When I was at Cub a few weeks ago, I was perusing their extensive extract collection. As one does. I found some strawberry extract, and I was immediately intrigued. Ordinarily, I would say that a fruit extract is a terrible idea, especially for something like strawberry. I think orange and lemon extracts are horrific. But…
Lucky Charms Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day has always been a very blah “holiday” in my opinion. For as much as I love the color green, it really makes no sense as a holiday that needs to be marked on calendars. As a kid, it was an excuse for the most annoying kids at school to pretend they have…
Happy Valentine’s Day: Chocolate Cola Coconut Cookies
This Valentine’s Day, I’m celebrating love. Not love for me. Love for my dear personal friend, Biberty Butumal Guy. In the latest Liberty Mutual ad, they’ve brought back the Biberty Butumal guy, and he’s found love! Finally, a rom-com story I can be invested in. A couple I can root for. Biberty Guy and Biberty…
Frosted Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
It’s Christmas cookie season!! I’m always torn between making the classics and wanting to try a bunch of different kinds. I will of course get around to making the classics this year. But I’ve got to sneak in a few new ones as well! You never know when you’ll hit on a new classic. And…
Apple Butter Peanut Butter Cookies
As I’m doing a string of apple butter posts right now, I took a look on the blog to see what other recipes we had using apple butter. I found this whoopie pie recipe Molly posted, which is accidentally pretty similar to these! But that was back when Molly was posting from college, so I…
The LA Years: A little heroin at 3:30 in the afternoon (or maybe just some Almond Lemon Poppyseed Cookies?)
The further away I get from LA, and the more I write about it, the more I realize that the root of my issue with LA was just the sheer mental load needed to exist there. It was too high. You could argue that the mental load of being an 18-24 year old anywhere is…
Corn Blueberry Cookies
I feel like a presidential candidate or something, because I am now “announcing my intention” to enter into the State Fair baking competition this year. I’ve been pouring over the rules and trying to make sense of all the categories, and now I’m trying to come up with what I want to enter. I’ve got…
Strawberry Lemon Cookies
I am back at it again with my trusty cookie recipe! Can’t be surprised any more, can we? It’s just an old reliable recipe at this point. This time, I took the cookie base from these, and the frosting from these. And then, voila! Strawberry Lemon Cookies. Strawberry Lemon is an underrated flavor combination, in…