I love today’s recipe because it’s unique, delicious, versatile, and perfect for a snack or a dressed up dessert. Serve these waffle cookies hot, cooled, plain, or topped with ice cream—you really can’t go wrong because these sweet, cake-y cookies are so right!
Waffle Spice Cookies
1 box spice cake mix
1 cup water
1/2 cup melted butter, plus [...]

Baseball playoffs and football season are providing plenty of opportunities for delicious tailgating. If beer is normally only a beverage at your tailgate party, try using it as an ingredient in your favorite tailgate foods. I love what Mark Bittman said: “Cooking with beer makes sense: not only is it more flavorful than water, but [...]

October is National Cookie Month! In celebration, I’ve gathered 31 of my favorite cookie recipes from the blog and posted them here for you. That’s one recipe for each day of the month. You’d better stock up on butter and sugar. Just sayin’.

Big Old-Fashioned Snickerdoodle Cookies
Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Molasses Spice Cookies
Leftover Candy Luckies
Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Coconut [...]

Like clockwork, every year when the cool autumn air hits my windows for the first time, I want to bake with pumpkin. I crave it. I dream about it. I come dangerously close to pumpkin overdose. The problem is, there are just too many fabulous pumpkin recipes out there, and I feel an obligation to [...]

Not everyone has a state-of-the-art kitchen like Mrs. Fields, but that doesn’t mean that wonderful food is out of reach. A friend asked me recently if I had any good recipes for her daughter who is away at college with only a mini fridge and a microwave in her dorm room. I came up with [...]

Here’s a new twist on traditional brown bag fare for your kids’ lunch (or your own).  Make a batch of these deliciously sweet peanut butter and jelly sandwich cookies and tuck them in the lunch bag. I guarantee that noon will be the best part of the day. The cookie is sweet and soft with [...]

The only consolation for summer ending is the beginning of fall, and more specifically, the beginning of apple season. I love apples—snacking on them, cooking with them, and especially baking with them. Yesterday I picked up a whole bushel of crisp, sweet apples from my favorite orchard. And today I’ve got a recipe for you [...]

Labor Day weekend is almost upon us. If you’re firing up the grill for one last summer hurrah, why not add dessert to your list of grilled items? I’m going to show you how to make perfect grilled cookies for your cookout. This recipe is a dressed up chocolate chip with toasted coconut and orange [...]

Oh, Cookie Dough. You’re the soft, sweet treat that I steal with my fingers and lick from my beaters. You’re the Before that’s every bit as good as the After. Of course you like transforming into cookies, but you’re strong enough to stand on your own. How do I love thee? Let me count the [...]

Listen up, dog owners! National Dog Day is August 26th, and since our gourmet cookies and brownies would make Fido sick as a dog, may I suggest another way to treat your four-legged friend? Try this recipe and I predict your beloved pet will adore you even more (if that’s possible). These are also a [...]