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Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour

American

Chocolate chips are a big hit around my house, so I thought about a chocolate chip sugar cookie. These cookies were going to be rolled out and using a cookie-cutter, I didn’t want the big chocolate chips. The mini chips work out very nicely when using a cookie cutter. When...

Barbara

July 5, 2020

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Apricot with Vanilla Bean Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

American

Apricots are an excellent fruit for cookies. I buy them packaged, and they are soft and dices very quickly. The ones at my store sell Turkish Apricots #4. Well, of course, I am no expert on the different apricot varieties. I had to go digging on the Internet to get...

Barbara

June 28, 2020

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Cherry Orange with Pistachio Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

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We have a local store named Stauffers that carry a lot of local products. They have an aisle (both sides mind you) of store packaged items. Everything from nuts to fruit and candy, they come in clear containers so you can see everything. I have wandered down this aisle many...

Barbara

June 21, 2020

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Chocolate Banana Bread Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

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Chocolate covered bananas were on my mind lately. I have been craving the notion to visit the shore and this is a boardwalk favorite. Our county has finally moved into the yellow zone which is the middle between the red and green zone of reopening our state of Pennsylvania. COVID...

Barbara

June 14, 2020

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Caramel Pear with Almond Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

The pears at the grocery store are looking so good for the last two weeks; I decided to do a pear cookie. The pear I choose was the Bartlett Pear. Here are some fun facts about pears. Pears have a subtly sweet taste that I love. I buy all different...

Barbara

June 7, 2020

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Mango Lime with Macadamia Nut Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

American

I love fruit in my cookies, and mango is no exception. The problem with fresh fruit in your cookies is you can not store it in a tight container, or it will get soggy. So you have to leave them on a plate and eaten within two to three days....

Barbara

May 31, 2020

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Cinnamon Orange Pinwheel Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

American

Inspirations for cookie recipes come from all kinds of places. The other night while watching a movie, there was a windmill in the background which took my mind to this week’s cookies. I have not done a pinwheel style cookie for a long time. My favorite filling is cinnamon sugar,...

Barbara

May 24, 2020

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My Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

American

May is the time of year that Lancaster County residents go out to the local farms and pick fresh strawberries. So sad this year, I am unable to go out, so I had to settle for the ones in the grocery store. Not that store-bought strawberries are not good, but...

Barbara

May 17, 2020

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