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12 easy and delicious cookie and bar recipes to enjoy on the go! Pack them for the park, picnics and potlucks.
Looking for an easy and delicious dessert to take on the go? We've got lots of delicious options! Cookies and bars come together quickly and travel well. Take them to your neighbors and friends, pack them for a picnic at the park or bring them to a potluck.
These are some of our favorite recipes that receive rave reviews every time. Some of these recipes have free printable labels that we are happy to email you. We just ask that you leave a comment on each individual post you are interested in. Happy baking!
The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies
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.
Watermelon Shortbread Cookies
These one-bowl, no-mixer Watermelon Shortbread Cookies are fun, whimsical, super DELICIOUS and have an amazingly easy decorating technique! The free printable labels for gifting are the icing on the cake cookie!
Brown Butter Blueberry Blondies
The chewiest, butteriest dessert bars studded with bits of jammy blueberries, creamy white chips and crunchy toffee, these Brown Butter Blueberry Blondies are a delicious twist that will have sweet lovers smitten!
Crispy, Chewy Carolina Coconut Cookies
As the name says, these Crispy, Chewy Carolina Coconut Cookies have moist chewy interiors, crisp buttery edges and lots of fabulous coconut flavor for a delicious sweet indulgence!
Copycat Crumbl Sugar Cookies (aka Pink Cloud Cookies)
These one-bowl, no-mixer, Copycat Crumbl Sugar Cookies taste like a soft, sweet, melt-in-your-mouth, pink cloud!. The recipe comes together with just one bowl and no mixer and we're including an adorable free printable label, as these cookies are wonderful for gifting.
Honey Caramel Almond Shortbread Bars
With a buttery shortbread base and a chewy caramel topping loaded with crisp almonds, these Honey Caramel Almond Shortbread Bars are always a HUGE hit!
Ridiculously Easy French Almond Cookies (Gluten Free)
These one-bowl, no-mixer, gluten-free French Almond Cookies (aka Almond Cloud Cookies) are light as a feather, with a crisp meringue exterior and chewy, moist almond-y interior!
Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Rice Krispie Treats
Rice Krispie Treats sound like "little kid food", right? Wrong, if you're talking about these Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Rice Krispie Treats. Kids of all ages go crazy over them but be warned - they're addictively delicious!
Lemon-Glazed French Sable Cookies
Combine a crisp, buttery, French shortbread cookie with a double burst of bright lemon and you've got a heavenly sweet treat! The fact that these Lemon-Glazed French Sable Cookies come together easily in one bowl (no mixer needed!) seals the deal!
Peanut Butter and Jelly Blondies
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!
Better than Crumbl Mom's Recipe Cookies
Crispy and chewy, with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and toffee bits these Copycat Crumbl Mom's Recipe Cookies are a cookie lover's heaven!
Almond Shortbread Thumbprints
With a crisp,melt-in-your-mouth shortbread base, a jeweled jam filling and a fabulous almond glaze, these Almond Shortbread Thumbprints always bring rave reviews!
Thought for the day:
 I eagerly expect and hope
that I will in no way be ashamed,
but will have sufficient courage
so that now as always,
Christ will be exalted in my body,
whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:20
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