I was invited to help some friends break in their new deck this past weekend, and I decided to bring some cookies to share. I wanted to reproduce the flavors in my favorite breakfast, and this is what I came up with:
Pecan-blueberry-honey-cinnamon-oatmeal cookies
Blueberry Pecan Cinnamon Oatmeal Honey Cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup dried blueberries*
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We’ve gotten into a routine around here of me baking one not-so-Mommy-waistline-friendly treat a week. Last week, it was chewy brownies, which I forgot to take a picture of, so we’ll probably have them again soon so I can share the recipe with you. So good!
This week it was peanut butter cookies. My recipe uses some whole wheat flour and cinnamon – just to twist it just barely from the traditional cookies. They still taste amazing dipped in milk, of course. Almond milk for me!
Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter
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I was going to post the recipe for my “lighter” version of Spaghetti con Sugo di Tonno, but to tell the truth, I messed it up. I will have to do that another time, when I get it right.
So I’m going to post a decidedly NOT light recipe. This is another thing that I put in my gift packages for people at Christmas. My 10 year-old son made them to give as gifts, too!
And let’s face it, minty chocolatey goodness isn’t just for Christmas!
Mock Thin Mints
Mock Thin Mints cooling on
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Here’s another recipe that I put in the food gifts for Christmas. I also brought some of this shortbread to our homeschool group’s Christmas party. It is so tasty and rich that everyone thought I’d put a lot of work into the shortbread, but… well, you’ll see.
Brown Sugar Shortbread
Brown Sugar Shortbread
1 cup unsalted butter, softened (only use real butter)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed (I used dark brown sugar, but you could use either)
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
Heat the oven to 300° and get out a baking sheet. Cream the
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I gave a lot of baked goods for Christmas presents this year. One of the favorites were these snickerdoodles.
Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie – in my opinion, the best chocolate chip cookie can’t hold a candle to them. But I like cinnamon quite a bit more than chocolate, so t hat would explain that. 
Snickerdoodles
Yummy Snickerdoodle Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375° and put
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Chocolate chip butterscotch cookies
When I bake cookies, I tend to lose interest after the first cookie sheet-ful is baked. After all, we’ve got our hot-from-the-oven cookie fix, but I don’t want all the rest of the dough to go to waste. I also don’t mind having ready to bake cookies available. Some folks just refrigerate the dough, but I find cold dough difficult to scoop. Other people scoop it out into cookie size dollops and freeze those – that way, when they want freshly baked cookies, they can just
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