cookies

So, I am about to finish the third book in the Matched series by Allie Condie, Reached. It’s obsessively good, as in, reading it is all I want to do. If you’re not familiar with the Matched series (and you should be…it’s that good), the cover of the first book has a girl inside...

I love those eCard things that go around Facebook and Pinterest. Some of them are quite hilarious. Being that this is the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap reveal day, I found one that is fitting for my predicament lately: {Via} Because, seriously. I ate 3 dozen cookies almost all by myself. In addition to...

So maybe this cookie recipe is almost a week late. Maybe I have not gotten my Christmas tree yet. Maybe my kids are really begging me to decorate the house. Maybe I have not designed my Christmas card. Or bought any presents. That is neither here nor there. You know what I have done?...

Tweet Have you ever had Peanut Butter Blossoms? A lot of people make them around the holiday season. They’re simple peanut butter cookies with a Hershey’s Kiss stuck right in the middle. They make so many fun flavors of Hershey’s Kisses now, and when I ran across the seasonal Candy Cane Kisses, I had...

I have this roll of Christmas wrapping paper that has magical powers. No matter how much I use it each year, it never reduces in size. I’m not kidding, really. It’s not even pretty paper, just green with gold writing. I don’t even like it much. But it never goes away, regardless of how...

We’re awaiting a massive rainstorm here in a couple of  hours– part 2 of 3 storms, with over 5 inches of rain expected by the end of this weekend. Waiting for thunderstorms with possible flooding can get you a little antsy. While the storm...

  I think we can all agree, there's just nothing like Mom's home cookin'. It just tastes better, doesn't it? For that reason I've asked my Mom to submit some of her favorite recipes for me to share with y'all each...

I got home a few hours ago from the most fun, amazing, inspiring conference ever. I was honored to be a speaker at Mixed and seriously, I can’t wait for next year. I will write more about my experience later, I need to spend some QT with my little people, but it was the...

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Truvia® Natural Sweetener for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. You guys know how much I love sugar. And, how much I love cookies. So, the Holiday season is pretty much my FAVORITE time of year. I start dreaming about all the cookies...

Cranberry Thumbprint cookiesPrep time: 1 hour 10 minutes, including time to make jam and chill time for dough Bake time: 17 minutes per batch Makes about 6 dozen This recipe by Kim Gerber of Calabasas was a finalist in the 2011 Los A...