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Our favorite cookie and bar recipes. These recipes are perfect for easy desserts or last-minute gifts that everyone will love!
Do you have a go-to dessert recipe? Something that comes together easily and that everyone loves? These cookie and bar recipes are some of our go-tos. They make the perfect easy dessert or gift from the kitchen. You can whip one of these recipes up in no time, and no one has to know how simple it was! So whether you're craving chocolate or shortbread or something in between, we've got you covered. Happy baking!
Crisp, buttery and super delicious, these Brown Sugar Honey Shortbread Cookies come together quickly with just one bowl and no mixer required!
These Irish Shortbread Pumpkin Patch Cookies are fun and delicious with an easy decorating technique. They are sure to brighten any day and, with the pretty printable labels, make a great gift for celebrating fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving!
Need an easy fall dessert that will wow everyone? These Pumpkin Spiced Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats take the humble rice cereal treat from ordinary to super extraordinary!
This crisp, buttery, one-bowl no-mixer, Ridiculously Easy Rosemary Shortbread is one of those unforgettable recipes you'll be begged to make again and again.
This easy, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe really does produce the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies we've ever tasted. They're buttery and crinkly with crisp edges, a chewy interior and lots of delicious chocolate chips.
These delicious Pumpkin Cookies have crisp edges and chewy, buttery, toffee-studded centers. They require just one-bowl and no-mixer! They're truly a cookie lover's dream come true!
These Peanut Butter and Jelly Blondies will be a hit with kids of all ages! And you can mix them up in less than 10 minutes, with just one bowl and no mixer!
If you love one-bowl, no-mixer, cookies with crisp edges and chewy centers, raise your hand. Hello, Lemon Coconut Sugar Cookies!
Toffee Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies, the name says it all. Well, pretty much all, they're also one-bowl, no-mixer, super-easy and extraordinarily delicious!
After the first bite of these Coconut Pecan Toffee Cookies, you'll know that you'll be making them again and again. They're buttery, crisp, crunchy and irresistibly delicious!
These Candied Pecan Brown Butter Blondies are one-pot, no-mixer and my family thinks they're one of the best things they've ever eaten!!
Thought for the day:
Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalm 139:7-10
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I so love that you include Bible verses! What a pleasant surprise. I also love your recipes. They are easy and delicious. Thank you for your blog and for sharing your delicious recipes!
Thank you, Rosa! đź’•
You are hands down the best food blogger on the planet! Your photography is outstanding and your recipes fabulous. I look forward to seeing what's next. BTW, your decorations on the pumpkin is over the top, love the green sprinkles so lovingly placed about the cookie. It all adds up to a stupendous work of art! Thank you and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
You are so kind, Peggy đź’• I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such an encouraging comment!
FYI The link for the Coconut Pecan Toffee cookies takes you to the Toffee Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies
Thanks, Brenda! I think we got it straightened out!
I want to make your cracker recipes, but I'm allergic to rosemary. Which herb would you substitute for good flavor?
Thanks! Love your recipes and your inspirational scriptures!
Hi Patty, you can either leave out the rosemary - they will still be delicious! - or sub some thyme.
Thanks for the fast reply. Can't wait to make the crackers!!
Have a blessed Thanksgiving,
Patty
Enjoy!
Hi Chris...
I find myself combing your recipes for low-sugar desserts. There are millions of diabetics in this country, and my husband happens to be one of them. Am always looking for low-carb recipes to satisfy his sweet tooth. Something to think about for another posting?
Thank you for what you do. We live almost exclusively off your website.
Hi Sue, thanks for your encouraging words.
Regarding low sugar desserts, that is, honestly, not my forte. I understand your situation though as I have family members who are diabetic. I think this is a really great website for diabetic recipes: https://hangrywoman.com
Hi Sharon! You're so correct about food for the soul being necessary as much as for the body! Thanks for taking the time to share a comment 🥰
I love your scripture inspiration for today. Food for the soul, every bit as important as nourishment for the body. We need both!
Thanks for always sharing such do-able recipes. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving, as different as it may be!
Sharon