Tag Archives: cookies
Oh! Pretty!
It’s a very good day when I arrive home to find elegant gift bags stuffed with individually wrapped homemade baked goods. I suppose that’s stating the obvious. But it’s true, because a gift of baked goods is a gift just … Continue reading
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Persimmon oatmeal cookies.
I have had a headache for three days. THREE DAYS. I think it’s the combination of too much to eat this past weekend and too little sleep, and whenever I can’t sleep my arthritis gets uppity and my mind races … Continue reading
A little trip requires a lot of cleaning and I prefer baking so I made cookies and the apartment is still gross. But carrots! Cookies! Carrot cookies!
Tremendous news – we’re going on vacation! A short one, but it counts because there are planes involved (several … which is only glamourous if I don’t tell you that we have layovers … on a trip from Vancouver to … Continue reading
Filed under Baking, cheap, cookies, Recipe, vegetables
Peanut butter and white chocolate shortbread cookies.
It’s my birthday (tomorrow)! Exciting news, I know. I’m now 27, which is three years older than my mom is in that picture, which makes me feel fairly unproductive and much less like an adult. Fortunately, those feelings are easily … Continue reading
Meyer lemon shortbread.
I’ve been thinking about shortbread lately, and I wasn’t going to give in to temptation (especially after I consumed 80% of the butter/cream/cheese buns the other day), but then I needed comfort food and my stew failed last night and … Continue reading
Blood orange cookie bars.
I love blood oranges so much. It’s not just their deep red flesh – they taste like a mash of oranges and raspberries, at least to me, and they peel easily and they aren’t so bitter that you can’t eat … Continue reading
Thank-you cookies.
I wanted to do something nice for Judy, our building manager, who has been all kinds of nice to us and gave us a reference so we could get the kitten. She also came by and told me everything I … Continue reading
Root beer cookies.
I think I told you I’m writing a book. Aren’t we all? By “writing a book,” of course I mean spending four hours tonight on Facebook, Twitter, MyLifeIsAverage, and everyone-else-in-the-world’s blog. Four hours is probably not even an exaggeration. As … Continue reading
Olive oil orange cookies.
One of the annoying things about being broke is running out of butter, especially when you want cookies. The day before payday is always incredibly bad for that. I ran out of milk too. Good thing we never run out … Continue reading
