Baking Delights: Baking breads and treats for your family

August 27th, 2007

The 50 Best Cookie Recipes on the Internet

It is 17 weeks until Christmas. This is actually when I start my Christmas baking and freezing so that I have a more relaxed holiday with all the bells and whistles that I love. Every week for the next 17 weeks I will post a make ahead recipe for Christmas…yes I […]

By Marye -- 110 comments

August 18th, 2007

Animal Crackers

A week or so ago I posted a recipe forgraham crackers… They are so versatile- I am having a great time with them..and so is Kyrie.
Snack foods disappear rapidly here…and with this many kids (and 4 out of 6 are boys) I can’t keep buying graham crackers that look like bunnies, bears, or elves. SO […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

August 10th, 2007

Old Fashioned Molasses Crinkles

I have always loved good molasses cookies. The key word is, of course, good. They are hard to find. These are from epicurious with a few of my own tweaks…you will know them when you see them..
There is something about one of these with a cup of coffee that has me sitting in […]

By Marye -- 55 comments

August 5th, 2007

Praline Shortbread Bars

These are really rich with a crumbly shortbread crust and a smooth praline filling with just enough coconut and pecans to add interest. They don’t take long to make and the results are spectacular. For the base: 1/2 c butter softened 1/3 c sugar 1 egg 1 1/4 c flour pinch of salt 1 […]

By Marye -- 7 comments

July 22nd, 2007

Oh, Henry! Bars

O.k..if you remember these you are old. :) If you remember buying them for 15 cents at the local store that carried everything from pickles in a barrel to PDQ and Bosco then you are as old as me.
  This is a bar cookie that I really don’t see much anymore. It is wonderful…close to […]

By Marye -- 2 comments

June 15th, 2007

Double Chocolate Toffee cookies

I love heath bars. I love heath bar ice cream. I love health bar ice cream bars….I love heath bars crunched up in chocolate shakes….
   These cookies are some that I came up with when our local grocery had toffee pieces on clearance for almost nothing.  They are sooo good….

1/2 c unsalted butter
1/2 c butter […]

By Marye -- 12 comments

May 22nd, 2007

Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

This are fantastic. My 11 year old wanted to bake yesterday and she asked if she could experiment a bit. Of course,the answer was yes, so she used the dark chocolate chips I had just picked up..There were some oranges left in the fruit bowl (a total miracle in our house) and I suggested she […]

By Marye -- 12 comments

March 1st, 2007

Lemon Wafers

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tbsp lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
2 cups unsifted flour
1/4 tsp mace
1/4 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar together in mixer bowl (or about 100 strokes if doing by hand with a whisk). Add in eggs, one at a time, whisking/beating well […]

By Stef -- 0 comments