What do you do when bananas go brown? Sure you can make banana bread, freeze them for smoothies or make my awesome Banana Bars. . . but sometimes you are just in the mood for something a bit different. Why not try these great Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies? They are a simple to make… Keep Reading
Homemade Fortune Cookies.
Chinese New Year is this coming Thursday, February 19th. Although I have absolutely no Chinese heritage, I always like a good excuse to try new ethnic cuisine. Walmart asked me this year to celebrate by sharing a recipe or craft with my readers. I decided to try making Homemade Fortune Cookies! Let me start out… Keep Reading
Thumbprint Cookies
Looking for a way to use up some of that delicious jam you made this year, or just looking for a tasty treat? Try Thumbprint Cookies! These little gems are something my mom used to make when we were kids, and it’s a great way to use up the last little bit of jam or… Keep Reading
Tasty Fun~Scotch Eggs and Easter Cookie Pops with Great Value
Last week I told you about my plans for some Tasty Easter Fun with Great Value–using Great Value Crescent Rolls to make Scotch Eggs and Great Value Sugar Cookie Dough to make cookie pops. Here’s how they turned out! The Scotch Eggs took only a few ingredients: hard boiled eggs, sausage and crescent rolls. You… Keep Reading
Holiday Baking with Great Value: Dressing Up Sugar Cookies
I’m part of a great group of bloggers who are all cooking up ways to use Great Value products for the various holidays through out the year. You may remember that for my very first post with them I shared my easy and elegant ideas for using up Thanksgiving leftovers, and then hosted a special… Keep Reading
Readers Question: No Chill Gingerbread Cookies
Dear Frugal Upstate, Love the site! I am a Kindergarten teacher who will be baking Gingerbread cookies with her class this holiday season and would love to use your recipe. Just a quick question – how many cookies does your recipe make? Thanks!!! Melissa Well Melissa, that is a very good question! Personally I… Keep Reading
DIY Halloween Monster Cookies
How about some more Wilton fun! In the lovely kit that Walmart and Wilton sent me I not only got the items to make those cool Halloween Cupcakes, but there were also some great cookie supplies and a project sheet showing how to make Halloween Cookie Monsters: Here’s the kit: My very most favorite thing? … Keep Reading
Recipe: Thumbprint Cookies
We had a babysitter named Mrs. Jordan when I was young. She was a fantastic baker who used to make all sorts of tasty things for us. I particularly remember her making these cookies for us some afternoons. It seemed like such a fun process as a child-rolling the balls of dough in nuts, making… Keep Reading
Holiday Parties: Hosting a Low Stress Cookie Swap
I don’t suppose it has escaped your notice that there is a lot going on at this time of year! We always have tons going on in the last few weeks before Christmas-2 school parties for the kids, a work party for Yankee Bill, concerts for each of the kids, church pageant rehearsal and pageant,… Keep Reading
