Cookie Recipes

Nutella Cookies. Soft fudgy cookies with great chocolate hazelnut flavour and the option of topping with a little pinch of sea salt if you like.

Cinnamon Palmiers with Raspberry Compote. Frozen store-bought puff pastry makes these elegant little treats so easy to make. Today’s recipe is a simple to make last minute dessert idea using ready made frozen puff pastry. I sometimes serve these as a dessert hors d’ouevre at the end of a cocktail party.  I  also like to serve palmiers …

Toffee Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies – a shortbread-like thumbprint cookie dotted with bits of toffee candy and filled with rich chocolate. For over 200 more tried and tested cookie recipes, visit our Pinterest Cookie Board. Spouse got the idea for these tasty little thumbprint cookies from a picture in a magazine. We decided to use our own …

Almond butter cookies are a great, delicious alternative to peanut butter cookies. These almond butter cookies are what my Mom would call a “Cup of Tea Cookie”. Meaning obviously, that it is an ideal treat to be enjoyed with your favourite steaming cup of relaxing tea. This one is soft and slightly chewy, with a …

Butterscotch and White Chocolate Chip Cookies We have a guest chef on the blog today and he’s none other than my 10 year old son Noah. Both of my kids have caught the baking bug over the years; did they have much choice? 😉 One rainy day last week, Noah was rummaging through the cupboards …

Toffee Pecan Cookies. Buttery, soft and chewy sugar cookies with added toffee bits and crunchy pecans. So very delicious with just the right added crunch.

Chocolate Marshmallow Whoopie Pies. A kid favourite for lunch boxes, after school snacks and birthday parties. Everyone loves the marshmallow frosting inside! Originally published Nov 2009. There are a couple of other whoopie pie recipes on this blog and this one is just a different version of the classic chocolate whoopie pie. It uses the …

These chocolate orange brownies are super soft and fudgy with a hint of orange flavour throughout, just like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange. They freeze well too! 

Inspired by some leftover chopped chocolate chunks, Noah wanted to make Double Chocolate Cookies. After discovering some leftover white chocolate chips in the cupboard he quickly ammended that thought to Triple Chocolate Cookies. How can a boy of 8 be blamed for upping the ante when a favourite cookie is involved. I think we might …

The honor of the 100th post to this blog goes to nine year old chef Olivia who makes a return guest appearance on the blog today with a variation on her standard chocolate chip cookie recipe. She made these yesterday, replacing half the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips and was very pleased with her …