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One of my treasured memories and beloved pastime each season is to bake cookies as a family. Both in scrapbooks and my mind, I have pictures of little boys covered head to toe in flour. Noah began tiptoe from a kitchen chair and now towers over me, mastering my chocolate chip recipe better than I do. I'm counting the days until the warm scent of vanilla, sugar, and all things sweet fills our home.
That brings me to a list of my 12 favorite circular delights. I've tried to link you to a recipe (or close to mine) if they exist. Many of my versions are handwritten in the smudgy, worn dog-eared cookbooks lining my counter.
Not Mine
Of course home-made are the best, but I enjoy trying any cookie
and if I didn't have to slave over the oven to make them,
they're even yummier! From the store, my picks are:
frozen thin mints, pecan sandies, and Nutter Butters.
This is a new recipe I "borrowed" from my friend, Liz a few years back.
Her link is no longer available so this was the closest I could find. They're different and oh so good!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I'm a picky choc chip connoisseur though,
and in this case, it's basically just mine I like.
They're chewy, chocolately and the perfect size.
I don't know why but I really
only make these around Christmas.
You leave them in a warm oven overnight, hence the name!
Peanut Butter
simple, 3 ingredients, criss-crossed with a fork
Great to do with kids!
Red Velvet
my favorite cake of all time is Red Velvet (but it must be moist!)
when I happened upon these I was ever so joyful
-on the box of Duncan Hines cake mix
when I was little, my grandma made these in her school cafeteria but could never figure out how to reduce the enormous recipe for normal use.
I stumbled upon a recipe a few years ago...happily!
I like this link because she shows pictures
- they are time consuming but worth it!
Macadamia Nut
I'm a nut lover anyway so give me a cookie with nuts and I'll probably like it.
What's odd is that macadamias are not my favorite nuts to just eat. There's just something about adding it into a cookie alongside white chocolate chips. I've never made them so I don't have a recipe. When all else fails, there's always Subway!
Ok, I know these are not technically a cookie but they are chewy, chocolately
and you can bake them as cookies, so in my book they count!
I also like to make them as cupcakes, adding in choc or peanut butter chips.
Peanut Butter No Bakes
This is one of the few things Tim makes!
He never adds cocoa, just doubled the peanut butter,
and now that's the only way I like them too.
Classic. Chewy. Chocked full of goodness.
These are a cookie you feel almost healthy eating.
I've never tried the recipe above but it looks good
and was recommended by other blogs.
The link above doesn't give you a recipe but a story of my memories of these sugary cookies with raisin smiles. I have her recipe but they never come out quite like I remember. She must've used a dash of love I just don't have!
Did your favorite cookie make the list?
Have a recipe to share?
Have a recipe to share?
I'd love to hear from you!
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