Archive

For all you sugar cookie lovers out there, here’s my well-loved, Swig style recipe. INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, room temperature 3/4 cup vegetable shortening 1-1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons milk 2 eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 5-1/2 cups flour DIRECTIONS Preheat […]

In the throes of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Kelly’s Kitchen Creation praline shop expanded to a new site, KKC Shop, resulting in thousands of treats being baked, cooked, mixed and packaged from just about any occasion you can imagine. My KKC boxes have been well received by people in more than half the states […]

My sister has been telling me that I should bake pignoli cookies, which she’s been doing for years. I finally baked them today for the first time and I feel like I tasted a little bite of heaven as I savored these cookies featuring almond paste, rolled in pine nuts. INGREDIENTS 7 ounces almond paste […]

Baking lifts spirits, especially when it’s Double Chocolate Cookies with sea salt and pecans. These soft, brownie-like treats are chocolatey from cocoa powder and melted chocolate chips, then finished off after baking with a few morsels on top. Double Chocolate Cookies 1 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar […]

My sweet daughter, Hannah, got a Williams Sonoma cookie stamp set for me for Christmas and today was the first time to use it and I am completely smitten. Rather than use all three shapes, I wanted all hearts because Valentine’s Day is next month and I love to embrace all the hearts emblems of […]

by Kelly J. Larson Salted Toffee Pecan Bars are my new favorite treat — I’ve made them three times this week. I’ve baked these bad boys with and without pecans and once using peanut butter chips instead of toffee bits. Every variation was scrumptious! They’re gooey and buttery, just so yummy. The toffee bits are […]

by Kelly J. Larson I’m an American girl who’s in love with a Dutch cookie. Gevulde Koeken are my favorite sweet memories from my time living in The Netherlands from 1984 to 1985. These plump, almond paste filled Dutch cookies are known for their shiny, golden, round shapes, topped with usually one to three almonds, […]

by Kelly J. Larson Bar cookies have become my latest craze. Recently a friend requested chocolate chip cookie bars with chocolate frosting for her daughter’s birthday. These chocolate chip cookie bars are perfect to me, simply cut up and eaten without the frosting, but we all have our own indulgences, right? My idea of a […]

by Kelly J. Larson Sugar Cookie bars with sprinkles are buttery, soft and party-ready with tinted cream cheese frosting topped with colorful sprinkles. Ideal for making in advance, these sugar cookie bars are the perfect cross between cupcakes and roll-out sugar cookies. Bake ahead a few days before your event, then store them in the […]

by Kelly J. Larson My friend, Chantima, made lemony citrus crinkle cookies a few days ago and I couldn’t stop thinking of them. I baked a batch late last night, then found happy taste testers today at Isaac’s school and can’t wait to share the recipe here. They are so good! I’ll add more photos […]