Cooking through the seasons for family & friends in my Colorado kitchen
Creating delicious and good looking pies is possible! Follow along to roll out pie dough like a pro with these step-by-step instructions. Rolling out pie dough is so much easier than you might think, and with a little practice you’ll be creating beautiful, or darn …
This over-the-top chocolate bourbon pecan pie started as a Thanksgiving tradition for many years, until my mom started requesting it for her birthday dessert. Her birthday is just a few days after Thanksgiving, so, often we make it twice in the span of two weeks! …
In addition to being beautiful, chocolate sugar cut-out cookies have a smooth, dense chocolate flavor and tender, melt-in-your mouth texture. Rolled and shaped with your favorite cookie cutter, and topped with a sparkle of sugar, they’re the perfect sugar cookies for every chocolate lover in …
Cardamom cookies with brown butter icing are fudgy bar cookies, topped with pecans and drizzled with brown butter frosting. So delicous & so easy! If you’ve never had cardamom before, you’re in for a real treat when you whip up these cardamom cookies with brown …
I realize adding a newbie cookie to the holiday line up is a risk. Breaking traditions at Christmastime, especially this year, as we grasp for any sort of convention, is strictly forbidden. However, if you make one new cookie this year, I urge you to make …
Cinnamon, nutmeg, molasses and ginger…there’s just something in that combination that screams holiday cookie baking! There’s also something wonderful about a bakery-sized ginger cookie. They always feel more special, especially when they’re super-soft and chewy. These fresh ginger cookies are a must-try! My grandma Tina …
Chunks of dark chocolate, a delicate crisp texture, and rich, caramel flavor make these bakery-sized, ultra-thin chocolate chunk cookies irresistible! Every cookie plate must have a chocolate chip cookie. Thin and crispy chocolate chunk cookies are chocolate-forward and extra special, perfect for the holidays or, let’s …
No chill time required for these cinnamon-sugar cut-out cookies! Just mix, cut & bake these delicious roll out cookies, made extra special with cinnamon and almond extract. No cookie plate is complete without a decorated cut-out cookie, like the ones we remember from our childhood. These …
Swedish tea rings are classic thumbprint cookies. They’re made with a thick base of buttery shortbread, rolled in pecans and crowned with a jewel of jam. These beauties are a must on any of our family cookie plates! This recipe originated from my mother’s paternal grandmother …
Diana’s Christmas Cookie Plate I noticed the arrival of Christmas trees shining through neighbor’s windows earlier than ever this year, as well as an unprecedented extravagance to outside Christmas light displays around town. There’s a definite longing for the joy and hope of the Christmas …
Fall cupcake recipe redo! Moist cinnamon cupcakes sit beneath a large kiss of pumpkin cream cheese frosting, spiced with more cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Dusted with cinnamon-sugar on top, cinnamon cupcakes with pumpkin spice-cream cheese frosting are as pretty as they are delicious! Looking for …
A summertime classic! Fresh peach crumble pie is made with layers of fresh peaches, scented with nutmeg and topped with a homemade brown sugar-pecan crumble. Served with fresh whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Last year, my mom probed me to dig …