The Mid-Century Menu » Cookies & Bars

This week we are going to make a super-easy recipe because other things in life are really hard right now. These are Pineapple Puffs! Now, this recipe was once again chosen by the lovely Patrons ...

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This week we have another cookie that I made for my friend Carolyn’s holiday open house. Since she made a 7-Up Cheese Gelatin I felt like it was only fair to make her lots of cookies for her sa...

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This week we have a fun recipe that almost everyone already has, but I thought it would be fun to feature it anyway. Because Christmas. These are Peanut Butter Blossoms! Thank you to Tom’s mom ...

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This week we have Christmas cookies!!!   This is also the first week that I’m actually bringing you a recipe that I made in the kitchen of our new house. It’s been a long time coming, but I ...

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Who is ready for a huge, floofy fluffball of a dessert? This is Cherry Chocolate Ice Box Dessert! This recipe is from the Desserts Volume of the Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers recipe...

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I’ve already made cookies with potato chips on this blog, so this week I decided to make cookies with corn chips! These are Frito Macaroons! This is from a 32-page pamphlet called Recipes and M...

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I seriously love this time of year. It is time for cookies! And these are Cracker Jills! Super, super cute name on these. I was interested to see if they would taste like Cracker Jack! This recip...

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This week we aren’t doing anything freaky, just making some nice, calm bar cookies. These are O’Henry Bars! This recipe is from the Art of Cooking, a community cookbook from St. Paul’s Chur...

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It’s time for some dessert! And what’s better for dessert than something covered with coconut. These are Orange Doodads! This recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks, Out Of This World...

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So, it’s time to put the prune-bologna-debacle from Wednesday behind us, and wash our eyeballs clean with some chocolate. These are Chocolate Dreams! You can’t go wrong with chocolate. This r...

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