White Chocolate & Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

It's that time of year folks. When I yearn for cool weather. To pull out all my boots. Slip into fleece tights and wear leg warmers around the house. When the crock pot comes out. When I start stocking up on pumpkin every time I go to the store. When my house always smells of something Fall. Pumpkins, caramel, apples, cinnamon. To kick off Fall 2014, I bring you....

White Chocolate & Pumpkin Snickerdoodles.

Italian Wedding Cookies

So every year when I was growing up, my little Italian great grandmother would make a bunch of different cookies for Christmas. Then she would separate them into boxes and give one to each household in our family. My absolute favorite ones were the Italian wedding cookies. And they are one of my favorite memories from being little.

Now these cookies go by many names; Russian Teacakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Almond Butter Cookies, etc. But I always refer to them as Italian Wedding Cookies. They are not soft and chewy. They are a drier cookie that doesn't expand much when cooking. This is awesome if you want to make a bunch in a short period of time (you fit more on the pan). I also make them smaller so that I can just pop them in my mouth.

Double Berry Breakfast Cake

Ahhhhh....I love coming up with tasty breakfast treats. I'm one of those people that craves something salty and sweet in the morning (like bacon and cinnamon rolls). I try to keep our "big" breakfasts to one a week though, just so we aren't packing away too much extra fat and calories on the weekends.

So here you go...Double Berry Breakfast Cake

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Butter Cream Frosting

I love love love fall and anything having to do with turning leaves, sweaters, hot cocoa, football, crisp mornings, and of course PUMPKIN!!!!! 

I decided to try a pumpkin cupcake with a Salted Caramel Butter Cream Frosting. It's not my normal type of frosting, but it was quite amazing. 

FYI, I made a quarter-sized batch so that I could make 6 cupcakes and try the recipe without wasting ingredients if I didn't like it. But I loved it, so I'll definitely make it again.

This photo shows the ingredients for the cupcake batter.

~ Ingredients ~

The Perfect Cookie (Bonus: "Cookies for two" recipe!)

Ok. So if you know me, you know I love love love cookies! And I just happen to stumble upon the perfect recipe last year. Seriously. Every time I tried to make cookies before, they came out too flat, too salty, or too done (a crispy cookie is a crappy cookie). I love big, soft baked cookies. I thought about not sharing my most perfect recipe...buttttttttt, I decided that I should share the wealth so that I am no longer solely responsible for bringing cookies everywhere. Plus, this recipe is really really easy!

Make sure to check the bottom of this for the "cookies for two" breakdown :)