There's a cookie in my collection that holds a special place in the hearts (and taste buds) of my loved ones. Dubbed the "Jennifer Cookie" by my siblings, this almond shortbread thumbprint delight has become a household favorite. Allow me to share the magic behind its creation and why it has earned such endearing acclaim.

🍅🥖 A Culinary Adventure: Tomato Soup and Homemade Bread Delight! 🌿🍞

I know we are halfway into November and most of us are thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas but still have leftover Halloween candy! I did not have a lot of tricks or treating in my neighborhood. So I had a lot of leftover candy. So why not make candy cookies? I had some browned butter left over from the oatmeal cookie made. I decided to make a brown butter candy cookie. It was really fun to make. I took all the leftover candies I had chopped them up. I made a basic chocolate cookie dough I added brown butter instead of regular butter and all the leftover candy I had. I chilled the dough and then baked it at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes, rotating halfway through baking. Sofia loved them!! She brought them to school, and she said they were gone in a few minutes. The batch that I made was about 2 and a half dozen. I gave some to my employees and they love them. This recipe will go in my recipe book, and I will use it again at easter with easter candy. That will be good.

When I was young, I loved the store-bought oatmeal cream pies, my mom would buy a box and between me and my sibling we would devourer all of those little cream filled bits of joy before the week was out. 

This past Easter we had an adult easter egg hunt, this is a tradition in my family. After the children's easter egg hunt is over the Adults have one of their own. Instead of eggs filled with candy we have eggs filled with small bottles of booze! One of the bottles of received was peanut butter whiskey. It did not sound to appealing to drink, but to bake with this bottle was interesting to me. I used my 3 ingredients peanut butter cookie recipe and at the end added the Peanut Butter Whiskey. Baked at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. Sofia thought to dip these cookies in dark chocolate and sprinkles sea salt on them. Well, that was the game changer!  These cookies were delicious! We made 2 dozen; Sofia brought her dozen to school, and I brought my dozen to work. By mid-morning she texted say they were all gone, mostly by the teaches. My cookies were gone as well by noon. This was a good recipe I will be making again.