Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour ahead today!  I wanted to share with you this Spring cookie bouquet I donated to the International Association of Administrative Professional’s Professional Development Conference Silent Auction this past week.  The colors are so bright and the bouquet really says Spring to me I like to bag my [...]

Here’s a sweet activity to brighten up a rainy day — bake a batch of these cookie pops, then let your kids decorate them with a rainbow of frosting colors. Sugar cookie dough, store-bought or try our Easy Sugar Cookie Dough Cookie sticks (available at craft supply stores) Frosting Food coloring Tube of white icing [...]

Delight your family with a simple Pillsbury® Create ‘n Bake™ cookie crust topped with the colors of spring. 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies 2 cups miniature marshmallows 1 cup spring-colored candy-coated chocolate candies 1/2 cup spring-colored miniature jelly beans Spring-colored decors or candy sprinkles Heat oven to 350°F. Line 12-inch pizza pan [...]

The pastel mint adds a hint of spring to this traditional butter cookie. Yield: 4 dozen cookies 1 1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 48 mint meltaway candies Combine 1 cup sugar, butter, egg [...]

Lemon meringue pie flavors comes in an easy mini cookie delight. 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix 1/2 cup whole almonds, ground 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened 1 jar (12 oz) lemon curd 2/3 cup Betty Crocker® whipped fluffy white frosting 1/2 [...]

Chinese green tea, which is sold as a powder, gives buttery shortbread a mild, somewhat exotic flavor, as well as a delicate tint. If using Japanese green tea, grind it first in a spice grinder. Makes 3 dozen 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling 2 tablespoons Chinese green-tea powder 1/2 teaspoon table salt [...]

Use this Spring Cookie Recipe to get in the Seasonal Spirit! What you’ll need: * Sugar cookies cut into flower shapes * Frosting, tinted in spring shades of yellow and pink * Mentos® Sours and Mixed Fruit flavors * Airheads® Candy bars in Strawberry or Cherry and Green Apple or Watermelon Directions: 1) Make or [...]

By The Decorated Cookie. These are made with a very simple and easy technique from a surprising ingredient. Give them a try! (And check out the Chic Cookies kits while you’re there!) Starburst candy wax paper rolling pin scissors light corn syrup cookies, cupcakes, cakes or whatever step one: nuke your candy I worked with one [...]

These thin chocolate cookies with ganache icing dipped into grated coconut make the perfect nests for two or three miniature chocolate eggs. Makes 2 dozen 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup [...]

A crisp almond cookie which is attractively cut into medallions. Preparation time: 30 min Baking time: 9 min  Yield: 3 dozen cookies 1 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons pasteurized dried egg [...]