Pea Sighting: Making Thin Mint Cookies on New Day NW
Hello from Seattle! We’ve been stomping puddles all over the city, laughing at silly sea otters at the aquarium, piling toppings on pancakes at Portage Bay and dodging flying fish at Pike’s Market. But our day started with a segment on New Day Northwest, and a few Thin Mint Cookies for breakfast. Could it get any better? Seattle, I love you. We may never leave. Read More
More Peas, Thank You Cookbook Sneak Peek
Fact: You rock. Fact: You may want the new More Peas, Thank You cookbook. (At least I hope so…) Fact: The new More Peas, Thank You cookbook doesn’t come out for a week. Fact: The new More Peas, Thank You cookbook is 272 pages long. Fact: I’m giving you 14 of those pages right here, right now, including three recipes, two never before seen! Fact: I love you. Thanks for reading. (click on the images to see full size) Edited... Read More
The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever
Hello, Gorgeous. (That applies to both the cookie dough and you.) You may have noticed a lot more gluten-free recipes around here lately. Either “I’m sorry” or “you’re welcome.” Though I don’t eat a lot of gluten naturally (I’ve never been a big bread or pasta person), I’m not intolerant of it either. But Gigi’s best friend is. Many of my close friends are. A few kiddos at our family fellowship group are. So I approach... Read More
Totally Oatmeal Scotchies
{cue Cookie Monster voice} Me love oatmeal. Me love giant cookie. (yeah, that test batch was a little rough) Me love encouragement from kindergartner. Me love second chances. That lunchbox worthy. Me love chewy, lacy, crispy-edged butterscotch oatmeal cookies. Me really do. And ****scene****. {me throat hurt now} Totally Oatmeal Scotchies Makes 18 monster cookies Print this recipe! ****View... Read More
Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
I think the girls are feeling better. There is actually more Kleenex in the box than in a soggy force field around the couch. (Our girls are allergic to garbage cans, apparently. And I’ve never been so grateful for our “mechanical claw” toy.) Instead of using ginger ale to settle their stomachs, they are using it to gargle while singing their ABCs. (Making up for lost school time, perhaps? Work in those state capitals... Read More
Christmas Candy and Cookie List
I have lots of people I love and want to make feel special this year. If you haven’t noticed, cooking is my love language. The plan was to make chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, grab a few Starbucks gift cards, write a heartfelt note and call it good. There are no pretzel rods. Seriously. Within about a 60 mile perimeter of my house there are NO PRETZEL RODS. So I’ve got to dip back into my bag of tricks. And should there be a pretzel... Read More
Candy Cane Crinkle Cookies
I know, another cookie recipe. It’s not my fault. It’s Joe’s. I want to quit you, Joe. I make up my mind that we’re going to take it easy on the treats this year. We’ll enjoy sweets in moderation. We’ll eat lots of broccoli. All of us. (Yes, that means you, Lulu. I know you’re reading this over my shoulder. Quit telling me that every sentence needs a subject and a verb. And not to start a subject with a preposition.... Read More
Hello Dolly Bars
Well, Hellooooo Dolly. I would personally like to kiss whoever came up with the idea of bar cookies. Especially these bar cookies. Because, you see, no one notices if you cut an extra little sliver from the pan for the chef. And I always do. I would also like to give a shout out to my poor knife skills. Represent! Okay, probably not for the mishap chopping apples for pancakes this morning (nothing a little Super Glue and a Hello... Read More
No Sugar Cookies
I thought I knew the secret to getting even just a single, solitary cookie out of a batch in this house. It’s not coconut. Though it was a powerful ally for many, many months, some time this summer, between the coconut cream donuts I baked and a scoop of Ben and Jerry’s Coconut Seven Layer Bar ice cream (oh yes, such a thing exists), the girls decided coconut was no longer a foe. And my arsenal of kid repellant shrunk. I returned... Read More
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’ve got a couple detectives in our house. This morning they raided the coat closet for knee high boots and hooded jackets and dug through the bottom of toy box, sifting through broken crayons and stray book jackets to arm themselves with binoculars and magnifying glasses. Me? I have an alibi. I was was just innocently baking cookies. Or was I? Last week we enjoyed these cookies, shared by a friend at our family Bible study. My kids,... Read More
Healthy Monster Cookies
We’ve got some major drama going on around here. If ever a child didn’t need a whole week devoted to expressing emotion, jazz hands and voice projection, it’s Gigi. She’s got those skills down. So there was very little surprise and very lotta squeals of joy when she proudly announced Monday that she got the role of “Marie” in the camp’s production of The Aristocats. Do you know the song “Scales and Arpeggios?” Every truly... Read More
Quick and Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
When people hear what I do, they almost always ask, “Don’t you have a hard time coming up with recipes?” Nope. That’s not the hard part. Truth is, I don’t write up half of the recipes I throw together at home. Like my new go-to cookies. I’ve made four batches in the last week. The hard part of getting you guys the recipe is defending myself from three rabid, hungry beasts breathing down my neck while I take pictures. ... Read More
