Watermelon, Yum!This is a super simple, almost cheating recipe for Watermelon Slice Cookies.  I came across it one day on the back of a Duncan Hines sugar cookie mix box and thought I would try it out.  It is a mix between a cake and a sugar cookie, but it is fun because of the different colors you add to the recipe to make it look like watermelon slices.  For the finishing touches you add chocolate sprinkles for the seeds.  This is a quick, easy recipe if you want something fun and. 

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Mmm, Mmm GoodThis is a perfect treat for your child’s last day of school or your summer get together.  These cookies are easy to make and taste great!

What you will need:

1 C (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

1/2 C granulated sugar

1/2 C firmly packed light brown sugar

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Oatmeal Raisin Applesauce CookiesThese cookies are perfect for your little toddler who loves cookies, but you want to make sure is getting a healthy balanced diet.  I would make these for my toddler’s play group and I would not feel bad about letting them eat a few (although I tend to make them a little smaller, perfect for toddler hands).

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This coChocolate Pecan Cookie Dropsokie is super delicious and easy to make.  I first made these for a friend’s 30^th birthday party and since, this cookie is what everyone talks about.  I even get called (by people who did not know me before the party) “Oh there is Chocolate-Pecan Cookie gir

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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Macadamia Nut CookiesAre you a peanut butter fanatic?

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Not till I have had my coffeeMany people across the globe, myself included, wake up each morning and head to the kitchen to grab their first cup of freshly brewed coffee before they face the stresses and strains of the day ahead.  Many of these same people are known by their loved ones as absolute grumps who must be avoided at all costs until they have successfully finished that first cup of coffee.

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Would be cool if it crowed when my cookies were done.I have a memory like a sieve.  And not one of those fine mesh sieves for dusting cookies with fine sugar,  I'm talking about those colanders with holes the diameter of hazelnuts.   I have lost track of the number of times that I have been alerted to my cookies being (over) done by either the long suffering shouts of my boyfriend,  or the acrid smell of burning chocolate and sugar as my creations begin to cremate.

My trouble is that I am always on the go, and after popping my cookies in the oven I invariably go off to do something else for 'just a couple of minutes' and then completely lose track of time.  So a timer (with a nice loud alarm) is a necessity in my kitchen.   Loving any excuse for a gadget, any timer that makes it into my kitchen is not going to be your run of the mill, basic wind up alarm clock.  No, it has to earn it's place, and will be graded on both looks and function.

Here are some of my favorite kitchen timers on the market at the moment:

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The first known printed brownie recipe dates back to the 1897 Sears Roebuck Catalog, but recipe folklore attributes the invention of the recipe to a fortunate mistake. A cook forgot to add baking powder to the batter for a chocolate cake, and brownies were the result, a happy result for us. Brownies before the Internet were largely a North American bar cookie, generally chocolate, and ranging in texture from cake like, to slightly chewy, to incredibly rich and dense and very comparable to a small chunk of a flourless chocolate cake. I do have a few very strong opinions about brownies. First, they're one of the best "first baking" projects to begin with. Secondly, you can make exceedingly good brownies from a decent mix; I favor Betty Crocker or Ghiradelli. Third, the quality of the chocolate or the cocoa is crucial. Don't cheap out; don't use cocoa you wouldn't drink, or chocolate you wouldn't eat. Fourth, the best brownies I've ever had were made from a recipe using Crisco, rather than butter or margarine. I don't have the recipe here, or I'd post it.

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