This Blondie Recipe is an American classic. Think chocolate chip cookie dough or a brownie without the chocolate, in a bar cookie! ABK’s 30 Minute Blondie Recipe is one you will crave and make over and over again. Years ago, when we were first married, Grant loved “Chiffon Nut Bars” a recipe made by his… Read More
Desserts: Cookies
Lemon Lime Swig Cookie
Originally posted in 2014, the Lemon Lime Swig Cookie recipe has been updated with new recipe content and photos. This version of my Swig copycat cookie is a bit of citrus heaven! The Lemon Lime Swig Cookie is everything you love in a Swig cookie, but with a fresh twist… lemon juice and lime zest!… Read More
Levain Bakery Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie
The long awaited Levain Bakery Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie copycat recipe is pure chocolate heaven! It’s the ultimate make at home version of the popular cookie sold in NYC. It lives up to the hype and is everything a serious chocolate lover craves in one gigantic gooey cookie. A Chocoholics cookie If you know… Read More
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are the perfect blend of a gooey dark chocolate-chocolate chip cookie, a drizzle of creamy icing, topped with crushed candy cane. This cookie tastes like Christmas in every bite! shoes and cookies. you can never have too many! I’m pretty sure you can never have too many cookie recipes around the holidays…. Read More
Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies
Looking for a gluten-free treat to serve this holiday season? Look no further! These Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies are soft, sweet, easy to make, and everything you want in a holiday cookie. Nancy’s gluten free sugar cookies I’m often asked if I can share recipes on ABK that are gluten free, because not everyone can enjoy… Read More
Giant Ginger Cookies
Ginger cookies are the definition of Christmastime! One bite of these giant ginger cookies and you will be transported to a world of Christmas trees, gift giving, holiday music, and cups of hot cocoa. I love making a batch of these chewy cookies and filling my entire home with the smell of sugar and ginger!… Read More
Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
For the longest time, I’ve been thinking about developing a recipe for pumpkin whoopee pies. Finally, it happened. This recipe for Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Whoopie Pies is every pumpkin and chocolate lover’s dream come true! October- the month that throws all caution to the wind regarding pumpkin treats! One of the things I love about… Read More
The Best Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie
The Best Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie was created for the person in your life who loves a little bit of oatmeal and a whole lot of chocolate in a cookie! Chocolate or raisins? What makes this recipe The Best Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie? For starters, the name. Most oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies are named… Read More
Caramel Covered Coconut Pretzel Cookies
Caramel Covered Coconut Pretzel Cookies are sweet and salty, chewy and crunchy. Definitely one of my all-time favorite cookie creations! I first posted this recipe in 2016 when it became an instant hit in our home. Last night I was in the mood for a cookie. But wanted to make something new and out of the… Read More
Light the World Cookie Exchange
For the past several years, I’ve hosted a cookie exchange with my dear friend Melinda. This year, we changed it up a bit and asked our friends who participate in the exchange to donate homemade cookies to The Road Home, a local shelter for families. Our Light the World Cookie Exchange was a huge hit with… Read More
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut Butter Blossoms are classic Christmas cookies. Found on every Christmas cookie tray in America, this cookie is one I’ve made several times, but never posted. I’ve tweaked it over the years to be one little bite of peanut butter and chocolate candy perfection! History lesson The Peanut Butter Blossoms recipe was developed back in… Read More
Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies
Do you love Halloween Cookies, but don’t have time for all of the steps involved in making traditional sugar cookies? Pumpkin Spice Swig Sugar Cookies will put the fun back into your Halloween baking! Make, scoop, bake and frost. Beautiful sugar cookies in less than an hour start to finish! If you’re a fan of… Read More
Salted Caramel Brownie Cookies
Salted Caramel Brownie Cookies are the ultimate brownie and cookie lover’s treat! A chocolatey, chewy, brownie-cookie, baked to perfection, topped with a bit of caramel, and sprinkled with just little sea salt. Biggest Fan! I’m a big fan of brownies and cookies. If I had to choose between the two, I think brownies would be… Read More
