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Delicious Dishes Recipe Party – Holiday Cookie Recipes

November 29, 2016 By Aly 2 Comments

A delicious collection spotlighting the best Holiday Cookie Recipes and our Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!

Welcome to the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready for the fun holidays ahead. It’s all about the sweet treats this month and this week we are sharing the best Holiday Cookie Recipes that you all shared with us at last week’s party. Also, we are also sharing the most clicked recipes that you all loved at the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party.

If this is your first time, let me fill in you in on the scoop about this fabulous link party!

Delicious Dishes is a weekly link party where bloggers can share their most delicious recipes all while checking out the fabulous recipes that other bloggers are sharing.

Each week we will be featuring our favorite recipes from the week before and pinning them to our Delicious Dishes Pinterest board. Make sure to follow us there!

So – we hope you have fun with our party – we know we will!…

Lemon Ginger Tea Infused Madelines #LiptonTeaTime

February 7, 2016 By Aly 10 Comments

Whenever I am craving a bit of warmth and comfort in the afternoon, I often brew myself a steaming mug of Lipton tea. Since I was a young gal, I used to steal sips of my Nana’s tea and as I got older, I often would enjoy not only Lipton’s strong black tea but also their green tea, often with a sweet treat like one of my favorite confections, madeleines. When time allows, I love visiting with friends for afternoon tea at one of the lovely hotels here in Philadelphia where you can find sweet and savory bites to go with a perfectly brewed cup of tea. There is nothing like it – tea can not only be for comfort and relaxation, but also for celebration. It’s one of those things that makes me take a minute, relax and enjoy the moment.

I heard that Lipton updated their teas with bold flavors and new flavor combinations so I picked up a few boxes to try – their Pure Green Tea, their soothing Lemon Ginger Herbal Tea and, of course, my favorite – their English Breakfast Tea. The green tea has a light fresh taste, the herbal tea has natural flavors with fresh herbs and is caffeine free – perfect for late night and their black teas are bold and packed with flavor.

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#SpreadCheer with Peppermint Cookie Bark and Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark

December 22, 2015 By Aly

Peppermint Cookie Bark and Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark are sweet treats for the holiday cookie tray. #SpreadCheer this holiday season and bake up a batch to share!

This conversation has been sponsored by ACME Markets, Betty Crocker™ and Hershey’s®. My opinions and love for the brands are my own.

With the holidays, there are often the staple recipes that we all make every year, but sometimes you just need to change it up a bit. In Philly, the holiday cookie tray game is fierce. I have friends that are baking for hours on end just to get the perfect cookie tray and the Facebook feed is filled with the tales of hours of baking, dramatic stories of ovens misbehaving, etc. While I am in awe and applaud their tenacity and patience to achieve the ultimate perfect cookie – this gal doesn’t have time for that. Between work and the day to day, I want something quick and easy but delivers on flavor!

So, with the urge to bake some cookies for friends and neighbors, I decided to look for some recipe inspiration. Holiday cookies are everywhere but it was two words that caught my eye – Cookie Bark. Yes – you read that right – cookie bark. I often make candy bark for the holidays and it’s one of those treats that is always well loved. So – if you tell me I can do something in cookie form – well then, I need to give it a whirl.

I came across this Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark recipe on the Betty Crocker™ website and headed to my local ACME Market to pick up some supplies. Betty Crocker is a brand I trust and keep in my pantry, especially for those times when I don’t want to break out 20 different ingredients to make a batch of cookies. While I was in the baking aisle, I spied the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix and added that to the cart. Right nearby was the Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix and I had a delicious idea – I would do a tale of two cookie barks – a little sweet with a Peppermint Cookie Bark and a little spicy with a Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark. I picked up some Hershey’s® Cinnamon Chips to add a bit of an extra cinnamon punch to the snickerdoodles along with some other goodies for baking and raced home to channel my inner baking elf….

Cranberry Pumpkin Cookies For #FBCookieSwap

December 16, 2015 By Aly 3 Comments

These festive Cranberry Pumpkin Cookies, studded with pecans and fresh cranberries and drizzled with a sweetly spiced glaze, are a delicious addition to the holiday cookie plate.

The holidays call for lots of cookies and this year I am thrilled to take part in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap again. Last year, I made my favorite Orange Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies which are a must every year for the holidays. The year prior, I made Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. This is a cause I adore as it helps raise funds for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer which is a fabulous charity to support in their fight against pediatric cancer.

For the past 5 years, The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap has been hosted by two of my favorite bloggers, Julie of The Little Kitchen and Lindsay of Love & Olive Oil. Brand Partners, Land O’Lakes, OXO and Dixie Crystals, partnered with the event and are matching donations. Last year alone, this event raised almost $14,000 for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and I can’t wait to see what this year’s tally will be. Talk about a feel good moment! Plus – who doesn’t love cookies, right?…

Boozy Black Forest Cookies For #OXOGoodCookie

October 31, 2015 By Aly 2 Comments

The holiday season is just around the corner and one of my favorite brands, OXO, is raising money for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. Whenever OXO has a campaign to raise money for this cause, I’m all in. For the holidays, I have brought these rich must make Boozy Black Forest Cookies to the party.

Long time readers of Cooking In Stilettos know that this charity is near and dear to my heart as a dear childhood friend, Justine, died from neuroblastoma, a deadly childhood cancer. This is my third year participating and it’s a cause that I think helps so many.

This charity was started by two employees of OXO whose son, Liam, was battling cancer. What once started as a bake sale turned into something huge. Cookies for Kids’ Cancer fights the good fight, raising funds for research to help children win this battle. So, when you see that lovely sticker on OXO products, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer* In 2015, OXO will donate up to $100,000 to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer through product proceeds, bake sale matches and other fundraising efforts. Talk about being a good cookies, right? OXO has some fabulous products that will make your holiday season bright – both for gift giving and, of course, to use in your kitchen. …