When I was a young kid one of my favorite days was the Saturday before Christmas because it was Spritz day. My mom and I would spend all day in the kitchen making cookies in fun shapes and watching Christmas movies. The best part about this day was I got to help. So there wasn’t [more]

Ginger is one of those smells that just screams winter. The aroma of ginger evokes a sense of warmth on the bitterest cold days, which we seem to have an excess of here in Ohio. It’s no wonder gingersnaps are such a popular Christmas cookie. Besides, ginger is really medicinal. It is frequently used in [more]

Tonight, we have a lot of errands at ONK. Post office, library, Target, etc. So I need something quick for dinner. After all the errands I do not want to keep ComputerNerd waiting for hours to have dinner, he gets cranky when he’s hungry. As I stand in front of the freezer looking through [more]

I think these are the official cookie of Christmas. Everyone makes them. Hershey’s puts a recipe for them on the back of their bag. That was until last year. I took a plate of cookies into work a couple days before the holiday and one of my coworkers asked what the peanut butter cookies with chocolate [more]

I love a good cookie. More specifically I love a good snickerdoodle. This may have to do with the fact my mother did not make snickerdoodles. She made lots of great cookies but never snickerdoodles. While they are tasty, they just don’t cut it when it comes to Christmas cookies… until you dress them [more]