032911 Peanut Butter Chocolate-chip Oatmeal Cookies

Unlike the previous peanut butter cookies (032311), this recipe is bursting with peanut butter flavor. Chunks of chocolate chips and whole peanuts add a wonderful flavor and texture to the old fashion oatmeal. The cookies come out flat due to the wheat flour....but soft and chewy!!! Next time, I wouldn't mind adding a handful of raisins just to add a little soft, chewy sweetness. Easy to make and good raw dough!

032311Chunky Peanut, Chocolate, and Cinnamon Cookies

Not very strong in peanut butter flavor but the nuts add a wonderful crunch to these cookies. Great combination with the chocolate chips. Can't taste the cinnamon..which is ok for me. Easy to make recipe...simple, common flavors. Yields the 5dozen cookies as predicted.

031811 White Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

This is one of those recipes where the raw dough is almost as good, if not better, than the baked cookie!! I used Lindt white chocolate pieces and maybe backed off the coconut a bit. Easy to make and great tasting!! This is probably my favorite white-chocolate chip cookie recipe. A keeper for sure and one that I'll have to share with my sisters (raw dough enjoyment runs in the family).

031511Pecan Mandelbrot

This was a very interesting recipe in that there was no butter - instead, oil was used to bring it all together. Surprisingly, the dough wasn't sticky...thick and tacky but doesn't stick to your fingers as you try and form the logs. The cookie, or biscotti, is simple in flavor and perfect with coffee. Many people enjoyed the crispy mandelbrots. Yields the 3.5 dozen as predicted. Aside from the pecans, this recipe calls for pretty standard ingredients - great, quick last minute recipe.

030511 Cherry Tuiles

These cookies were a bit challenging - timing is everything!! I was only able to form 2 cookies at a time before I had to put the remaining cookies back into to the oven to soften up. In the end, I didn't roll the remaining dozen and kept them as French lace cookies (flat rounds). My hubby liked the sweetness and crunch. The cookies are sticky to work with and, again, you have to move fast. Also, the chilled dough is very hard to dig out and form balls.

030211 Carrot Cake Cookies

These cookies are so very good - they are like carrot cake whoopie pies! The cream cheese filling works perfectly sandwiched between the 2 carrot cookies - a well-established marriage! The fresh grated carrots, raisins and oatmeal made the cookies taste very much like a slice of carrot cake. I may consider adding some walnuts the next time around...which probably won't be too long away. The dough is yummy, too! Time consuming but worth it!