light, the bright, the warmth, and all the colors the summer season has to offer. And, all summer…
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