When you first start cooking you just want good food and you follow recipes that have been tested. However, as you become more proficient, you want to make recipes that suit your tastes. These cookies are an example of that. I like molasses, raisins, nuts and oatmeal in my cookies. I like them chewy and moist. Welcome to Old Fat Guy Cookies. Continue reading Old Fat Guy Cookies
The latest episode of my ShawTV East Kootenays TV show, You Can Make It has me making Biscuits with Sausage Gravy and Sugar Cookies! Check it out below!
Cooking with kids can be a lot of fun. It can also be a disaster. If you have older children, it is fine to make and chill a dough, roll it out and cut it into fancy shapes. However, this can be a challenge to the patience of younger children. Continue reading Sugar Cookies
Cookies! Must… have… more… cookies….
Check out Food Bloggers of Canada’s Holiday Cookie Round Up! It includes my post for Oatmeal Shortbread.
Is there anything better than those little squares we make for the holidays? I think not. Check out The Food Bloggers of Canada Holiday Bar & Square Round Up. It includes my post for Mincemeat Matrimonial Cake.
If you have been following this blog, you know I like molasses in my cookies. I also like oatmeal raisin cookies. I found this recipe on the Betty Crocker recipe site and had to give it a try because it has both. Continue reading Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I was going to a Toastmaster Meeting and it was my turn to bring a snack. I had been looking around the Crosby’s Molasses site and it got me thinking of the gingersnaps I used to have as a child. I was doomed. I had to have gingersnaps. Continue reading Grandma’s Gingersnaps
Sometimes I think our mountain home has properties similar to the Bermuda Triangle. The only difference is that ships and planes disappear in the Bermuda Triangle. Here, cookies disappear. Continue reading Molasses Oatmeal Cookies, Crosby’s Molasses
This is one of those worn out recipe cards in our recipe box. She Who Must Be Obeyed makes these regularly. It is no surprise they are a favourite. They can be served as a cookie or an appetizer. The recipe has no added sugar but the sharp cheddar gives them a rich satisfying taste. Continue reading Jean’s Cheesies
I often joke about She Who Must Be Obeyed. I should point out that she is:
She made me Mincemeat Cookies which proves the last two points. Continue reading Mincemeat Cookies