This week Nestle sent us samples of their new Toll House Mini Toppers – tiny chocolate and white chocolate morsels made especially for sprinkling. They would have been perfect on my Grasshopper Cupcakes, but they were long gone so I tried them out as a topping on these double chocolate cookies.

The other day I picked up a copy of our grocery store’s magazine, My Texas Life. It’s the issue with the father and son in a boat on front, and it’s where I found today’s recipe – Texas Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies.  They’re made with light olive oil, and since I’d had good luck making brownies [...]

Bran in the cookie bars yesterday, whole grain in the chocolate cookies today. It’s Health Food Week at Cookie Madness! Just kidding, but there does seem to be a trend developing. I need to put a stop to this fast, but first let me tell you about these delicious whole grain cookies.

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My friend Amy and a handful of other bloggers were invited to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. They had a great time and shared their experiences, mostly positive but with a few criticisms – 0ne being that very few recipes were from scratch. It’s a good point, and as the Bake-off evolves and changes with the times, maybe [...]