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Jan 5
2 min

Butter is Too Expensive, So Make Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies

Sometimes you need to forgo the butter and opt for something that's better for you and less expensive (well, depending on the of avocados...). Enter these cookies. They are easy to make and full of "good fat" avocado and dark chocolate, both of which are "good for you." The cookies also taste really great. They are like a rich brownie--soft, squishy, and full of rich, dark chocolate taste--minus the butter. So try them as something new for your afternoon cookie fix or fo

Jan 4
2 min

How to Make Quick Cake-Mix Almond-Spice Biscotti

In my quest for quick biscotti that really taste good, this recipe apparently wins. Or so said my husband's taste-testing coworkers (and my husband, too!). It figures. This recipe yields biscotti that are sweeter than those I usually make and doesn't sneak in any whole grains. Nonetheless, the recipe is great when you're in a hurry and need a quick dessert or snack to share. The recipe uses a spice cake mix, and you can whip up the cookies in just a few minutes and let t

Dec 2, 2022
2 min

Want a Different Christmas Cookie? Try Tahini Sesame Cookies

I love peanut butter, but I understand that not everyone does and that many people simply can't eat peanut butter or peanut butter cookies, for various reasons. So, instead, why not try Tahini Cookies? They're great. They really do belong a Christmas cookie tray. Or any cookie tray at any time! Admittedly, I came up with the cookies, not because I wanted to deal with nut allergies, but because I had tahini--which is a smooth paste of toasted sesame seeds--left over from

Jun 24, 2022
2 min

How to Make Easy Cookies for the Weekend: Maple Walnut Scotchies

These are easy to make cookies, and they are even easier to eat. They are prefect for a weekend sweet treat. Although the cookies aren't health food, they aren't ultra sweet, and the amount of saturated fat is lower than in many similar cookies. The Maple Walnut Scotchies are crispy on the edges, a little chewy in the centers, and full of maple and butterscotch notes. Walnuts provide a counterpoint to the sweetness as well as more crunch. The cookies are fine on their ow

Feb 21, 2022
2 min

How to Make Orange-Walnut Refrigerator Cookies With a Moderate Amount of Butter

Many cooks argue that butter is the ONLY way to go when making cookies and other baked goods. How many TV chefs have you seen adding stick after stick of butter to their creations? Of course, few of those TV chefs are what I would describe as lean. I know some of the research released during the past couple of years indicates that butter isn't as bad for our health as we once thought. Nonetheless, the research scientists who say butter is "okay" generally add the caveat "

Dec 18, 2021
2 min

How to Make Strawberry-White Chocolate Biscotti With a Cake Mix

If you don't have time to create a dessert from scratch but need something that looks and tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen, try Strawberry-White Chocolate Biscotti. These little cookies take minutes to whip up using a cake mix and require only one cookie sheet for minimal cleanup. The biscotti look impressive with their lace-like white chocolate drizzle. They also taste really good. The biscotti are crisp and have a strawberry-almond flavor that isn't overpoweri

Oct 26, 2021
2 min

Make an Easy Fall Dessert That's Not Pumpkin: Whole-Wheat Peanut Butter Bars

Fall seems to bring out the pumpkin people. I like pumpkin. I like it in lots of things, particularly breads, cakes, and pies. I also like it as a vegetable. Nonetheless, the media and stores have been saturating society with pumpkin things. So today I have an alternative for dessert and snack time--old fashioned peanut butter bars. The recipe for these simple, quick, and economical bars has been around for years, but I tinkered with it a bit to increase the peanut butt

Mar 8, 2021
2 min

Have Left Over Tahini? Make Comfort Food Cookies

Tahini Cookies may not be your usual comfort food, but try them and you may add them to the comfort food list. Why? They're great. Admittedly, I came up with the cookies because I had tahini--which is a smooth paste of toasted sesame seeds--left over from another project, and I wanted to use the tahini up. The cookies turned out slightly soft in the middle, crunchy on the edges, and with a buttery, deep, slightly earthy taste. Sort of like peanut butter, but not. Differ

Dec 3, 2020
2 min

Christmas Cookies During a Pandemic? Make Simple But Good Recipes

I love the beautiful decorated versions of Christmas cookies that probably take hours to make. Nonetheless, I don't have that kind of time, and the cookies often are tasteless--lovely to look at, but not so much to eat. Now I have fewer people around to eat the cookies, pretty or not. So this year I plan to make only a few varieties that I know people really like. Some of the cookies we'll eat, and some of them we'll share--from a distance. Below, I'm posting one of my f

May 2, 2020
2 min

I Need Cookies Now Fix: Air Fryer Oatmeal Cookies

I'm running a copy of this recipe again in response to a major need for comfort cookies. These oatmeal cookies are reasonably nutritious, quick to make, and they taste great. You can mix up a small batch, bake the cookies two or three at a time in the air fryer, and then stash the rest of the dough in the refrigerator to bake later. These are the answer to your cookie fix needs! And mine! You get fresh-baked cookies in minutes, and you won't have oodles sitting on the co

