Pecan Sandies

Let the Christmas Cookie Baking commence! These come out super tasty and not too sweet, I definitely woke up craving them this morning. They make for great presents, too! Ingredients (makes about cookies): 1 cup white sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature 1 cup olive oil 2 eggs, beaten 1…

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

‘Tis the season for pumpkin! These cookies come out super soft and almost cake-like, and taste very festively fall. Ingredients (yields 60-100 cookies, depending on your desired cookie size): 1 can of pumpkin puree 2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup light brown sugar 1/4 tsp vanilla 2 large eggs…

S’mores Cookies

The other week I went to a summer picnic and was tasked with bringing dessert. What kind of desserts go well with a picnic? First I thought pie, but I didn’t want to bother bringing plates, knives, and forks. Then I thought fruit, but that’s not really making anything. And then I thought but of course, what…

Russian Tea Cakes

This is one of my favorite cookie recipes to make, it’s like eating a little snowball that tastes of marzipan. At our cookie potlucks these are usually the first to go, and makes for great gifts. They also work well for Passover because there’s no leavening (although I still need to figure out an adequate…

Speculaas

Sinterklaas is coming up, and Dutch girl that I am I will be baking speculaas for December 5th. Traditionally these cookies are made with molds, but my family is all about making new traditions, so as a young girl we just used cookie cutters (and a spice kit imported from Holland courtesy of Dutch relatives)….

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

So now that you have all that homemade pumpkin puree, you’re probably wondering what else you can make with it. What better way to continue the taste of fall than by making pumpkin-flavored cookies? (with molasses, of course!) Ingredients (makes approx. 30 cookies): 2 1/3 cups flour 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder…