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Peanut Butter CHUNKY Cookies

May 15, 2013

Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter cookies: chunky peanut butter with chocolate chunks for the perfect cookie combination! #chocolate #peanutbutter

Chunky Peanut Butter cookie recipe filled with Chocolate Chunks! Time to indulge on some delicious cookies! Warm peanut butter cookies are delicious in their own right. These peanut butter cookies are no exception. When given the choice, I always choose chunky peanut butter. Sadly, our giant jar of chunky PB is like the red headed [...]

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Cookies and Cream S’mores Bars

May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day! Today I count my blessings for my four beautiful children! I am the luckiest mom in the world. Summer is coming soon, we only have 3 weeks left of school. Summer brings BBQ’s, potlucks and camping. And you know what that means…S’MORES! I’ve said it before on the blog, and I’ll say [...]

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Chocolate Orange Cookies

May 7, 2013

Orange Cake mix cookies rolled in mini Chocolate morsels! An irresistible cookie combination! I know I have mentioned this many times, but Monday’s at our house are cookie baking day! I love starting our week off with fresh baked cookies. Many times, it’s “regular chocolate chip” cookies, per my kids request. But sometimes I like [...]

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Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

April 23, 2013

Delicious yet simple No Bake Cookies. These are for the true Peanut Butter Lover! I love the simplicity of a no-bake cookie. If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen me share a photo of a big pile of mulch. We spent our weekend weeding all our gardens and laying fresh mulch. While it [...]

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Chocolate Orange Biscotti

April 7, 2013

My mind always is thinking of the next great biscotti recipe. Anyone else with me on this? Okay, so maybe not everyone thinks the same way I do. But, biscotti is a delicious, crunchy treat that is perfect for breakfast. Seriously, cookies for breakfast. And because biscotti is totally acceptable, you can put anything in [...]

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Peanut Butter Reese’s Pieces Shortbread Bars

April 1, 2013

One day it’s a lemon dessert I crave and the next day I am drooling over these peanut butter shortbread bars. Not just any old peanut butter cookies. Buttery, peanut butter, crunchy, melt in your mouth shortbread bars! Oh, and filled to the max with mini Reese’s Pieces. Have you seen these minis yet? I [...]

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Biscoff White Chocolate Cookies

March 24, 2013

Sweet and Soft Cookies with white chocolate and homemade Biscoff “morsels.” You will LOVE the flavor of these little bits of Biscoff! My pantry currently has 5 jars of Biscoff. Is that too much? I realized as I was cleaning out my pantry that I haven’t baked or used Biscoff in recipes in quite some [...]

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Chewy Malt Ball Cookies and Nikon Camera WITH 35mm Lens GIVEAWAY

March 17, 2013

I am so excited about today! Happy St Patrick’s day! Do you feel lucky? Lucky enough to win this gorgeous Nikon D3100 camera and 35mm lens? I hope so! I’ve teamed up with some incredible bloggers today to bring you this Lucky Giveaway! The giveaway entry is at the very bottom of this post, in the [...]

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Milk Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies

February 17, 2013

Milk Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies: soft, chewy cookies AKA Sausalito

Soft, chewy Milk Chocolate Cookies with Macadamia Nuts! These are fantastic warm out of the oven! I always forget to share cookie recipes with all of you. I make cookies at least once a week around here, but I put them immediately in the cookie jar and forget sometimes to take photos. Occasionally it’s an [...]

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Vanilla Bean Valentine’s Cookies with Chocolate Hearts

January 17, 2013

I love sprinkles. Who’s with me on this? Last year I made icebox cookies and rolled the entire log of cookie dough in sprinkles before slicing. They turned out so pretty, only the edges of the cookies had sprinkles on them. This time, I rolled the dough into 1 inch balls and rolled THAT [...]

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Butterscotch Shortbread Bars

January 6, 2013

Here’s the thing friends. Shortbread cookies can be very addicting. Butterscotch Shortbread cookies? Well, let’s just say I warned you. Shortbread cookies are one of the easiest cookies to make. But for some reason, these gave me a little bit of a challenge. See normally, I make the dough, wrap it in saran wrap, chill [...]

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Chocolate Cherry Cookies

December 27, 2012

Cookies. Raise your hand if you love cookies. Or are you totally over cookies at this point? I like to bake cookies (in case you didn’t notice) and keep them in the freezer. With 4 kids who pack lunches 5 days a week, it’s nice to have some treats on hand! I love the combination [...]

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Lemon Crunch Cookies {Heirloom Cookie sheets giveaway}

December 13, 2012

I get questions all the time by email about what kind of pans I use to cook and bake. What brand cookie sheets do I use. What type of cupcake liners do I buy. And for many many years (at least 15) I have been using stoneware cookie sheets to bake my cookies. I was [...]

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Peppermint Mocha Cookie Crisps and #fbcookieswap

December 12, 2012

This is my first year participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I’m so glad I signed up. It was quite exciting to get 3 separate packages of cookies in the mail, all coming on different days! And, to be honest, with all three batches that arrived to my house, I ate all of the [...]

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Grandma’s Peppermint Puff Cookies

December 5, 2012

I share many treats and desserts on my blog, but it’s the family recipes that I look forward to sharing the most. Growing up, I lived in the same town for many years as my extended family, so we all became very close. Holiday gatherings have always featured trays of desserts. As me and my [...]

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Whopper Cookie Bars

October 11, 2012

So these bars are over the top delicious. Sometimes I post recipes that are great. And then sometimes there is a recipe that is PHENOMENAL. This is that kind of recipe. Making a cookie base with malted milk powder (the original flavor stuff) adds a nice chewy base. Then top it with incredible fudge. YES [...]

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Monster Sugar Cookies

October 4, 2012

If you are currently following me from Google Friend Connect, please note that I will be switching to WordPress this week. So make sure you follow me on facebook, twitter, pinterest, or Bloglovin so you don’t miss a single post! These monster cookies were so fun to make! I used my favorite Lofthouse CopyCat Cookie Recipe as [...]

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Chocolate Mocha and Nutella Cookies

August 30, 2012

Chocolate Mocha Nutella Cookies: so rich and delicious you will want more! #nutella #mocha @shugarysweets

My kids are off to school. But before they headed off I made some cookies. I found this Jif Mocha Cappuccino Hazelnut Spread in the grocery stores, so I thought it would be perfect for this recipe. Combining the kids love of hazelnut spread with my love of coffee, it’s a delicious match. After [...]

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Maple Bacon Cookies

July 5, 2012

Sometimes combining sweet and salty just has to be done. This time the salty comes in the form of bacon. These cookies are for the true bacon lovers out there. The smokiness of the bacon, combined with the brown sugar and the chocolate chips and the maple flavor, OH MY! Now, if you’re a planner, [...]