Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
Every year, I spend the weekend after we have shipped out the last basket from The 1840 Farm Mercantile Shop making cookies to send across the miles to our friends and family. It’s a tradition that started a few years ago. As a person who spends a lot of Read More
I didn’t expect to fall in love with Ted Lasso, but I did. He’s that guy you meet in some innocuous way. You like him well enough but don’t expect to like him so much. Yet you just can’t help yourself. He’s just so, well, Read More
This recipe comes from the humblest of beginnings. It wasn’t a thunderbolt moment when I had an unbelievably delicious idea to try. It wasn’t from reading one of the treasured cookbooks in my collection. No, it was because I was disappointed to open a new Read More
This recipe was a happy little accident. With the holidays fast approaching and cookie baking time at hand, I started gathering my baking ingredients. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find one: butterscotch baking chips.
Bring on the sprinkles, because you’re going to want to stop what you’re doing, head to the kitchen, and bake a pan of these simple and scrumptious Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars. They’re so much easier to make than a batch of individually frosted sugar cookies. Yet they absolutely deliver on that soft, tender frosted sugar cookie taste.
There’s something altogether comforting and soothing about chewy oatmeal cookies. It seems to be baked right into it and held together by brown sugar, old fashioned oats, and just a touch of cinnamon.
Can you ever have too many chocolate chip cookie recipes? I hope not, because I have a new one to share with you. I set out to create a chewy, cakey cookie with just the right amount of chocolate and these cookies exceeded my expectations. Read More
Molasses. It’s a flavor beloved or reviled. I adore it. I love it in bread, barbecue sauce, baked beans, and the old fashioned molasses cookies that I have been trying to perfect a recipe for this holiday season. Molasses cookies seem to take as many Read More
A batch of warm homemade cookies are pure comfort food. If those cookies happen to be snickerdoodles, all the better. The aroma of cinnamon and the delicate crunch of sugar that each snickerdoodle is rolled in before baking make them an old fashioned and delicious treat.
I have long believed that any day can be made better with a homemade cookie. If the cookie happens to a perfectly made chocolate chip cookie still warm from the oven, all the better. While I make many different types of cookies in our farmhouse Read More
My family loves meringue. I have made meringue cookies flavored with peppermint, vanilla, and chocolate chips for years. What’s not to love? A properly made meringue is equal parts light, crispy, and delicious. These cookies up the ante with the addition of sweet strawberry jam. Read More
What can I say about a chocolate butter cookie topped with buttercream frosting infused with the flavor of a great stout beer? The word delicious comes immediately to mind. In the end, maybe I don’t need to say anything. Maybe I just need to share Read More