Author Archives: umpleby

Day 5: The Pecan Thumbprint   Today we have the good fortune to spotlight the Pecan Thumbprint. The basic baking building blocks of butter, flour, sugar and flavoring (in this case pure vanilla) are at it again with the addition … Continue reading →

Day 4:  The Peanut Butter  Here is a cookie that arguably isn’t Christmas-y.  However, what I like about it is that it brings a unique flavor and look to the cookie tray.  One look at those cross hatch marks on … Continue reading →

Day 3: – The Chocolate Chip Cookie   Legend has it that the origin of the cookie comes from the Toll House Inn when in 1930 Ruth Graves Wakefield was making a batch of cookies and ran out of the … Continue reading →