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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy, nutty, spicy and soft - cookies to serve holiday company or take to share at work or meetings. Change ingredients out to your liking - use…

Salad Foodie
Nov 2013
Professional
3 votes
5649 views
Grandma’s Gingerbread Boys (Molasses Cookie Cutouts)

Grandma’s Gingerbread Boys (Molasses Cookie Cutouts)

Are they gingerbread....men? boys? persons? Call them what you may, they are the quintessential cookie of…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2013
Professional
1 vote
4279 views
Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies

Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies

If you like a semi-soft, moist yet chewy cookie Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies should appeal to you. Overtime I have tried different zucchini cookie…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2012
Professional
1 vote
5322 views
Nut Tree Drop Cookies

Nut Tree Drop Cookies

The Nut Tree (Vacaville CA, off I-80) has been a landmark tourist stop for over eighty years. The restaurant, at its zenith in the 70's and 80's,…

Salad Foodie
Mar 2012
Professional
1 vote
7626 views
Rocky Road Fudge Brownies

Rocky Road Fudge Brownies

Always a hit at events and spreads. The crunch of pecans and drizzle of chocolate over mini marshmallows set these brownies way above their ordinary…

Salad Foodie
Jan 2012
Professional
2 votes
6787 views
Easy Candied Pecans

Easy Candied Pecans

A snack for the gods! Sprinkle atop your favorite greens, blue cheese topped or chicken salad. For holiday entertaining leave the pecans in halves…

Salad Foodie
Oct 2012
Professional
4 votes
16994 views
Graham Cracker Snowballs (a no-cook confection)

Graham Cracker Snowballs (a no-cook confection)

An easy confection ~ not a cookie, not a candy, but a cross somewhere between. No cooking, no baking. Easy to…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2012
Professional
2 votes
8771 views
Triple-Play Chocolate Drop Cookies with Mocha Frosting

Triple-Play Chocolate Drop Cookies with Mocha Frosting

Homemade chocolate cookies are a sweet treat by themselves, but a crown of mocha frosting takes them from…

Salad Foodie
Sep 2013
Professional
2 votes
4896 views
Aunt Birdie’s Easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Two Versions)

Aunt Birdie’s Easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Two Versions)

This recipe brings fond memories of a favorite aunt who was a terrific cook. (My cousin and I used to say the…

Salad Foodie
Jun 2012
Professional
1 vote
8324 views
Chocolate Tapioca Pudding

Chocolate Tapioca Pudding

Take old-fashioned tapioca pudding to a grand level for a special Valentine dessert - add chocolate! Be patient as you cook the pudding, it can…

Salad Foodie
Feb 2015
Professional
1 vote
3132 views
German Drop Cookies

German Drop Cookies

Pecan-laden German Drop Cookies are reminiscent of Mexican wedding cookies, but I like these even better for the cinnamon-laced powdery topping. You…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2011
Professional
1 vote
6060 views
Apricot Walnut Squares (A Bar Cookie)

Apricot Walnut Squares (A Bar Cookie)

CRUNCHY, CHEWY and MOIST. That sums up this pleasing amber-color bar cookie. The bottom crust gets extra crunch…

Salad Foodie
Apr 2012
Professional
3 votes
4692 views
Chewy Crunchy Double Chocolate Brownies

Chewy Crunchy Double Chocolate Brownies

These brownies are my all-time favorite. They have two unusual ingredients: brown sugar and coconut, which add…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2015
Professional
1 vote
3709 views
Rhubarb and Strawberry Layered Delight

Rhubarb and Strawberry Layered Delight

OMGoodness - this trifle-like beauty will steal the show at your next dinner or event. Don't let the 3 layer…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2018
Professional
1 vote
1785 views
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Crisscross Cookies

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Crisscross Cookies

Peanut butter cookie recipes abound, but none of them came close to rekindling memories of the favorite from my…

Salad Foodie
Feb 2017
Professional
1 vote
2770 views