Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Highlights from 2024

It seems like each year gets busier and busier, but I hope that everyone had an excellent holiday season! While I don’t necessarily bake as much as I used to, I love the time that I do have in this create process. Life is hard sometimes and too busy, and these are distractions to look forward to. No recipe this week; I am looking back at some of my favorites from 2024.

Reese's Pieces Oat Cookies
This gluten-free cookie is a wonderful combination of peanut butter and oats. You would never know it was gluten-free, and it’s a great cookie to add to your repertoire.

Two gluten-free oat cookies with Reese's Pieces. Photographed on a black and white Native American design plate

Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Bars
I love snickerdoodles, as it was the first cookie I remember making with my Dad. This bar cookie, with an added cheesecake layer, is absolutely wonderful.

Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Bars: a base layer of snickerdoodle dough topped with a cheesecake filling and a topping of additional cheesecake dough. Photographed on a burgundy oblong plate.

Bee Sting Bars
This cookie is based on the Bee Sting Cake, which I would love to make but looks tricky. These are much easier to bake and still contain the flavors of honey and almonds.

Diamond-shaped shortbread bars topped with a honey and almond topping, photographed on a white speckled plate

Cookie Dough Brownie Cookies
These are a substantial cookie, and they were the perfect choice for my friend’s birthday. Cookie, topped with cookie dough, covered in chocolate. What could be bad? 

A chocolate cookie, topped with a cookie dough ball, covered in chocolate. Photographed on a gold plate.

Almond Frangipane Cookies
I made a couple of almond cookies this year, all of them have been so good. This one uses almond flour, some others use almond paste. Either have delightful flavor that can’t be beaten.

A stack of almond cookies with a homemade frangipane filling, topped with slivered almonds and powdered sugar. Photographed on a gold mat.

Paradise Slice
This is a Scottish Christmas cookie, and it is so different. It combines currants, almond flour, and glacé cherries. They were so good I ended up making two batches!

Paradise Slice- a Scottish bar cookie with a pastry base and a filling of currents, glacé cherries, and almond flour. A single cookie photographed on a red pedestal.

I hope you have a great 2025!


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