Marie Cookpad

  This is a cookie I used to bake for my children quite often when they were growing up. I used to try to have some kind of a treat waiting for them every day when they got home from school.  Funny enough I never saw myself as a baker, more of a savoury cook, but when I look back I can clearly see that I did both with an equal passion.   My original recipe for Amish Sugar Cookies makes a lot of cookies, which is great when you have five hungry children snapping at your heels, but not so great when you are staring at an empty nest.   That doesn't mean however that we can't still enjoy these delicious treats that we used to bake for our families, and yes . . .  I did enjoy them as well. I am on a quest to try to small batch as many of my old favourites as I can. Smaller recipes to suit the smaller household.  It just makes sense and it means there is far less temptation laying around and actually a bit less waste as well.    This is a great recipe. ...

  I keep seeing Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies all over InstaGram.  They look fabulous and one day I am going to try them.  The recipe is on a blog called A Bountiful Kitchen , which is owned by Si Foster.  Si and her husband are doing Missions in Spain at the  moment for our church. (Just like Todd and I did a few years ago, except we didn't get to go to Spain.)   Interestingly enough Si's son in law did his Mission here in the UK several years back.  He was one of my favourite Missionaries, Elder Eliason.  I know I say that about them all!  You know how much we love feeding them.   Cody and his wife Brook were here in Chester last summer for a couple of days with their son George.  What a cutie pie George is.  Brook is the owner of the very popular blog, Female Foodie . I think eating and cooking good food runs in the family!   So anyways, I kept seeing these Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies all over IG, all attributed to Si...

  A long time ago, in a place far removed from where I am now, I used to be a cook in a Manor House for a family of Millionaires.  It was a fabulous experience in many ways.  I got work and live in a very beautiful environment, using the best ingredients and equipment.    I got to live in a very pretty English cottage set hidden in the corner of a Manor Estate and to stretch my abilities in the kitchen in amazing ways, and to experience a lifestye from the inside out that many never get to see, let alone experience.    This cookie recipe is one I have been baking for my family for many, many years, and it is one that I was directed to bake weekly when I cooked at the Manor.  The Mr loved them.  They had to be in the cookie tin at all times  . . .   The staff loved them also.  In fact I often had to double the recipe because as soon as the other staff smelled them baking, they would arrive in the kitchen for a sneaky biccie or t...