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Peanut Butter (Reese's) Cup Cookies: Not Just for Halloween

Admittedly, Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are a great way to use up bags of leftover Halloween candy (or the candies you've pilfered from your child's stash of Halloween treats). Nonetheless, the cookies are good any time of the year. After all, not many people can resist a simple, buttery-tasting cookie with a mini peanut butter cup centered in the middle. The cookies are soft, squishy, lightly flavored with vanilla and cinnamon, and great with milk or a warm drink. Unfortun

Oct 2, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Chocolate Chip or Chunk Cookies

So, I've been experimenting with various types of cookies in the air fryer. These are my latest version of chocolate chip or, my preference, chocolate chunk, cookies. This version is soft and chewy on the inside and a little crispy on the edges. They are sweet and have a pronounced caramel flavor from brown sugar and a touch of caramel extract. They also cook in about 10 minutes in the air fryer, and the dough can be stashed in the refrigerator indefinitely for quick "coo

Sep 28, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Coconut-Orange Biscotti

Okay, I just published recipe not too long ago, but I thought it's worth offering again. The cookies are that good. Plus, even though it's September, it's way too hot to turn on the big oven. The air fryer is a different story. In my quest to find out whether I can adapt various cookie recipes for the air fryer, I decided to test out "Arty the Air Fryer" on biscotti. Arty did well! If you can live with a small batch of biscotti, you're in business! In fact, I think the

Sep 4, 2019
2 min

Beyond the Average: Five-Spice Cookies

Are you in search of a cookie that's soft, a little chewy, and redolent of sweet spices but not your average molasses cookie? Try Five-Spice Cookies. They're filled with flavor, even though they include no molasses, because of the addition of five-spice powder. The spice blend, which is used in Chinese and some other Asian cooking, is a blend of sweet, spicy, and earthy flavors and typically includes ground star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Szechuan peppercorns, and f

Jul 3, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Coconut-Orange Biscotti

It's way too hot to turn on the big oven, but the air fryer is a different story. In my quest to find out whether I can adapt various cookie recipes for the air fryer, I decided to test out "Arty the Air Fryer" on biscotti. Arty did well! If you can live with a small batch of biscotti, you're in business! In fact, I think the air fryer version of biscotti crisp up better and certainly faster than the oven-baked biscotti. The cookies I'm offering today--Coconut-Orange Bis

Jun 24, 2019
2 min

Gluten Free Air Fryer Fudge Cookies

Okay, I don't have to watch the gluten, but I know many people do. These cookies are for you, as well as for anyone who likes moist, fudgy, dark, and delicious little cookies. The cookies require almond meal, but, other than that, no expensive or hard to find ingredients. The dough mixes up quickly, and the cookies bake in about 8 minutes in the air fryer. You can bake the cookies in a single session, or bake a few cookies and save the rest of the dough for baking later.

May 31, 2019
2 min

Super Quick Cookie: Cake Mix Biscotti

In my quest for quick biscotti that really taste good, this recipe apparently wins. Or so say my husband's taste-testing coworkers (and my husband, too!). It figures. This recipe yields biscotti that are sweeter than those I usually make. Nonetheless, the recipe is great when you're in a hurry and need a quick dessert or snack to share. The recipe uses a spice cake mix, and you can whip up the cookies in just a few minutes and let them bake while you have the oven on for

May 17, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Chocolate-Oat Chewies

I love the air fryer for making small batches of cookies quickly. I don't need to haul out and wash a large cookie sheet, heat up the big oven, or spend hours making a batch of fresh cookies. Plus, I have plenty of cookies for dinner and snacks but not so many that the cookies will go stale or cause me to over indulge. The cookie recipe I'm offering here is quick to mix up. I add the ingredients to a two-cup measure and stir them into a dough with a wooden spoon. The coo

Apr 8, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

Yes, you can even bake peanut butter cookies in your air fryer! The cookies come out crispy on the edges and soft in the middle. My husband said the cookies taste just as good as the ones baked in the regular oven. The difference is that the cookies bake more quickly, and you needn't bake a huge batch. You can have a few fresh cookies in about 10 minutes. The recipe I've included below makes about 18 smallish cookies, but I'm pleased to report that you needn't bake them

Mar 8, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Oatmeal Cookies: Quicker than Quick

What do you do when you want fresh-baked cookies but don't want to heat up the oven or bake two dozen cookies? Go to the bakery is not the right answer! What you do is mix up a small batch of cookies--in this case oatmeal--and bake them two or three at a time in the air fryer. Yes, it works. Using the air fryer, you can turn out nicely browned cookies that are just as good (if not better) than if you used a regular oven. Plus, the air fryer lends itself to small batches,

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