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Cookie Recipes

 

Handsewn Teabags Tied to Yummy Cookies

Cookie Recipes, DIY Gift Ideas, Recipes, Sewing Projects, Valentine's Day, Winter

Warm your sweetie's heart with this clever tea & cookies combo: Handsewn teabags tied to yummy cookies that anchor the teabag as it steeps. I came up with the idea while making tea with...Handsewn Teabags Tied to Yummy Cookies... »
 
 

Easy DIY Cookie Packaging in 5 Minutes

Christmas, Cookie Recipes, Decorations & Favors, Holidays, Under $10, Under 1 Hour, Winter

This post is sponsored by Elmer's and X-ACTO. Tis the season for making and gifting cookies. Elise and I are decorating sugar cookies for our friends and neighbors and we're going to package them...Easy DIY Cookie Packaging in 5 Minutes... »
 

 

Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe (AKA Cake Mix Cookies)

Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Edible Gift Recipes, Recipes

This recipe for gooey butter cookies is courtesy of my friend Debbie who makes these yummies for her annual Christmas party. Debbie is from St. Louis where gooey butter cake is a local staple...Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe (AKA Cake Mix Cookies)... »
 
 

Campfire cookies

Cookie Recipes, Kid-friendly Recipes, Recipes, Summer

Hot Indiana summers spent at Camp Na Wa Kwa seeded my campfire obsession. The idea for this one has been in my head for a while, and I couldn't stop thinking about it while...Campfire cookies... »
 

 

Star Sugar Cookies

Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Fourth of July, Kid-friendly Recipes, Recipes, Summer

It could have been the yummy flavor, the scraggly homemade cuteness or the cold beer that made these star cookies fly off the platters at Shane's Fourth of July birthday BBQ. The icing in...Star Sugar Cookies... »
 
 

Engagement Party Alphabet Cookies

Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Edible Gift Recipes, Parties & Birthdays, Recipes, Weddings

We co-hosted a couple's BBQ last July to celebrate the engagement of my friend Heather (H) and her fiance Noah (N). Our co-hostess Michelle Platts scored by bringing these festive romantic sugar cookies that...Engagement Party Alphabet Cookies... »