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Zoo Animal Sugar Cookies

by Shelby 28 August 2010
Zoo Animal Sugar Cookies

Saturday is my favorite day on the blog because we get to make yummy cookies! Today we are making zoo animal sugar cookies. Can you say delicious? This is a fun activity to share with your kids because they can help make and decorate their favorite animals! Ingredients: 16 tbsp. (2 sticks/8 oz./226g) unsalted butter, [...]

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Glazed Apple Cookies

by Angel 14 August 2010

Whew! What a day. My nephew Tristan came over to play and in the tradition of cookie Saturday I made a yummy treat. This week I tried a new recipe from AllRecipes.com and MMMMMM are they tasty! Glazed Apple Cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup shortening 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar 1 egg 2 cups sifted [...]

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Campfire Cookie S’mores!

by Shelby 7 August 2010

Last weekend my friends and I went up with our families to the canyon for a quick overnight camping getaway. Everyone knows s’mores is a must for any camping extravaganza. I decided it would be fun to share my family cookie s’mores! As a child, this is how we made s’mores in my family. These were [...]

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Peanut Butter Cookies

by Shelby 31 July 2010

This delicious cookie recipe is by Smitten Kitchen. I have fallen in love with this blog and all their wonderful recipes! Peanut Butter Cookies Adapted from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook The brilliance of these cookies is that they have include two different formats for peanuts–three if you use chunky peanut butter. They’re crisp on the outside, and [...]

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Mom’s Oatmeal Cookies

by Angel 24 July 2010

Today we’re having a really special treat… my mom’s soft oatmeal cookies! These are incredibly tender & sweet old fashioned oatmeal cookies. They’re scrumptious all on their own and also wonderful crumbled over vanilla ice cream. 3/4 cup shortening 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon [...]

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No-Bake Chocolate Crackles

by Angel 17 July 2010

Don’t these look yummy?! I was thrilled to find this this kid-friendly recipe from Good Housekeeping. Tristan is just getting old enough to love to help in the kitchen, but he’s really still too little to help with hot cookie sheets. This this recipe is perfect! He can help measure, stir, drop the cookies and [...]

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M&M Sugar Cookies

by Shelby 10 July 2010

We just recently came across this blog with lots of amazing delicious recipes. This one is fun especially for kids! M & M Sugar Cookies Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up! Yield: 48 cookies Time: 1 hour 1 C butter, softened 1 1/2 C sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 t vanilla 3 C flour 2 t baking [...]

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Happy birthday, America!

by Angel 4 July 2010

Have a happy & safe birthday today, America! In honor of today I want to share a couple of my favorites with you… my fave patriotic song and my fave family get together cookies! First let’s listen to this amazing song. I ADORE this version of the The Battle Hymn of the Republic. It actually [...]

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H’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

by Shelby 13 June 2010

Have you been searching for that perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe? We’ve found it. Our friend H has created simple trouble-free recipes and this is one of our favorites! We have never had a better chocolate chip cookie in our life!  These are so soft  and gooey and will melt in your mouth. YUMMY! Mix: 2 cups [...]

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Great Grandma’s Gingerbread Boys

by Jacque 5 December 2009
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1/3 cup shortening 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 1/2 cup dark molasses 2/3 cup cold water 6 cup flour (may need mre when cutting cookies) 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. allspice i tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp salt Mix together shortening, brown sugar and molasses. Stir in cold [...]

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