Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies. Soft, orange flavored shortbread cookies with bits of cranberry. Festive and delicious!

Delicious chocolate buttons with nonpareil candy coated bottoms! These Chocolate Nonpareils are easy to make and perfect to use for a gift! Gas Station Treats I grew up near a gas station called Mr. Pete’s. As a child, I thought that gas station was one […]

Gingerbread Men Cookies. Soft, flavorful gingerbread men cookies. All the spices of Christmas in a chewy, delicious cookie.

Chewy Oreo M&M Cookies. Chewy brown sugar cookies filled with bits of Oreo cookies and mini M&Ms. A perfect cookie for kids and adults alike! Whenever my kids’ classes have sign-ups to bring in food for a party, I am eager to sign up early […]

Skillet Brookie. Warm, gooey brownie topped with with soft, chocolate chunk cookie. Baked in a skillet to give it deliciously crisp edges. THE perfect dessert. Desserts are my thing. I’m the one at birthday parties trying to drop subtle hints about cutting the cake, like […]

These Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies are delicious, soft chocolate chip cookies that have the perfect amount of peanut butter filling. Surprisingly thin for a stuffed cookie, and amazingly tasty. A few weeks ago I was craving dessert. Let’s be honest, I’m pretty much […]

A brown butter chocolate chip cookie crust topped with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and a brown sugar meringue. These Brown Butter Mud Hen Bars are a game changing dessert bar. Alaska The summer after my husband and I got married, my in-laws took my husband and me, […]

Mini Fruit Pizza. Individually sized fruit pizzas. A sugar cookie crust with cream cheese and Cool Whip topping, fresh fruit, and finished with a perfectly sweetened glaze. Five or six years ago my husband and I were part of a small group at our church. […]

Triple Chocolate Cookies. Fudgy, chocolate cookies made with melted Baker’s chocolate, cocoa powder, dark chocolate chips, and chocolate chunks. A chocolate lover’s dream! Several years ago I worked in southern Pennsylvania, about an hour away from my home. During lunch, I didn’t have time to […]

Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies with Nutella Filling. Perfect hazelnut shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a Nutella filling. These cookies are nothing short of amazing! At the end of my optometry residency, when it was time to interview potential new residents, one of my attendings was tasked […]

Brown Butter Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies. Soft, brown butter cookies with sea salt, caramel, and chocolate chips. The perfect cookie! As I have mentioned before, I LOVE dessert, but my husband does not. However, he does like cookies. So, whenever I’m wanting some […]

Italian Almond Cookies. Soft, almond cookies with a marzipan-like taste! Easy to made and super delicious! A few years ago my mom attended an Italian cooking summer camp. It wasn’t actually called a summer camp, but that’s what it was. Adults stayed in little dorm […]