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These cookies make great gifts, but after tasting one, you’ll find it hard to give them away. While not exactly low in calories, they contain significantly less sugar and fat than most holiday sweets. Plus, they offer peanut-powered protein and whole grain goodness that can be enjoyed in guilt-free moderation even after your New Year’s [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
A Christmas recipe at last! This one took a while, not just because I was trying to perfect the texture and flavor, but also because I was searching for the most photogenic add-ins. Sadly, all of the mint options lose their color to some degree during baking. Fortunately, all of them are exceptional in these [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
After perfecting a recipe and getting a good photo, I usually move on to the next experiment. Not with these cookies! They’re so addictive that I’ve baked three batches in less than two weeks. I love that these gems not only taste scrumptious and have an appealing crunchy-chewy texture, but they are also nutritious. With [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
Sometimes the nutritional “savviness” of a recipe comes from what is added or substituted, not what is removed. When baking these cookies, Matt decided to stick with the butter and sugar recommendations of the original church-book recipe, but he replaced half of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour. He also added a unique mix [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
While growing up, one of Matt’s favorite snacks was the Sunshine Biscuit Company’s Golden Fruit, a thin, raisin-filled, perforated cookie that disappeared sometime after Keebler Foods acquired Sunshine. In an online search for something reminiscent of this childhood treat, he discovered Garibaldi biscuits. According to Wikipedia, the traditional Garibaldi biscuit consists of currants sandwiched between two [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
It’s hard to beat homemade, fully “leaded” chocolate chip cookies. The delicious combination of real butter, loads of sugar and tons of chips has made them an all-American favorite. As much as I enjoy sampling such treats, I now prefer my cookies to have less fat, less sugar and at least a touch of whole [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
If you love peanut butter and have a sweet tooth, these candies are definitely for you. They taste, look and feel like some sort of PayDay, Rice Krispies Treat and PowerBar combo. I looked at no fewer than ten recipes for peanut butter balls before coming up with this summer-friendly, keep-in-the-fridge, no-bake treat. I love [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] 
One reason these cookies—some might say candies—are a great summer treat is because they require no baking. You can whip up a batch in mid-July without heating up your kitchen. As for gourmet, that refers to the chocolate (and obviously not the appearance). You don’t have to use premium chocolate chips for this recipe, but the [click headline for more -- or photo in Facebook] |
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