Quarancookietini 3: Oatmeal Cookie Crush

Oatmeal cookies can be controversial at an event. Some love them and some are wrong. Lucky for me, nobody is having potlucks right now so I’m in the court of my own opinion. And it’s always right.

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As it turns out, Rachael Ray makes a few cookie cocktails. Move over, Martha! (But don’t really – I love you and you’re the queen always and forever. Please have me on TV with you)  Continue reading

Recipe 82: Jumbo Oatmeal (Raisin) Cookies

Whooooooooa these cookies look BIG!

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Wait, what? You made cookies and not a cookietini? Calm down, Karen. Continue reading

Quarancookietini: Aunt Sandy’s Circus Cookie-tini

Hey all you cool cats and kittens, it’s me, Uncle Nate. I’m coming at you live from Quarantine to bring you a cookie-tini! It’s desperate times, people.

I’m not sure if you follow Sandra Lee, but if not, you’re missing a true gem. Recently, she posted a video of the cocktail version of her favorite cookie on earth: Circus Animal Cookies.

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Recipe 79: Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies

You might have thought that I’d be one-and-done like last year when I returned and only blogged once. Well, baby don’t believe what you hear. The grande dame still holds center court.

OK, maybe that was a Karen Huger quote, but it applies to this situation and the fact that I’ve been trying to catch up on the Real Housewives of Potomac which is amazing this season!

Anyway, remember when I jokingly asked someone to buy me the Martha Stewart Cookies book?

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Shoutout to my friend Matt who just bought his way into this blog post! #spon

We decided to make these:

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Recipe 55: Cinnamon Caramel Swirl Bars

These might seem like they’re meant for the holidays. That’s because they came from the Sugar and Spice section of the app.

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Do I care? Let’s see…  Continue reading

Recipe 22: Lemon-Glazed Candied-Ginger Cookies

Crap. I’ve been a bad baker/blogger. It’s been almost a month since my last post. I have baked one batch of cookies in that time, but was too [choose your excuse and insert it here] to post it.

I’ve been wanting to make these ones for a long time, but haven’t been able to find candied ginger. I looked in the spices, in the asian aisle, and in bulk. I finally asked a couple people at Market of Choice and found it in bulk with the dried fruit. D’oh!

Oh, the last ones I made had glaze like this? So what, who cares?  Continue reading

Recipe 18: Brown-Butter Toffee Blondies

I am posting this one so soon after the crap Conversation Heart Cookies, that you may have missed it! If you did, click here.

These were planned for a pre-Valentine’s Day post, but since I was delayed with frustration, I made them late.

Look at that! Card suits! Deal me a hand of blackjack and play slot machine sounds and I’m happy!

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Recipe 17: Conversation Heart Cookies

I’ve been waiting to make these since I got the app and I knew they’d be perfect for Valentine’s Day! Well, I made them and they pissed me off so much that I’m writing this 2 weeks later.

Cute, right? These look so cute and fun. Well, they weren’t.

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Recipe 15: Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’ve been avoiding chocolate chip cookies because I’m famous for ruining them. when I say I’m “a bad baker” it’s because of those.

Well, I’m ready. At least I think so.

Yum.

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Recipe 8: Lemon Wreaths

I promised you all that I would try something more difficult this time. Well, I did.

Those look like mini donuts (or if you’re cool – abbreviated as “dones”), but I trick you not, my friends. Those are cookies! Pretty cookies.

This recipe is the most difficult so far. Making rings and dipping in glaze and nonpareils? That’s stressful. Continue reading