Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Crinkles

Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Crinkles

Here is a delicious chocolaty cookie for the holidays!  They are so chewy and rich!  I had splurged and bought some Scharffen Berger Cocoa Powder which gave these cookies an amazing flavor. Next time I might try rolling half in regular sugar and the other 

Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

Here’s a delicious Christmas cookie recipe that my friend Julia introduced me to — two cake-y chocolate cookies with peppermint flavored buttercream sandwiched between!   DELISH!  The filling gets its flavor from peppermint extract, which you can find in most gourmet grocery stores. We brought the 

Holiday Season Dinner Party Menu!

Holiday Season Dinner Party Menu!

We had 3 couples over for dinner last night.  Our dear friends Jason and Maria are expecting their second child on New Year’s Eve so we thought it would be fun to have them over — before things get even busier for them — to 

Holiday Cookies: Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Holiday Cookies: Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was planning to make linzer cookies this weekend but on Friday I read an article in the Wall Street Journal Magazine about Martha Stewart and her daughter Alexis.  At the end of the article, they included Alexis’s chocolate chip cookie recipe which Martha Stewart 

Me Want Cookie: Almond Blueberry Cookies

Me Want Cookie: Almond Blueberry Cookies

I made these cookies on Friday night to serve on Saturday at our brunch.  I couldn’t imagine six people eating a whole batch of cookies but I forgot the Ogilvie men were coming over.  There wasn’t a single cookie left to bring to my mom’s