Caramel Gingerbread Blondie’s
Do you ever have those nights where you wake up in the middle of the night with a great idea, get excited about it, and then fall back asleep. You wake up in the morning knowing that you though of something but you never can remember what it was?! Before going to bed last night … Read more
Mint Truffle Cookies
It’s getting closer… only one more round in the “12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies” after today! Remember these Cheesecake Truffles I made for a wedding a few weeks ago? I loved the little boxes so much, I picked up some more in red to package up mint truffles for a Christmas Party tomorrow night. I … Read more
Giant Spiced Peanut Butter Cookies
It is hard to believe Thanksgiving has passed, December has arrived and we area already to Week 10 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies! The cinnamon cookies I made last week inspired me to try something completely new using cinnamon – a spiced peanut butter cookie. I thought the addition of cinnamon and nutmeg … Read more
Thanksgiving Turkey Cheese Ball
This year I was asked to bring an appetizer to one of our family Thanksgiving gatherings. I came across this cute idea for a Turkey Cheese Ball on the Taste of Home website. I had planned to use the same design as the Taste of Home version. I went to the grocery store to purchase … Read more
Sassy Cinnamon-Scotch Cookies
I missed the weekly “12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies” for the last two Friday’s… two weeks ago I was consumed by making cupcakes and truffles for a wedding and I did not take time to bake cookies or post and I really have no excuse for last week! I baked these “sassy” cookies this week … Read more
Chocolate Whopper Cookies
About a month ago someone gave Mr. Swan a huge box of Whoppers. We’ve snacked on them a little bit, but usually no type of candy makes it very long around her… because I bake with it. I’m not the first person to put malt balls in a cookie, a quick internet search showed the … Read more
Pumpkin Cran-Oat Cookies
Yesterday’s radio announcement “57 shopping day left before Christmas” definitely caught my attention. With the cold temps and high winds, not to mention power outages at home this week – I would believe that Christmas holiday season isn’t too far off! Last week I used pumpkin to make these Pumpkin Pie Snickerdoodle Bars, and I … Read more
Caramel Apple Butter Ring Cake
A few weeks ago I went on a wine trail trip with a bunch of girlfriends for a bachelorette party. We had an awesome group, there were almost 30 of us! We were all asked to bring food to take along to the wineries. We were meeting to get on our bus at 10am that … Read more
