As I’ve mentioned here on a couple of occasions, I love to bake. The blending together of butter, sugar, vanilla and flour brings me so much happiness. I especially love baking in the winter because of the added warmth it brings my kitchen and the sweet aromas it spreads through my home. While my favorite […]
5-Star Oatmeal Cookies Servings: 32 to 36 Prep. Time: :15 minutes Total Time: :30 minutes 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon. vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon. baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground […]
Christmas Hershey Kiss Cookies Also known as Peanut Blossoms Mix 1 ¾ cup flour 1 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt Cream ½ cup butter 1/3 cup peanut butter Gradually add ½ cup sugar ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 unbeaten egg 1 tsp. vanilla Slowly add in dry ingredients Shape into balls. Roll in […]
Growing up in Colorado Rocky Mountains, it was a long-standing tradition that my family would literally take the “road less traveled” to find our Christmas tree. It was not enough to go merely to the local tree lot, instead we would trek deep into the White River National Forest and cut down our own. This […]
One of my earliest childhood memories involves sneaking into the dining room hiding place where my mother stored her Christmas cookie tins. My sister and I would wait for the opportune moment when mom was upstairs and dive into the cookie tins looking for our favorite Christmas cookie; the one with the chocolate Hershey kiss […]
