Caramel Crème Toffee Nut Cookies ~ Yay, to some more Christmas cookie goodness! This is the latest addition to my holiday cookie line-up.
It’s also my latest recipe development and the hardest to develop so far. I’m sure we can agree butter and cookies go hand in hand. So what happens when someone like me wants to go messing with that? Keep reading to see what happens.
Mint Chocolate Chip Rocky Road Bars ~ This holiday cookie bar won’t crack or crumble in the mail. In fact the walnut graham cracker bottom will stay nice and crisp while the top remains soft and chewy. Throw in an extra hit of mint chocolate chips for the holidays and you have yourself a new Christmas cookie to add to your repetoire.
These bars are extremely fast and easy to make. Thank goodness for that because in the last month I went from having no job, to looking for a job to starting a job—yeah, life has been hectic. Throw in the family, a non-stop talking, always-on-the-move toddler, the holidays, baking, blogging—and my life “training” has me shedding pounds faster than a feather weight contender.
Needless to say I’m trying to simplify my baking this year. Some of my labor intensive cookies have been nixed from the holiday line-up while fast and easy cookie bars like this have been added.
German Chocolate Cake Cookies ~ Your favorite cake in a cookie form makes for a perfect addition to your holiday cookie baking.
Up until now I’ve never made a stuffed cookie. It was only after I saw Jaime of My Baking Addiction’s Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie that I fell in love with the idea of a stuffed cookie.
And since I had some left over filling from my German Chocolate Cake and being one who hates to waste, this was the perfect solution—inspiration meets frugalness.
Going for a two-fer baking session, I was also testing a new recipe of my own for chocolate cookies. So there I was anxiously standing in front of the oven, flipping the light on and off and crossing my fingers the cookies were not spreading into flat discs, or worse, explode into a messy disaster.
Luckily, neither happened, they came out deep and rich in chocolate flavor with a nice chewy edge and a cake-like crumb. Continue reading German Chocolate Cake Cookies
