Is bigger better?  (With cookies, you probably know my husband’s answer to that.) Cell phone companies think bigger is better.  Do you remember when our flip phones kept shrinking in size with every passing year?  The smaller the better.  Now the newest cell phone model is bigger than the year before.  My husband and I recently got new cell phones. We each got different models, but both are bigger than the ones we replaced.  In reality my new cell phone is only a few extra milometers but it felt like a huge change.  I almost felt like my 3 year …

Mmm cookies. My husband loves Little Debbie’s Oatmeal Cream Pies.  For the record, he really loves almost any cookie (my kinda man), but lately he’s been on a Little Debbie food kick.  Thankfully I’m not easily tempted by her cookies and brownies.  I’m more of an Entenmann’s kind of girl and I have no will power when it comes to “E’s” cookies and doughnuts. My husband pulled some extra long hours at work last week so I thought that I’d bake him something special.  Maybe something like a Little Debbie treat?  Insert evil laughter here… Sandwich cookies are cool.  It’s like getting two cookies for …

Are you guys sick of pumpkin foods yet?  I hope not because I’ve got another good one for you. I had two out of three failed recipes over the weekend.  That’s not good odds.  So what do I do?  I bake cookies.  The failures were probably a blessing in disguise because I need to start baking cookies for the holidays.  Yes, I start this early and freeze them.  I bake dozens and dozens of cookies and baking them ahead of time is really the only way to go (unless you want to bake for 9 days straight… all… day… long… not ideal). …

These are THE softest and chewiest cookies that I’ve ever made… ever.  That’s saying a lot since I’ve made a bazillion cookies (give or take). Guys, if you make one pumpkin flavored dessert this Fall, this has to be it.  Pumpkin Pie excluded of course.  And pumpkin cheesecake, can’t forget that.  And pumpkin muffins…  Okay, just make pumpkin everything and make these too in the process. I brought these cookies to a family BBQ last weekend.  Does that sound weird to anyone?  Pumpkin… BBQ… that’s not how it normally goes.  Typically we bring pumpkin desserts to Thanksgiving or to a …