Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies


Chocolate, Cookies, Recipes

As it’s a uh, again already?!, birthday time, the annual Week of Becky, I deserve a break today.  Too, we were away so I didn’t get a cake baked.  But no, I’m not really slacking off entirely with this post.  Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies are not only utterly totally crave-able delicious, it’s also a terrific recipe […]

February 6, 2021

Chocolate Snickerdoodles


Chocolate, Cookies, Recipes

Chooooocolate Snickerdoodles.  Oh yeah that’s right, Chocolate Snickerdoodles.  Who woulda thought that was a thing?  Well, now we know!  Years ago, yikes, years, cough…I happened to drop by a friend’s place just after she had finished baking up some cookies, her favorites she said.  Kindly, she gave me one or two, I ate them, and […]

January 23, 2021

Chocolate Chip Caramel Pretzel Blondies


Brownies & Bars, Chocolate, Recipes

Ok, look.  Chocolate chips, love ‘em, check.  Caramel?  Yes, yes please and thank you, check.  Pretzels?  Always been a fan, check.  Chewy cookie dough?  Uh huh.  Toss ‘em all together and now what have we got?  The Ultimate Blondie:   Chocolate Chip Caramel Pretzel Blondies.  Or Yum, for short. Yeow, that is a mouthful.  And […]

January 9, 2021

Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cookies


Cookies, Recipes

I.  Love. These cookies.  Love.  And what’s not to love about Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cookies, really.   Especially when they’re suuuuuper duper simple to make and ooooh so delightful, ever so slightly melting in your mouth, with a dusting of cinnamon….Oh!  So tasty these little wonders are. Jen’s got her favorite Peanut Butter Cookies and […]

December 12, 2020

Chocolate Wafer Cookies


Chocolate, Cookies, Recipes

I know.  This seems silly.  You can run right out to the store, pop a coupla’ bucks, run home and you’ve got yourself chocolate wafer cookies.  But heh, but this is a baking blog, not a grocery store blog! And you have to understand, these cookies are killer.  Holy bazoingas are they tasty. The cookie […]

March 5, 2020

Traditional Italian Biscotti


Cookies, Dairy Free, Recipes

I’ve become obsessed with Mediterranean foods and recipes lately—mostly prompted by my failed attempts to make a good Italian/French loaf. I mean, the bread was fine, but it wasn’t great, so in my quest to learn how to make a truly great loaf, I’ve fallen into a Mediterranean rabbit hole and gotten stuck in traditional […]

February 3, 2020

Easy Lemon Bars


Brownies & Bars, Fruit, Recipes

Pucker up, pals!  It’s Lemon Bar day! Pucker up further, these are easy peasy lemon haha squeezy and loaded, loaded I say, with happy lemony goodness.   Honestly, I never thought it possible to find a good lemon bar.  Or, I should rephrase — I had yet to find a truly tasty, truly lemony, not […]

January 22, 2020

Gingerbread Cookies


Cookies, Holiday, Recipes

Oh.  These Gingerbread Cookies.  Oh.  By the time I share this though, the major cookie baking holidays are over, gingerbread long forgotten, and we’re sailing towards a new year.  A new decade!  Wow.  Ok but do some incredibly serious planning ahead and add these cookies to your list for next year, trust me. Or pffffttt, […]

December 27, 2019

Butter Cookies


Cookies, Dairy Free, Holiday, Recipes, Vegan

I’mma keep a’-rollin’ on a cookie theme here and share a Marshall family favorite.  We love these Butter Cookies like mad, especially my brother. I’ve entered this recipe in the Chicago Tribune’s annual cookie contest twice now but unfortunately readers must feel these are too boring to vote for.  Which is unreasonably ridiculous because there […]

December 11, 2019

Iced Spiced Soft Molasses Cookies


Cookies, Holiday, Recipes

“Hey babe, did you try these Iced Spiced Soft Molasses Cookies yet?” Tries a cookie.  “You’re the devil…..”  pause pause chew chew chew, spins a happy spin. “……I don’t know where you come up with this stuff,” Mike blubbers.  “Babe, I’m a good researcher.” “How……why…….you….you’re the devil,” as he meanders off in a faux huff […]

November 29, 2019