Baked Potato Biscuits:🥔Everything in a Bread!

Potatoes, butter, sour cream, cheese, chives, and bacon oh, my! Why not mix all these ingredients with flour and milk to make a quick bread, more specifically, a biscuit or scone? This baked potato biscuit recipe has it all, meaning all the traditional flavors of a baked potato in a bread. My Baked Potato BiscuitsContinue reading “Baked Potato Biscuits:🥔Everything in a Bread!”

German Pfeffernüsse Gingerbread Cookies: Wonderful Spiced Holiday Treats

Hello spice! It’s the holiday season and spice, spice, everywhere there’s spice! The German Pfeffernüsse gingerbread cookies are about as spicy as they get. I’m not referring to heat spice but warm, holiday, sweet spice. These cookies are packed with 7 spices along with black pepper, molasses, and brown sugar for an added punch ofContinue reading “German Pfeffernüsse Gingerbread Cookies: Wonderful Spiced Holiday Treats”

Holiday Sugar Cookies: A Fantastic Frosted Family Favorite

Is there a better sweet treat during the holidays than a soft, frosted sugar cookie decorated in holiday fashion? This sugar cookie recipe has been in my husband’s family for generations. It is by far our favorite sugar cookie, not because it’s a “family” recipe, but because in addition to the usual sugar cookie ingredients,Continue reading “Holiday Sugar Cookies: A Fantastic Frosted Family Favorite”

Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal Cookies to Enhance Your Holiday Platter

In all of my years baking, I never thought that my favorite cinnamon raisin oatmeal cookies could be gluten-free and vegan. I created this recipe for those with both gluten and egg intolerances, but they are enjoyed by anyone. To my surprise, my husband, who is not a fan of oatmeal raisin cookies, couldn’t believeContinue reading “Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal Cookies to Enhance Your Holiday Platter”

Apple Cinnamon Buttery Biscuits: A Simple Fall Flavor Bread

These Apple Cinnamon Buttery Biscuits came to me in the middle of the night. A while back, I woke up during the wee hours wondering how I could use up a couple of wrinkly apples. (Yes, food and ingredients “plague” my thoughts.) The idea of this recipe hit me. My husband eats homemade yogurt biscuitsContinue reading “Apple Cinnamon Buttery Biscuits: A Simple Fall Flavor Bread”

Southern Buttery Yogurt Biscuits: Simple, Easy, & Tasty!

A homemade southern biscuit, hot out of the oven with a buttery, crispy exterior and flaky, buttery interior is my go-to homemade bread. I’ve eaten amazing homemade biscuits all my life growing up in the American southern with several southern baking grandmas. Over the years, I created my own version using a little less fatContinue reading “Southern Buttery Yogurt Biscuits: Simple, Easy, & Tasty!”

Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance

These spiced, sweet, and decadent Carrot Cake Scones are based on the combination of the English carrot cake using (British) mixed spice and Scottish scones. Keep them simple or elevate their elegance with a cream cheese orange glaze and toppings to include toasted coconut and shredded carrots. Why not add chopped walnuts or pineapple forContinue reading “Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance”

Chinese Almond Ginger Cookies: Terrific Crispy, Buttery, Sweet, & Spicy Delights!

Thin, crispy, sweet, buttery, sparkly, spicy, and fruity describe these Chinese Almond Ginger cookies. They have a balance of thin and crispiness with a tender, soft center that melts in your mouth. Think of a sugar cookie with a hint of ginger and almond flavors. These cookies will pleasantly surprise you even if you aren’tContinue reading “Chinese Almond Ginger Cookies: Terrific Crispy, Buttery, Sweet, & Spicy Delights!”

Vanilla (Nilla) Wafers: Fantastic Vanilla, Buttery, Crunchy Cookies

Do you call them Vanilla or Nilla wafers? Nilla is just the shortened version of vanilla and the official name of the Nabisco brand. Vanilla wafers are a simple buttery, vanilla flavored crunchy cookie used primarily in banana pudding. Why buy those heavily processed crunchy cookies from the store when you can make them justContinue reading “Vanilla (Nilla) Wafers: Fantastic Vanilla, Buttery, Crunchy Cookies”