christmas

Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful readers! Thank you for all the love, support, comments, and fun over the past year :]

If you’d like to do some last-minute holiday baking, here’s a Christmas recipe roundup for you! Go forth and bake! 1. Red Velvet Whoopie Pies 2. Molasses Cookies 3. Sugar Cookie Squares 4. Mint Chocolate Kiss Cookies 5. Stained Glass Sugar Cookies 6. Pretzel Rolo…

I have blogged many times about my grandma’s cut-out cookie recipe. It’s one of my all-time favorites, both because of the great flavor and because it makes me so nostalgic. At Thanksgiving this year, my family reminisced about my grandmother and her annual cookie-making endeavor.…

Pfeffernuesse translates to “pepper nuts” in German. I’m from Wisconsin — a state with an incredibly large number of German settlers. It always bugs me a bit when people say “I’m Irish” or “I’m German”. No, you’re American if you were born here and if…

Stained-glass cookies have been on my to-bake list FOREVER. The concept is awesome but I’ll admit, I was intimidated at the thought of making them. I’m not great with making intricate cookies, much less cookies that involve melted sugar in the middle. Eeep! I was…