Author: swooz

  • I don’t usually prefer thin crispy cookies, but for some reason I was craving something different. I was craving crispy but chewy cookies. These cookies have crispy edges with a perfect chewy center and they bend when you tear off a piece. Replace the chips with m and m’s for kid style cookies if you…

  • This recipe is great on a cold Winter day. I’m probably a week or so late though since the polar vortex in the Midwest and Eastern United States has past. For my peeps in the Midwest; keep this in mind for the next time it gets really cold or you need an activity to keep the…

  • Does everybody have sugar overload coming off of the holidays? Here is a savory recipe for you to break up the sweetness a little. We still like to have a little goodie with our meals but maybe we need to take a break from it. Or not. ;-) I’ve included a recipe for cinnamon-honey butter…

  • Merry Christmas to all my wonderful readers. Peace, Love, and Blessings to all of you and a Happy New Year for 2014. I know this is a bit late to plan for baking for Christmas so I apologize as I have been running around like crazy this week; but keep it in mind for Valentines Day;…

  • This recipe is an homage to my Mom as she loves mincemeat. Everyone knows how I love mini sweets, so when I saw this recipe in Donna Hay it definitely spoke to me. I found the original recipe interesting but I tweaked the recipe quite a bit by adding in additional flavors such as Holiday inspired spices and a bit…

  • I don’t know why but I’m not one to start early on making Christmas cookies. For some reason I tend to trudge along until about the week before Christmas and then suddenly the mood strikes me with full force to start making cookies. Once it grabs hold then I’m in deep. Today the mood finally…