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Mexican Wedding Cookies

I’ve also seen these referred to as Snowball cookies. I haven’t made these in several years but they used to be among my Christmas cookie baking.  I am going to add them in again this year to spice things up. I don’t think my kids remember them, so they (and my nieces and nephews) will […]

Scottish Shortbread

As you probably know from my post about tea, I love shortbread cookies.  Well, I found a good recipe and tweaked it, so I wanted to share it with all of you. Scottish Shortbread Ingredients: 2 cups butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vanilla sugar (or just granulated) 4 cups of flour. 1/2 cups of […]

Lemon Crisps

Lemon Crisps Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sliced almonds Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat […]

Chewy Coconut Cookies

I made these yesterday because I was out of chocolate chips and my youngest was dying for some cookies. They turned out really well.  Nice taste.  Like a butter cookie with a little extra. Chewy Coconut Cookies Ingredients 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter ½ cup packed brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ⅓ cups flaked […]

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Let’s face it there are certain flavors that just go together and mint and chocolate are two of those flavors. It has always been a favorite combination of mine. In fact my favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.  So when I found this recipe several years ago, it quickly became a favorite. As per […]