I’ll Never Bake Cookies From Scratch Again

Meet the “cake-mix cookie”: I googled “chocolate cookies” and found a recipe for cake-mix cookies. Basically, all you do is eliminate the water in the recipe; you simply add 1/3 cup oil and 3 eggs to the cake mix, add 2 cups of chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips (whatever you like). [...]

We’re Really All The Same…

Last night I attended a cookie exchange party. At first, I didn’t really know what to expect. I know the hostess in a roundabout way, but I haven’t seen her in years. But I decided, what the heck. I love to bake holiday goodies and I’m always up for a night out. Wow. Was I [...]

And Cookies For My Cookie

Well, I posted the super-cute cupcakes I made for Girl1 to take to school for her b-day treat and weren’t they just “aww, shucks“? Well, not to let Girl2 go without special mom-baked treats, I made these puppies for the preschool Hallowe’en party. Now, look closely… What are they? No, not ghosts… …think pharaoh …think [...]