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CHOCOLATE MINT COOKIES - Butter with a Side of Bread. Chocolate Mint Cookies made from a buttery shortbread cookie dipped in dark chocolate & topped with festive holiday sprinkles.

CHOCOLATE MINT COOKIES - Butter with a Side of Bread

My favorite Christmas cookie! Chocolate Mint Cookies are an easy and festive way to celebrate National Cookie Day! The mint-chocolate combination is a favorite of ours and really, who can resist any treat that’s got holiday sprinkles?! Not me! The recipe makes about 4 dozen too, so they’re perfect for cookie exchange parties this time of year. Chocolate Mint Cookies 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)1/2 cup sugar2 tsp mint extract2 cups flour1 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt10-15 drops green food coloring2 cups melting chocolate*festive sprinklesWith an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Top Ten Tips For Making Macarons – Honest Cooking. The French knew what they were doing when they invented the Macaron.

Top Ten Tips For Making Macarons – Honest Cooking

And Amrita Rawat knows how you can succeed with macarooning at home. By Amrita Rawat Macarons are delicate and finicky French sandwich cookies made entirely of ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar. The possibilities for fillings are endless, but the most difficult feat is achieving the right consistency and presentation of the macaron shells. I had my first taste of one in Paris, at the original store that made them, Lauduree–they claim to sell 12,000 of them daily–and I was hooked. Peeking bunny decorated cookies for Easter. “Is it Easter yet?

peeking bunny decorated cookies for Easter

Is it Easter yet?” I’ve heard this every morning since Valentine’s Day. Soon, my darling four-year old, soon. Look, I even spotted the Easter bunny peeking around the corner. Buttercream Filled Cookie Sandwiches for Spring - Making Memories With Your Kids. There’s nothing that screams Spring time like pastel colors.

Buttercream Filled Cookie Sandwiches for Spring - Making Memories With Your Kids

Am I right? And these cookies just did it for me. They are so colorful and, dare I say, fun? You can make them any colors that you would like. These colors are perfect for Easter or Spring. I found these cookies pinned on Pinterest but the site that it took me to? I found the sugar cookie recipe from BakingAway. Ingredients 2 3/4 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract Food coloring Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. You can either use a sore bought buttercream frosting or use the recipe below (found on Martha Stewart.) 6 sticks unsalted butter, softened 9 cups confectioners' sugar 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract.

The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies. 75 Cookie Recipes We Adore. One of our family's Christmas traditions is making a big platter of cookies and handing out small plates filled with goodies to our neighbors.

75 Cookie Recipes We Adore

The kids LOVE it and even though it is several weeks away they are already planning on the types of cookies they want to make. That is why we have compiled this GIANT list of Christmas Cookies Recipes that we love. Salted Vanilla Toffee Cookies. - Sallys Baking Addiction. Salty and sweet vanilla cookies loaded with chunks of toffee and topped with a little sea salt.

Salted Vanilla Toffee Cookies. - Sallys Baking Addiction

Chewy edges, soft centers, lots of buttery goodness. I made today’s salty sweet cookies for all my friends visiting last weekend. The batch makes 2 and 1/2 dozen and there wasn’t a crumb left by Sunday morning. I truly believe that all salty sweet desserts are addictive. First, you take a bite of salty. “What is this?! Second bite. “Ahhhhhhh! And then, the last bite. “Ommmg I love toffee. Repeat 30 times. My friends do not talk like this. Twix Thumbprint Cookies. Share on Pinterest It’s getting to be that time of year, where there seems to be an endless supply of cookies coming from every direction – or maybe that’s just me because I make ridiculous amounts of cookies during the holidays!

Twix Thumbprint Cookies

But no one is complaining around here. I’ve made a chocolate version of these cookies but I wanted to go with a traditional vanilla version – and they will remind you so much of a Twix candy bar! If you want to take it one step further you can double the amount of chocolate and instead of using chocolate chips use good quality chopped chocolate, temper it and dip the bottoms of the cookies before you drizzle the tops! Blueberry Cream Cheese Cookies with a Lemon Glaze. Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. These Peanut Butter Cookies are peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

This is a fail proof recipe great for any occasion. Living in my house is like living in a casino. You never have any idea what time it actually is and we want to keep you here as long as we can. We have approximately 6 clocks hanging on the walls in our house and every single one is set to a different time. I know that the one in the kitchen is 15 minutes fast, the one in the kids room is about 5 minutes fast, and the one in the bathroom is never working.

Hot Chocolate Cookies. There’s nothing better than curling up on the couch on a chilly day with a mug of hot chocolate that’s filled with soft marshmallows.

Hot Chocolate Cookies

Unless it’s a chocolate cookie that tastes like hot chocolate complete with a big gooey marshmallow and a chunk of melted dark chocolate underneath the marshmallow. The cookies are chewy around the edges, soft in the middle, and taste like the perfect mug of hot chocolate. But better. The marshmallows and the chunks of dark chocolate melt slightly creating a smores effect, minus the graham crackers. 29 Christmas Cookie Recipe Ideas. You can never have enough tried and true Christmas cookie recipes!

29 Christmas Cookie Recipe Ideas

Whether you’re baking for family, sharing a holiday treat with neighbors, hosting a cookie exchange or just hoping to surprise Santa with something extra tasty this year, a variety of great Christmas cookie recipes always comes in handy! We’ve rounded up some amazing cookie recipes you can add to your must-try list. We’ve got all the classics, like thumbprint cookies, snickerdoodles, hot cocoa cookies, gingersnaps, peanut butter balls and Ritz cookies. Salted Caramel + Nutella Stuffed Double Chocolate Chip Cookies - Izy Hossack. Double-Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe from Betty Crocker. The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies.