10 Christmas Cookie Recipes That’ll Save Your Holiday Sanity (Or Destroy It — In the Best Way) Every December, I tell myself I’m only making one batch of Christmas cookies. Maybe two, tops. Keep it simple, keep it manageable, don’t turn the kitchen into a disaster zone that takes three days to clean. And then…

The Best Banana Oatmeal Bars (That Actually Taste Good) Okay, so I messed up banana oatmeal bars like five times before finally getting them right. And I’m gonna be honest with you – most recipes online are either too dry, too mushy, or taste like cardboard with banana flavoring. But this one? This one actually…

Why These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars Beat Regular Cookies Every Time Oatmeal chocolate chip bars are basically the lazy baker’s dream come true. I mean that in the best way possible – sometimes you want that homemade oatmeal cookie taste without all the rolling and spacing and waiting for multiple batches to bake. I discovered…

These Lemon Blueberry Cookies Changed My Mind About Fruit in Cookies Lemon blueberry cookies used to be the kind of thing I’d roll my eyes at. Like, why put fruit in perfectly good cookies? But then my sister-in-law brought these to last year’s Fourth of July BBQ, and I literally ate six of them before realizing what I was doing. Now…

Lemon Gooey Butter Cookies That’ll Make You Forget Store-Bought Exists Okay, so I messed this up twice before getting it right. But now? These lemon gooey butter cookies are literally the reason my kitchen smells like heaven every weekend. Look, I’m gonna be honest with you – I wasn’t even trying to make lemon gooey…

Easy Vanilla Sugar Cookies (Finally Figured Out After Multiple Kitchen Disasters) Vanilla sugar cookies are literally the most basic cookie you can make, so why did it take me four attempts to get them right? Seriously, I was starting to question my entire existence as someone who claims to know how to bake. But here’s…

Lemon Crinkle Cookies That’ll Make You Forget About Chocolate Why is it so hard to find a decent lemon crinkle cookies recipe online? I swear every recipe I tried was either too sweet, too dry, or just tasted like sugar cookies with a hint of lemon extract thrown in as an afterthought. But here’s the…

Cookies and Cream Cookies That Actually Taste Like Oreos (Finally!) Everyone keeps asking for this cookies and cream cookies recipe, so here goes nothing. But first, let me tell you about the disaster that led to this perfect version. So last month, I was trying to make cookies and cream cookies for my daughter’s school…

The Best Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies (That I Almost Ruined Three Times) Okay, so I messed up red velvet crinkle cookies three times before finally getting them right. And honestly? I’m kinda embarrassed about it because they’re supposed to be simple. But here’s the thing – everyone keeps asking for this recipe, so I guess my disasters were worth…

My Perfect Copycat Crumbl Banana Bread Cookies (With That Insane Cream Cheese Frosting!) Okay, real talk – I’ve been absolutely obsessed with recreating these Crumbl banana bread cookies for months now. Like, to the point where my family was genuinely concerned about my mental state. But here’s the thing… I finally nailed it. And I’m not even…