Snickerdoodle Muffins

All the scrumptiousness of a snickerdoodle cookie baked into a muffin.  The idea for this muffin popped into my mind, so I went on a quick internet search for a recipe.  When the search yielded nothing, I decided to make up a recipe myself.  I wanted the tops to come out crinkled with cinnamon sugar like the namesake cookie.  I also wanted to use cream of tartar in the batter, since that is a key ingredient in the cookies.

Success!  We now have a new family favorite muffin.  The cinnamon sugar is a bit crisp on top and the muffin is slightly sweet and vanilla -y.  Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Butterscotch Cookies

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Have you joined the challenge to save money by eating from the freezer and pantry for a week?  I found that I saved $100 this week at the grocery store.  Jen L.  shared that she saved $70 this week. 

Saturday, this really lived up to the term “challenge” for me.  My son had a soccer tournament, which meant two games on Saturday.  It would have been so easy to pick up fast food for both lunch and dinner, but I resisted.  We pulled together a quick meal of soup for lunch and the crockpot came to the rescue for dinner.   Staying out of the fast food places probably saved us about $30 on Saturday.  I’m glad I have you all holding me accountable :-)

I need a treat to keep me going.  These cookies come together from ingredients I usually have on hand.  They taste a bit like butterscotch blondies, only in cookie form.

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