Black Bean Brownies

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Guilt-Free Bran Flax Muffins

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Chicken Fried Rice

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101 Things in 1001 Days

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Chocolate Krispie Treats

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Oatmeal Caramel Bars

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THE BEST Fluffy, Soft, Thick Sugar Cookies

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I am excited to give you an amazing secret recipe. *prepare yourself* One of my baking-crazed friends, Sari, searched high and low for THE BEST sugar cookie recipe on the planet. Her ideal cookie wasn't the crispy, thin cookies that snap when you bite them. Oh no...we're talking the thick, Lofthouse-type cookies that are sold in the bakery section of most grocery stores. My friends, she baked many, many sugar cookie recipes to find this gem that I'm about to share with you. They are...divine. And the best part is that you don't have to refrigerate the dough for 2 hours before making them! Grab a pen...this is a keeper...

THE BEST fluffy, soft, thick Sugar Cookies

1 ½ c. sugar
1 c. butter
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
  1 c. milk*
4 ½ c. flour
1 ¼ t. baking soda
4 t. baking powder (yes, that's right...FOUR teaspoons!)

Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar, butter and egg. Mix dry ingredients, then add them to the wet mixture. Add milk and vanilla. Roll out the dough pretty thick - about half an inch. The key is to roll out the dough with lots of flour (at the beginning, I usually even have to flour my rolling pin between each roll…the dough can get pretty gooey - expect for your hands to be coated with flour), cut with your shapes using cookie cutters, lay the cookies about an inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet (they grow and rise in the oven) and bake 8-10 minutes. Store in a tightly sealed container.

These freeze well!

Frosting
(double the following recipe for a thicker frosting layer on the cookies)
2 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. butter, softened
½ t. vanilla
1-2 T. milk

* I add a little less than 1 cup of milk so the dough isn't as sticky.  It's easier to work with.

CANDY - Every recipe you could ever want

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COOKIES - Every recipe you could ever want

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CAKES - Every recipe you could ever want

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Garlic Chicken Farfalle

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Five Layer Mexican Bean Dip

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Whole Grain Waffles

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(these freeze well in an empty bread bag with waxed paper in between each waffle)

Pink Piggy Pancakes

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