Category: Cookies

Renny's Recipes: Ginger Soft Cookies!

12/24/2019

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The recipe I am sharing today comes from my sister in law Korina. I honestly don't think I ever had ginger soft cookies before she married my brother and made them at Christmas. I had never thought of ginger cookies being soft, but, they are SO delicious!!! I asked if I could share the recipe here with you, and she said I could! This is our last recipe before Christmas and these cookies will be a hit at any holiday gathering you might be having. Fair warning, the recipe as is right now is already multiplied by 4. This makes A LOT of cookies, so don't double it unless you want to have enough cookies to feed everyone at the Sermon on the Mount.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! Thank you for being part of this blog with us! Merry Christmas!

Korina's Gingersoft Cookies

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3 Ingredient Jam Thumbprint Cookies!

12/23/2019

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JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! If you need something quick and easy to add to the Christmas platter, here are some 3 Ingredient Jam Thumbprints. I made mine with Orange Cranberry Marmalade and they are delicious!
We have published a series of 3 Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies for our subscribers to have access to. (Here is the post) But, today we wanted to share these as a little Christmas Gift to you. Any of those cookie varieties would be perfect on a Christmas platter, but these little thumbprints are extra special to me. I have shared my regular thumbprint cookie recipe with you in the past, but these are a great alternative when time is short.
I originally made these cookies with a gluten-free cake mix. But, if you make it with a regular mix, it will work just as well. You may need to adjust the amount of pudding that you use in the mix because of the difference in texture. Here are more tips:

The dough should be stiff enough to form into balls.

I used a medium cookie scoop to make walnut sized balls.

Make an indent with your thumb and fill them with jam.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes!

These cookies will make a pretty and tasty addition to any cookie tray. Here is the recipe.

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Renny's Recipes: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

11/11/2019

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This post was originally posted in 2017. It has been updated with this adorable video of my daughter from when we made some today. These Pumpkin Snickerdoodles and the perfect fall cookie.

My current kitchen towel

Do you know what I love about pumpkin?

Everything. That's what. I know pumpkin spice is all the fall rage these days, and let me tell you something, I will take the blame for it. Way back in 2006 a few friends and I started a tradition of having a pumpkin party. It just so happened to perfectly align with my birthday, and I've had a pumpkin party every year for my birthday ever since.

If you want to know the truth, if it were up to me I'd put pumpkin in my food every day of the year. Since I have a husband who, while he does not object to pumpkin, does not adore pumpkin as I do I behave myself every year and wait.

Well guess what! IT IS ALMOST FALL AND I CAN DO WHAT I WANT! PUMPKIN EVERYTHING!

My current oven mitts

I decided to make you a pumpkin recipe this week and I really got into my head. Should it be sweet or savory? Basic or creative? What else could I do to show you the power of pumpkin? Well, my mom suggested I make my pumpkin snickerdoodles, and since I had volunteered to make cookies for a church function anyway it seemed like a win win.

I'll be honest, I originally found this recipe on Pinterest many years ago (we're talking pre-mission somewhere around 2012). I can't recall where it originated from, and I am sorry for that, but it is really so delicious. These snickerdoodles are so soft and pumpkin-y and wonderful that if you find who originally created the recipe, tell me. Not only will I give them the credit they deserve here, but I'll find some way to give that person an award.

The team players in this treat.

Fall baking is honestly where I feel in my zone. You see that cinnamon container? We have two of those. I think I have three different bottles of pumpkin spice as well. It might be four. Needless to say, I have a lot of great plans and how-to's for your fall baking, so make sure you come back and see what else I have in store for you. (For example, I realized I never showed you how to cook a pumpkin.) Until next time, enjoy these pumpkin snickerdoodles. If they're not the best snickerdoodle you've ever had, well, honestly I'll think you're confused.