Today is National Shortbread Day! This is Megan’s favorite recipe, given to her by Miss Melody, a friend from church.
Melody’s Cranberry Shortbread
New Year’s Eve Cookies (“Gourmet” M&M cookies)
I really wanted a hot, freshly baked, chocolate chip cookie. We enjoyed my experiment so much I made a second batch with the boys, but made them “gourmet”. I let the boys chose which M&M’s and they chose peanut, peanut butter and a few of the plain ones. They were the perfect “New Year Party” cookies.
Peanut Brittle with Pretzels
Every year we try to learn a new candy recipe. This is our recipe for this year!
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Hidden Peanut Butter
Zucchini Bread
This will either make one large loaf or two smaller loafs. Instead of using flour to dust the pans, these are good dusted with sugar.
“Pirate” Peanut Butter Cookies for “Talk Like a Pirate Day”
The Christie company out of Canada sells boxes of Pirate Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies which this is a copycat recipe for. Not sure why they chose the name “Pirate”, but the recipe caught my eye as we were looking for a new way to celebrate “Talk like a Pirate Day” this year. This is a combination of a few recipes and added chocolate chips.
The oatmeal cookies are good plain or filled.
Apple Cider Donuts
Apple cider is usually too sugary for the yeast to grow properly. If you want to try to omit the water to make a stronger cider mix, be sure to proof the yeast first. We used home made unprocessed apple cider for these and they had a nice cider taste.
Brisket, Smoked
This is not an exact recipe, but it is a great starting point.
Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Cookies
Playing with our favorite cookie recipe. Changed ingredients slightly and then made them giant size.
“Yellowies” (ie Lemon Brownies)
This dessert is hard to describe, sort of lemon cake, sort of brownie texture. It is a nice change from what we usually make.