Recipes

A soft lemon cookie, filled with orange marmalade and topped with icing. Source: Betty Crocker Cooky Book… a very old one, from the 1960’s, I think. Yield: varies widely.  I ended up with about 3 dozen, but it could easily have been more..

Sugar cookie dough infused with chocolate and peppermint and swirled into a lovely pinwheel. Source: Alton Brown, on the Food Network Site. Yield: about 20 giant cookies Perhaps the only flavor combination to come close to the amazing wonder of choco..

A simple butter cookie with jam filling. Source: Food Network Kitchens Yield: about 3 dozen cookies The thumbprint cookie has always seemed like something of a staple of Americana to me.  A butter cookie filled with jam; what could be nicer?  Never..

A very quick recipe for a chocolate cookie baked in a waffle iron. Source: My son’s junior high cooking class. Yield: about 30-40 little blobs My son is required to take this class at school which takes them through several practical vocational..

A recipe for a honey and lemon cookie, rolled in wheat germ. Source: This was a recent addition to the TWD (Tuesdays With Dorie) lineup, but I think it orginated with Flourchild. Yield: 3 dozen, maybe.  Or maybe 2 1/2 dozen. I’m always looking..

A simple oat and coconut cookie drizzled with white chocolate and topped with toasted coconut. Perfect for entertaining! Source: Paula Deen contributed this recipe to the Food Network website. Yield: 3-4 dozen Here were my requirements for this we..

A recipe for a cakey, buttery cookie with browned butter frosting. Simply delicious. Source: The Cooking Cache, link below. Yield: about 4-5 dozen I found this recipe at Cooking Cache, and decided it looked good enough to try. It was an unusual one, ..

A super-easy and quick recipe for homemade Oreos, with customizable frosting to suit your taste. Source: as with so many of my best recipes, this one came from my Grandmother. Yield: about 4 dozen unfrosted, or 2 dozen small sandwiched cookies. Wha..

My most requested cookie recipe to date! Peanut butter cookies sandwiched with peanut butter frosting. The little neighbor girl said, “I can’t stop thinking about those cookies!” Source: Our Best Bites website, linked below. My neig..

A recipe for a simple maple cookie frosted with maple frosting. Source: Food Network .com, link below. Recipe provided by Dennis Brady, and apparently part of Emeril’s cookie contest show. Yield: 3-4 dozen It has been years since I have experie..