Book Club Tuesday: Small Batch Cookies

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Happy 2025! In starting the new year, I can’t help but look back on the old one and feel that it was personally both long and forgettable. Favourite activities like reviewing or baking slipped away and, by the time what I affectionately think of as “Cookie Season” came around, I had lost the gumption to even think about, let alone bake any cookie boxes. Talking it over with a friend, she encouraged me to, at the very least, bake something for myself. I had promised my daughter that we would be baking together, and what my friend suggested ended up giving me a different perspective on Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Small Batch Cookies”

Book Club Tuesday: A Very Prairie Christmas Bakebook

For something that happens only once a year, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about cookie boxes. It’s only been in the last handful of years that I’ve gotten serious about what goes into the boxes – normally, I choose a combination of recipes from cookbooks I’ve received during the past year, from the annual NYT Cookie Week lineup, and usually something from the fine recipe developers at King Arthur. But, what I’ve been noticing is that the cookie Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: A Very Prairie Christmas Bakebook”

Book Club Tuesday: Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book

From the response I recently received on an Instagram post dedicated to Christmas cookie boxes, and how I felt that these boxes are the embodiment of pure joy, I’d say that everyone loves a good cookie. Home baked cookies are such a treat because it feels special when someone has baked just for you (or, at least, this is how I hope people feel when I give them a box full of cookies!). I love baking and, cookies are the perfect thing to share. Unlike a cake, you can gift cookies Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book”