My sister-in-law, Kari, gave me this beautiful embossed rolling pin! These would make great Christmas gifts for the bakers on your list – or for yourself! You can create elegant cookies without frosting! There are so many designs out there! If you do a search,…
Holiday traditions – whether it be decorations, food or activities – really are what make the holidays so special. We look forward to enjoying special times and sharing memories of past gatherings. Last weekend I as I went through our Christmas boxes, it warmed my…
Are you ready to start Holiday Baking? I always like to make our traditional Sugar Cookies, Crackle Cookies and Peanut Blossoms, but it is also fun to try new recipes. You can use stamps to create these beautiful cookies.
These cookies are sweetened with brown sugar and spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cardamom. A bit of molasses also adds to the flavors. Just think how good these would be with a cup of tea!
These Stamped Cinnamon Brown Sugar Cookies would be a tasty addition to your holiday baking! This is another recipe from Sally’s Baking Blog. If you are looking for holiday baking recipes, her blog is a great place to start. Amazing recipes! For the recipe for these cookies, click on the link below:
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/cinnamon-brown-sugar-stamped-cookies/
I love a good brownie! Really I love almost anything that combines sugar and chocolate! This weekend it was so beautiful out! I cleaned out the flower beds and then planted about 200 bulbs – so I HAD to reward myself! And what better way…
Who doesn’t love a Snickerdoodle? Even chocolate lovers enjoy a crispy cinnamon and sugar Snickerdoodle! That makes them the perfect gift to share – especially in the fall! Bake a batch of Snickerdoodles and then grab some fall bags and tags and then you will…
Do you have leftover Halloween candy? Did you know you can use that candy to make fun and delicious cookies?
Grab your favorite combinations of your Halloween candy – you might have to snack on one or two as you sort through all of it!
You will need about 2 cups of roughly chopped up candy. You could divide the dough in half and add different candy combinations to each half. That way you can make everyone happy! I added a few dark chocolate chips to the mix.
Chop up some extra candy to put on top right after you take them out of the oven. It makes them so much prettier – and more candy has to make it better – right? If you add Ghoul’s Mix, regular M&M’s or Reece’s Pieces to the top it will make them more colorful and festive. Our Halloween candy combinations did not have any of those this year – oh well. You could also add sugar eyeballs or sprinkles to the decorations.
Yum!!! Like an extra special chocolate chip cookie add dressed up for a party! But since the party is over…you get to enjoy them all to yourself…but probably should share! After all two more holidays – with lots of food coming up!
For the recipe, directions and ideas for wonderful candy combinations, click on the link below:
https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/halloween-candy-cookies/
Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups are one of the most popular Halloween Candies. If you have extra ones, The Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies and the Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars below are delicious ways to use them.
Have fun being creative and coming up with delicious desserts to make with your Halloween Candy!!! Have a Happy Week!
Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting – another fall favorite…I may have too many “fall favorites!” Fall just has so many wonderful flavors! When I was growing up, these were popular cookies to make in the fall. The pumpkin, spices and smooth cream cheese frosting…
Do you want to serve cookies that look like painted masterpieces? The Fancy Flours website has a wide array of wafer papers you can use to decorate your baked goods with. These designs are printed on a potato starch paper with USDA approved food coloring.…
Halloween is almost here! We had the “kids” here this weekend so I decided to make some fun spider treats. These Black Widow Peanut Butter Bars from the Half-Baked Harvest blog were so delectable and just so darn cute!
So easy and so fun to make! The cookies start with a peanut butter bar base (no mixer required). Once baked, you top the cookies with creamy peanut butter – which melts into the base. Once that has set, you add a layer of rich and fudgy chocolate frosting. This would be a party worthy treat! To create the spider web, you melt marshmallows and then pull them in different directions over the frosting.
Can spiders be adorable? These “not so itsy bitsy spiders” are fun to make. Melt chocolate (I used chocolate wafers) and then pipe two dots on parchment paper. Put a chocolate whopper on each dot. Then draw legs on each side with the chocolate, and sprinkle with edible glitter or sprinkles. Use melted chocolate or frosting to attach the eyes. Place the tray in the freezer for about 15 minutes to harden. Then just peel the spiders off and place on their web.
Just too cute! Next time I would have the technique down a little better, but experimenting is half the fun.
Don’t these look like a fun treat to make with the kids or grandkids?
Plus – if you love peanut butter and chocolate – you will love the taste of these! Super delicious!
Super simple spiders! Just stick pretzel sticks into Oreo cookies and top with candy eyes. Candy eyes make everything more fun!
Add your spiders to a tray of Halloween treats. Happy Halloween and Happy Fall!
For the recipe and full directions on making the Black Widow Peanut Butter Bars, click on the link below:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/black-widow-peanut-butter-bars/
Halloween Snack Board ideas can be found on the Two Peas and Their Pod blog:
Cereal has long been a good snack food – but what if you take that cereal and add it to cookie dough? Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal in cookies – think about that wonderful cinnamon flavor and crispy texture it would give to a cookie! YUM!…
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Mary Beth shares her love of family, food, DIY projects and being outdoors.
