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Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Kiss Cookies

Posted on October 12, 2012 | 19 Comments

The weekend is almost here! We have lots of stuff going on this weekend, so I am ready for it. Tonight we are going to a pumpkin patch, doing the corn maze, and other fun things with my husbands work. Saturday night my son has a birthday party to go to, so that means hubby and I get date night! Then two flag football games for my 7 year old on Sunday. Hopefully the weather stays nice.

But even if the weather doesn’t cooperate, these cookies will be sure to put you in a good mood. My friend, Roxana first turned me on to these Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses. I didn’t realize they existed, and immediately added them to my shopping list. One of my favorite Christmas cookies, is Peanut Butter Blossoms. You know those peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses in the center. I thought these kisses would be perfect for a fall version of this cookie.

Snickerdoodles seemed like the perfect thing to pair with these kisses. I have made Snickerdoodles before, but I wanted a version that were super thick and fluffy. So I set out to find the perfect recipe. Thanks to How Sweet It Is, I found it. The cookies were full of cinnamon, thick, chewy, and the Pumpkin Spice kisses were perfect. I hope you try these, they really are a wonderful cookie for fall.

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Double Cookies and Cream Kiss Bars

Posted on April 6, 2012 | 26 Comments

We finally had the first night of flag football practice for my 6 year old last night. The last two practices were cancelled, so he has been counting down the days to this practice for weeks. I swear, it was like counting down to Christmas. I am glad he is so excited about this, but I am a little nervous. He wants to be so good at sports, and talks about when he plays college football for the Badgers what he will be like. But school is his thing, he is smart, a great reader and picks up new concepts easily. I am just not sure he can be good at both, and am worried he will be disappointed. I really, really hope I am wrong!! Either way, we will be there cheering him on, and signing him up if he wants to play more.

So, about these bars. Have you seen them around? Jenny over at Picky Palate posted the recipe about a month ago. They were all over Pinterest, I just HAD to make them. We had friends over a couple weeks ago, so it seemed like a great excuse to try the recipe. I doubled the recipe, because I was making it for 8 people, and thought there should be a few leftovers

These were everything I hoped they would be. I slightly under baked them (highly recommend that), so they had the nice soft gooey center. Which was amazing when I put a leftover bar in the microwave for 10 seconds, and it came out tasting like it was fresh from the oven. These freeze great too. I always put baked goods in the freezer, and then take out one in the morning to pack in my son’s lunch.

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Hershey's Peppermint Macadamia Nut Oatmeal Cookies

Posted on December 5, 2011 | 57 Comments

My house is Christmafied! Yes, that is a word! We got our Christmas tree on Saturday, and boy was that an adventure. My husband and I both grew up going to a Christmas Tree Farm, and cutting down our own tree. Since we have been married though, we have never lived near a place where that was economical or easily accessible. Well that all changed this year. We live near the mountains, and the mountains have trees! Saturday morning we were doing our research to see where we should go. My husband came across information about a National Forest that allowed you to cut down trees. You could buy a permit and trek into the forest to get your tree (snow shoes recommended). One little problem, you needed a 4wd vehicle. After calling around we found a place that had a 4wd vehicle available to rent for the afternoon. So we got all of our stuff together and set out on our National Lampoon Adventure. We had to drive about an hour to get there, but once there it was amazing. We were surprised by how many people were there (a couple hundred at least). Smokey the Bear was there to greet everyone and take pictures. We got on our snow shoes and trekked through the National Forest to find a tree! In the end we cut down one small tree for our 6 year old to decorate, and then went to a local place to get a big family tree. As much fun as it was, the trees were all very much Charlie Brown trees. It was a “Forest” afterall. I do think this will become a tradition though, it was something we could have never done living in the Midwest.

Ok, onto the food!

Oh! Nuts contacted me to see if I would like to try some of their nuts for my Holiday baking. Of course I would!! I wanted to do a holiday version of a White Chocolate Macadamian Nut Cookie. I love the Candy Cane Hershey’s Kisses, and knew they would be a major player in my recipe. Then, I saw these White Chocolate Peppermint cookies over at Love from the Oven, and knew this was along the lines of what I was looking for. I was very nervous about baking cookies in the altitude, but it worked!! They came out thick and chewy. You can see my alterations in blue below if you are baking at anything over 3500 feet.