dessert

The Only Cookie Recipe You Need this Holiday Season

~ agustinaskitchen ~ 7 Comments

img_1102These Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Cookies were love at first sight! I first fell in love with them when I saw them on Displaced Housewife’s Instagram post, before I even saw the recipe or tasted them.  She created these cookies, and they are incredible.  They could be one of my most favorite cookie I’ve ever made to date.  Yeah, they’re that good.  I’ve given them to family, neighbors, friends, more family, people on the airplane.  My kids have devoured them – I almost let them eat them for breakfast.  ALMOST.  I figured they had pumpkin in them, but then I came to my senses and peeled them a banana.

I have this thing with pumpkin.  I love everything pumpkin EXCEPT Pumpkin Pie.  It’s just a too much pumpkin, not enough spice, not enough dough, weird textured pie.  I’ll reluctantly eat it smothered with ice cream and drenched with whipped cream, but that doesn’t count, does it?   Alas, maybe next year I’ll figure out a Pumpkin Pie recipe I can eat like a normal person, with a little dollop of whipped cream and nothing else.  I suppose it bothers me that I don’t like pumpkin pie because I like pumpkin everything (else) pumpkin: pumpkin bread, pumpkin gelato, pumpkin scones, pumpkin cookies… and hope you enjoy these pumpkin cookies like I have!

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I’ve made these cookies using both sunflower oil, as the recipe calls for, and grape seed oil and they were equally good.  I could not taste a difference.

I also made them with semi sweet chocolate chips and milk chocolate chips and I think the pumpkin tastes much better with the semi sweet chocolate chips – but you decide

Cheers!

An Easy Peachy Cobbler

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Fall is here.  Really, how? The Weather app tells me it’s going to be in the high 90’s this weekend.  This happens every year: fall comes around and in September/October we get a week or two of killer heat, blazing sun, AC-busting weather.  The only time I appreciated it was when I was living on the East Coast and it had been cold and rainy, when I came back to visit in October and laid by the pool for 5 days straight.  Bottom line is I’m ready for fall ya’ll.  Real true fall weather.  Until then, I’ll leave you with this super easy, and delicious Peach Cobbler that is perfect for a large gathering of friends and family on a hot weekend.

Disclaimer: this isn’t the prettiest cobbler in the world. I’ve made it dozens of times, it’s never “pretty” but it tastes incredible.  I guarantee it will be devoured. img_0592

RECIPE

Recipe Notes:

  • The recipe calls for nectarines, but I almost always use peaches. 5-6 peaches, instead of the 4 nectarines the recipe states.
  • I typically use less buttermilk: 2/3 cup instead of 3/4.
  • Sometimes, if I don’t have raspberries, I’ll use blueberries.  Just as good!

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Cheers!