Cookies

Crispy, buttery cookies that combine peanut butter dough with a layer of melted chocolate rolled into a “jellyroll” and sliced to make pinwheels cookies. Fun for a cookie tray!

Classic shortbread cookies are cut in shamrock shapes and glazed with green icing. Use a Ziplock bag to roll out dough for easy clean-up.

My husband’s favorite cookie is oatmeal, crispy and a little bit chewy with coffee icing. Sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.

If a pecan pie married a shortbread cookie, the offspring might look like this chewy coconut-pecan bar.

A lemon-flavored shortbread-type cookie studded with finely chopped pecans and dressed liberally with powdered sugar

Bite-sized and crispy gingerbread cookies are a European tradition. They stay fresh for days and don’t crumble–perfect for gift-giving.

Lemon Bars with a coconut shortbread base and a creamy lemon layer over the top. Uses the entire lemon (minus seeds)–no grating or squeezing required.

The traditional jelly thumbprint cookie gets a slight makeover with a lemon curd filling in a pecan studded cookie.

A peanut butter bar cookie with a vanilla and chocolate glaze-fancy enough for a holiday platter but easy enough for a lunchbox treat.

This recipe for the Best Cupcake Tops with Chocolate Frosting will remind you of the top of a chocolate cupcake topped with a ganache-like frosting.