Cookies, cookies, cookies.  It’s all cookies all the time.  Are you sick of seeing them yet?  Of course you aren’t.  What a silly question. I could NEVER get sick of seeing or eating them!  That’s a good thing because I’ve been baking them since before Thanksgiving… and I’m still baking.  It looks like a cookie explosion in the freezer.  Is there room for real food?  You know, like meat and veggies.  Nope.  At least my priorities are straight.  😉 Cookies are awesome.  Chocolate and peanut butter ones are probably even more awesome.  Because I said so. These cookies may look complicated, but they …

I find pecan pies are too sweet.  Did I just say that?  Yup, even the queen of sweets has her limit.  However, if you gave me a miniature version then I’d be good to go. Mini pecan pies it is!  Oh wait, I have one minor catch.  These mini pies have walnuts in them instead of pecans.  I simply didn’t have any pecans on hand when I made these.   Besides, walnuts and pecans are mostly interchangeable anyway, right?  Go with me on this one.  😉 The crust is a cross between a traditional pie crust and a shortbread cookie and it’s filled …

Flour is my nemesis.  It seems like every time I set out to bake something tasty I have a nasty fight with the flour.  I don’t mean I end up wearing it or it gets all over the kitchen, I mean I’m always left guessing how the recipe I’m looking at happened to measure the stuff. These cookies are a great example of how everything can go wrong in a matter of minutes.  Okay, I’m being a bit dramatic, but when you follow the recipe and end up with sewer cap sized cookies instead of what you expected you get …