Pink Piccadilly Pastries

2 Ingredient Sprinkle Buttons & Malted Milk Flower Cookies

I have a really cute idea for your Easter Baskets today! 2-Ingredient Candy Buttons! With just 2 ingredients you can make these adorable (and easy) Candy Buttons that your kids will love you for!! All you need is some Vanilla Candy Coating (which is what I used) or Candy Melts and some pretty Springtime nonpareils and you’re ready to start! (I really liked the candy… Read More

Sparkling Raspberry Cream Wafers

Today I’m revisiting a recipe that I blogged about almost 3 years ago – Cream Wafers! I can’t believe it’s been so long since I made these yummy cookies! Cream Wafers are wonderful little buttery bites that remind me of piecrust cookies with a delicious buttercream filling. These cookie sandwiches aren’t overly sweet because the doughdoesn’t have any sugar in it – just a sprinkling of pretty sugar on top…. Read More

How to Make LEMON TEABAG COOKIES & DIY TEA TAGS

I’ve been wanting to make Teabag Cookies for a while now after seeing them on Pinterest, and since I didn’t see a tutorial for them I thought I’d make one for you. They’re really easy to make and if you were going to have a little girl’s Birthday Tea Party, this would be a fun activity! You could have the… Read More

Give Me A Kiss Tarts

I have a fantastic mini tart recipe to share with you today! I call them Give Me A Kiss Tarts! As the name implies, the tarts do have a Kiss inside – a Hershey’s Kiss which makes them perfect for Valentine’s Day! These tarts are super simple and only require 2 packs of Mini Fillo Shells, a bag of Hershey’s Kisses, a… Read More

Brownie Bites for Valentine’s Day

If you’re thinking about making some homemade goodies for Valentine’s Day but don’t know what….something that’s fairly easy and not too time consuming… something that is rich and delicious and chocolatey… then I’ve got a fantastic idea for you – Brownie Bites!! I found this idea in a cookbook called Sprinkles! It’s a wonderful cookbook that’s full of fun recipes using – you guessed it… Read More

Orange Shortbread Madeleines

I‘ve often thought it would be fun to bake shortbread cookies in my Madeleine pan. Then I ran across today’s recipe in a Southern Living Annual Cookbook. I adore shortbread and this recipe seemed perfect for this time of year. There’s orange zest in the cookie and in the icing and they are delicious with a cup of Earl Grey!! I… Read More

An Impromptu Barbie Tea Party

My daughter Abbie has been asking to have a Barbie Tea Party since Christmas, when she acquired not one but SIX new Barbies! So Friday night I decided at the last minute to have the party the next afternoon. That night we baked the mini meringues, the shortbread cookies and made the cucumber sandwiches. The next day we made the… Read More

Sunny Lemon Meringues

After the excitement of the Holidays was over and with Spring so far away, I needed a little something to cheer myself up. And nothing cheers me up like a recipe with Lemons so I baked some Lemon Meringues! These meringues are just scrumptious and they’re made using a different technique than I’m used to, but have wanted to try. Using the Swiss Meringue Technique, Meringues are… Read More

Chocolate Mint Chip Meltaways

Chocolate Mint Chip has always been my favorite flavor of Ice Cream, so when I discovered that Duncan Hines had created a Mint Chocolate Frostings Creations Flavor Mix, I knew that I had to make a wonderful cookie with it!! One of my favorite cookie recipes is Martha Stewart’s Lime Meltaways, so I started thinking about how I could rework the recipe replacing the Lime juice with… Read More

Chocolate Crackle Cookies

I am so excited to share with you today this recipe for Chocolate Crackle Cookies! The basic recipe comes from Martha Stewart, but instead of rolling the cookies in regular powdered sugar I rolled them in the colored powdered sugar that I made from Sparkling Sugar! I’ve been experimenting with colored powdered sugar this week and if you haven’t seen my post on How… Read More

How to Make COLORED POWDERED SUGAR – 4 Ways!

Today I am going to show you how to give your Holiday Baking some sparkle!! I’ll show you 4 ways to color powdered sugar, and with this trick you can color your Mexican Wedding Cookies, Crinkle Cookies, Date Balls, Powdered Doughnuts or any other baked confection that you roll in or sprinkle with powdered sugar!! The first way to color powdered sugar is by… Read More

Easy Christmas Tree Meringues

Today I made some pretty Meringue Christmas Trees to share with you! Meringues are one of the easiest cookies to make and comes together in minutes! The hardest part about them is waiting for them to “dry” in the oven. The trick to remember when making meringues is that you bake them until they are completely dry. After 2 hours,… Read More