This sugar cookie recipe uses butter and shortening which is the perfect combination for soft, chewy and crisp sugar cookies.  Our favorite Christmas Cookie is Frosted Sugar Cookie Cut Outs . During the holidays I cant ever seem so make enough of them and they disappear so fast. My kids would e…

Homemade spaghetti sauce (large batch) perfect for spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, ravioli or baked ziti. Plus Make Ahead Freezer Meatballs.   When Jane Doiron contacted me about reviewing her new cookbook, Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms ,  I knew by the title that this was a book for …

Deliciously soft melt in your mouth eggnog sugar cookies topped with a simple eggnog glaze and dusted with cinnamon sugar.  I recently got a package from Challenge Dairy asking me to create a dessert recipe using the ingredients pictured below. One of the ingredients was butter!!!  To me the…

A simple caramel fruit dip sprinkled with toffee bits perfect for dipping in apples or cookies . I think I have two of the pickiest eaters on the face of this earth. I do have to admit they're getting better but , it's a slow road.  Finding different ways to disguise food is what I have …