Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies are such a great cookie for Valentine’s Day.  This is actually a Land O’ Lakes recipe that I have tweaked.  I typically make these for the holidays using 1 teaspoon peppermint extract in the dough and the […]

Hot Milk and Honey Cake My Mother made this cake a few times.  I remember it being a light and  springy cake.  Not sure where she got the recipe from, but I found something similar (without the honey) from Mr. Food on the internet. Mr. […]

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies I have around 80 cookie recipes and one of my son’s favorite cookies is the classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies.  It is the perfect blend of peanut butter and chocolate.  Sometimes the classics are the ones the family loves the most. […]

Boxes, boxes and more boxes!!! As some of you know, I moved back in July, 2022.  I still had a storage unit filled with boxes.  We finally decided to move them the other day.  I was all set to start my annual holiday cookie baking, […]

Pumpkin Apple Crumb Cake It’s October and pumpkin and apple season is in full swing, so why not combine them into this perfect pumpkin apple cake. This recipe if a variation on a cake that we make called Fruit Filled Cake which can be adapted […]

Sfingi (Italian Donuts) Sfingi are Italian Donuts and typically served on St. Joseph’s Day.  St. Joseph’s Day is a feast day that is all about giving and sharing.  According to legend, there was a severe drought in Sicily during the Middle Ages.  The villagers prayed […]

Lemon Lavender Honey Pound Cake Why make one pound cake when you can make two?  This is my recipe for a Lemon Lavender Honey Pound Cake.  While I was making this, I thought this could easily be turned into a Honey Chamomile Pound Cake as […]

Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake My Mother frequently made pound cakes when I was young.  They were always a family favorite.  She typically made a larger version in a 10″ tube pan.  One day, I will post that version. I took that recipe and made […]

Springerle Springerle is a type of 14th Century South German biscuit or cookie.  It is made with an embossed design by pressing a Sprinergle mold onto rolled out dough.  The cookies must dry uncovered for 24 hours which preserves the details of the pattern prior […]

Winter Solstice Cookies I found this Winter Solstice Cookie recipe on Pinterest from Just a smidgen blog.  The source was quoted as from Epicurious, but I couldn’t find the original recipe.  I was looking for a nice butter cookie recipe for the holidays and thought […]