Recipe 81: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

This time of year is…awkward. Halloween is over, I’m ready for Christmas, but there’s still the problem of Thanksgiving in the way. I think this recipe will fit the inbetween season well.

This comes from Martha’s new book, Cookie Perfection.

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PERFECTION?! That’s a strong word, Martha! Yeah…I pre-ordered it because LOOK AT IT. Continue reading

Recipe 74: Jam-Filled Cream Cheese Cookies

Last week I thought, “Oh, look, it’s all cold and wintery outside. Time to make some more Christmas cookies!”

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Little did I know these would KILL my Christmas spirit. Ugh.  Continue reading

Recipe 59: Flourless Peanut Butter Granola Balls

Shout out to all you gluten-free people out there. This one’s for you. 

Flourless Peanut Butter Granola Balls

 

We had a “no bake/no cook” potluck at work, so I decided to make these.  Continue reading

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 44: Gingersnap Cookies

I’m watching a Christmas movie to get me in the mood to write this blog. It’s not a good one, but I’ll take what I can get.

This was my first time making gingersnaps (surprise). Let’s see how it goes.

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Recipe 38: Chocolate Moose Cookies

Before I begin, I have to say that this blog is now officially natemakescookies.com! Tell all your friends!

I made friends with another dessert blogger, Carrie at cookiecarrie.com. We decided to send each other some goods and this is what I decided on:

Cute, but where do you get a moose cutout? IKEA!  Continue reading

Recipe 32: Cream Cheese Brownies

According to Martha, brownies are cookies. I’ll accept that.

The app has 4 different brownie recipes in one, so you’ll see this picture again in the future. Today I chose cream cheese brownies!

I think you can guess which one is the cream cheese brownie. Continue reading

Recipe 30: Chocolate Mint Wafers

Happy 30th recipe to me! It’s crazy, considering before I started this blog, I’d probably only baked 30 times in my entire life.

This time I made Chocolate Mint Wafers. Although this is in Martha’s “Holiday Cookies” section, I wanted them now.

Why? Well, these are basically Thin Mints and those snotty little Girl Scouts aren’t selling cookies this time of year!

I omitted the nonpareils for a less-Christmasy look. Continue reading

Recipe 24: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies. A f’ing legend. You may recall that I’m afraid of them. I’ve screwed up a lot of batches of chocochip cooks in my day. I figure I’m ready, though. These look delicious and will be fine.

Cross your fingers for me.  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