Energy ball, protein bites, fat balls, whatever you want to call them, these little no-bake snacks hit the spot for quick, tasty and goodness- filled morsels. You can get creative and add in just about anything small and sweet– dried fruit, nuts, chocolate or carob chips or chunks, butterscotch, granola and more! Read More
Southern Lawyer Cookies
These great big cookies contain everything dear to the heart of a soon-to-be- Southern lawyer… bourbon, brown sugar, chocolate chips, toffee pieces, pecans, marshmallows and yes indeed, BACON! Topping it off is a nice thick layer of rich brown sugar frosting–res judicata! Read More
Glazed coffee shortbread
Coffee and sweet treats… the quest to find even more sublime combinations is a very worthwhile mission. This homely shortbread bar isn’t a flashy discovery but it is a wonderful one nonetheless, with ground espresso beans flavoring the shortbread, and a buttery brown sugar coffee glaze on top to add some gooey richness. Read More
Double Ginger Shortbread
It’s a chilly and wet October afternoon, with a hard-to-ignore sore throat and stuffy nose, so it’s time for yet another cup of hot tea… Yawn, snore, bo–ring! Wouldn’t that cup of ho- hum tea be a little more appealing with something to dunk into it? Something with a subtle and complementary flavor, and sturdy enough to hold together when dunked? Read More
Ginger-lime sandwich cookies– double the pleasure, double the yum!
If one cookie is good, of course two cookies are better, and if you happen to put something delicious in between the two, well, then it might just become sublime… An especially nice treat is a lime and ginger sandwich cookie. A basic gingersnap cookie is the base, and it needs to be quite firm, formed into a ball with a scoop so the cookies are of similar size, and flattened slightly for the best sandwich form (maximum frosting piling). Fill with a good amount of buttercream frosting with lime zest and juice and there you are, one afternoon snack coming right up. Read More