We caught up with blue ribbon baker Karen Cope this week at the Minnesota State Fair. She brought samples of her favorite recipe of late: Monster Cookies! We took a taste and can definitely attest to their deliciousness. I grew up…
Looking for an easy, Irish-themed cookie for St. Patrick’s Day coming up? Make this one! Sherrel Jones did for the 2016 Tulsa State Fair and won 1st place honors (and won a nice prize from the makers of Gold Medal Flour).…
I love a simple cookie. Hey now, I am talking simple to make, but not simple tasting! These Pineapple Cherry Pecan Chippers have a classic delicious dough: butter, sweetness, flour, and egg, plus a little lift from baking powder. Flavor boosts…
Blending two of my favorite things – citrus and melt in your mouth goodness – these cookies are a breeze to make and amazing to taste. I have always liked my shortbread on the thinner side. Maybe it’s a texture thing?…
Macaroons are so yum. Seventeen-year-old Michael Kimery baked these Coconut Mint Macaroons for the State Fair of Texas last year (2015). They won “Best Holiday Cookie” honors. They are delicious tropical tasting macaroons dipped in chocolate and infused with peppermint. You use…
When you want a good and gooey quadruple chocolate cookie, make this recipe. Gooey Chocolate Drops won a runner up prize at the 2014 State Fair of Texas. The recipe comes from Franklin Creed of Euless. The intense chocolate flavor and the…
Fruit and cheesecake collide in this decadent dessert. It started as a lemon cheesecake winning recipe from the archives…2008. We morphed into something easier but equally delicious. You start with a oatmeal cookie crust. Then top in with a cream cheese blueberry…
Let’s go big! Make an impression with this oversize double chocolate cookie and it’s delicious toppings: a peanut butter-meets cream cheese layer, peanuts and chopped candy bar. You finish it with banana slices and a chocolate drizzle. It starts simple…
Fall means it’s time for one of our all-time favorite flavors to take center stage: pumpkin. Be sure to try out these past winning recipes: Pumpkin Pull-Apart Monkey Bread and Pumpkin Cupcakes. Plus DO NOT MISS these Pumpkin Date Pinwheeels. They are…
Coffee lovers rejoice! We have the perfect cookie for you. These coffee-flavored, crispy cookies taste like biscotti dipped in a cup of espresso. Cappuccino Cookies is a 2015 Gold Medal Flour Cookie Contest award-winning recipe developed by Raymond Graham. He…