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Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies (Spritzgeback)
I remember so vividly making spritz cookies (spritzgebäck.) at Christmas every year. I loved making the tree shaped ones, as well as the stars. We always made trees, stars, wreaths, and camels. And always used food coloring — red, green, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, christmas cookies, cookies, Desserts, food, spritz, spritzgeback
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Halloween – Chocolate Mint Diseased Skeleton Bones (Cookies!!)
This is really a basic “meringue cookie” recipe, but for Halloween. The peppermint flavor was always a favorite with the kids around, and for me, especially, as peppermint cookies were always a little different. With the addition of the mini … Continue reading
Halloween Recipes – Creamy Pumpkin Dip with Cookies
This is a very simple and easy to do recipe that’s great to do with the kids, and for kids parties (as well as adults Halloween parties). We made this recipe a couple of years ago for the school party, … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, Desserts, halloween, halloween recipes, pumpkin
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The Best Sugar Cookies
This is my Grams recipe for sugar cookies — these melt in your mouth and are just wonderful. I would not use these for icing/decorating style cookies – there are other recipes better suited for decorating — this contains too … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Christmas, cookies, Desserts, easy cookies, holiday, Nebraska, sugar cookies
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Pecan Butter Cookies
These cookies are an annual Christmas tradition. I’ve been making these since I was about 10 years old. My son and I make them together every Christmas Eve. Pecan Butter Cookies 1/2 cup butter, softened2 tablespoons sugar1 tablespoon vanilla1 … Continue reading
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars 2 cups peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)4 cups powdered sugar (10x sugar or icing sugar)1/2 cup butter3 cups of a crunchy cereal, like rice chex2 cups chocolate chips1/2 cup of chopped peanuts In either a sauce … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, Christmas, cookies, dessert, Desserts, peanut butter
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Coconut Macaroons, plus variations
These are just.. yummyness. One of the girls in my office brought macaroons in last week.. premade/packaged things. They were okay, but.. well… incredibly heavy and greasy. They made me in the mood for the ones I make. They are … Continue reading