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A Year of Gratitude – March 12, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – March 12, 2024

My gratitude was baked up into a cookie today. I did the baking. The cookie taught me a lesson. The lesson was something that I already knew, but I was reminded of it today.  It might not have been a new lesson, but it was Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 26, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 26, 2024

I found my gratitude in my work today. I found myself working on recipes, baking cookies for my children, and taking photos. For me, that’s a wonderful combination and a reason to be filled with gratitude. For as long as I can remember, I wanted Read More

A Year of Gratitude – February 22, 2024

A Year of Gratitude – February 22, 2024

My gratitude found me through a chocolate crinkle cookie today. I was baking up a few cookies to fill our cookie jar in the farmhouse kitchen. I had dough put away in the freezer ready for just such an occasion. I reached into the freezer, Read More

WWII Navy Sugar Cookies

WWII Navy Sugar Cookies

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

Oatmeal Cookies with Toffee and White Chocolate

Oatmeal Cookies with Toffee and White Chocolate

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.

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars

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.

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

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.

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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 Cookies

Molasses Cookies

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

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

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.

Farmhouse Kitchen Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Cookbook Review

Farmhouse Kitchen Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Cookbook Review

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

Strawberry Jam Meringue Cookies

Strawberry Jam Meringue Cookies

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