Do you want to know the secret to the best sugar cookies? I knew you would! I have to give credit to the Cook’s Illustrated Baking Book. As you know I’m baking my way though the CI baking book- with no restrictions or time lines. I sometimes crave a simple and plain cookie, like a […]
The Cutest Orange-Almond Sugar Cookies Ever
These are the cutest Orange Almond Sugar Cookies you’ve ever seen – they are shaped like bees, flowers and pigs! I had to do something to make myself feel better as I had an unfortunate encounter with my bees on Friday and by Sunday I needed a lift. I’ll be sharing the bee story with […]
Oma’s Best Ever Sugar Cookies
I can imagine when my great grandmother traveled at the age of 3 across the ocean from Germany and landed on the shores of Texas, it must have been a fearful, yet exciting adventure. I wonder what kinds of “things” her family brought with them from the old country? If it were me, my recipes […]
Honey, Orange & Ginger Cookies + Cookies Galore
The month of November I was chosen by Genie of Bunny Eats Design to host “Our Growing Edge”. It is a round up of recipes sent in by bloggers from around the world. A wonderful way to share and get to know other bloggers, we all have a common interest – do we not? All month I’ll […]
Chinese Christmas Gift
I recently posted a cookie recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies https://theorangebee.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/one-batch-of-cookies/#more-2356 and talked about how I wanted to bake more cookies for the Christmas season. I did it! I had an ulterior motive for baking cookies, not that we don’t like to eat cookies around here, I needed a gift for a Chinese gift exchange, not […]