Levain Bakery Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Levain Bakery in New York City makes a serious oatmeal cookie. Thick and chewy,filled with raisins and big enough to be a meal replacement, ABK’s Levain Bakery Oatmeal Raisin Cookie is a cookie your granny will love! Oatmeal Raisin has been a favorite cookie in our home for many years. Grant’s favorite cookie is oatmeal… Read More
Levain Bakery Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Levain Bakery Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies are the most decadent peanut butter and chocolate lover’s treat ever. Almost 1/2 lb of gooey, dark chocolate and peanut butter chips combined in to a cookie makes this one of the most sought after recipes on A Bountiful Kitchen! If you have been following A Bountiful… Read More
Frosted Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are two types of people in the world. Those who love Nutella, and those who do not. Frosted Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies are for the Nutella lover in your life! (Nutella) Love at first sight I still remember the first time I ate Nutella. I was with my daughter Corrine, in Europe. She was performing… Read More
Sheet Pan Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Sheet Pan Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are a busy baker’s dream! All of the goodness of a traditional sugar cookie in one big sheet pan. One bowl, one pan, and you’re in business. Throw on a little buttercream frosting and you can feed a crowd everyone’s favorite holiday cookie without the rolling, cutting out, and… Read More
Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
If you’ve traveled to, or live in New York City, you have probably heard of Levain Bakery and their famous chocolate chip cookies. On my last trip back east, I made a stop at the popular bakery on West 74th Street to see for myself if this was indeed the best chocolate chip cookie in… Read More
Christmas Swig Cookies
Are you looking for the perfect cookie to bake for Santa on December 24th? Word has it Santa loves homemade Swig cookies! The Christmas Swig is the classic Almost Swig Sugar Cookie with peppermint candy bits in the dough, topped with ABK’s famous creamy pink frosting and decorated with white sparkling sugar sprinkles. Swig Cookies… Read More
Chocolate Walnut Buttons
Chocolate Walnut Buttons are my new favorite Christmas cookie! Each little cookie is filled with dark chocolate, milk chocolate and enveloped in chopped nuts. They are the cutest chocolate addition to your Christmas baking! Chocolate Christmas cookies are always a bit tricky. I like to bake a cookies for the holidays that look festive and… Read More
How to Host a Simple, No Stress Christmas Cookie Exchange!
A Christmas cookie exchange is the perfect way to kick off the holiday baking season! I’m going to explain step by step how I host a cookie exchange with my friend Melinda. Our cookie exchange takes the stress out and puts the fun back in a Christmas cookie swap! A few years ago, my friend… Read More
ABK Pumpkin Recipe Roundup!
Finally! ABK’s very best pumpkin recipes rounded up into one post. Everything from Pumpkin Sheet Cake to Pumpkin Spice Hot Cocoa and everything in between. Pumpkin butter, pumpkin spice, pumpkin breads of all varieties. And of course, pumpkin cookies galore… Pumpkin Applesauce Muffins with Maple Cream Glaze are a favorite breakfast choice at our house. … Read More
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Fresh Lemon Icing
Need a two thumbs up no-fail pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe? You’ve come to the right place. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Fresh Lemon Icing is moist, soft, full of chocolate chips with a lemon icing that sets this treat apart from all of the rest. Pumpkin cookies are everywhere this time of year. I first… Read More
New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
Are you a chocolate chip cookie fan? Then you’ve probably heard of The New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, (touted to be the best chocolate chip cookie recipe in the world) adapted from Jacques Torres, crazy famous pastry chef and chocolatier. I’m long overdue in making the NYT Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and seeing… Read More
Double Chocolate Chewy Marshmallow Cookies
My oldest grand baby Ani LOVES marshmallows. If she sees a marshmallow, she doesn’t want anything else. No breakfast, lunch or dinner, just marshmallows. To satisfy her marshmallow obsession, I made her some of our favorite Double Chocolate Chewy Marshmallow Cookies! Filled with chocolate chips, cocoa and marshmallows, these cookies were a hit with Ani…. Read More
All Butter Snickerdoodles
Who doesn’t love a good Snickerdoodle cookie?! I’ve been making the same recipe for years and years and decided it’s finally time for a change. I wanted to make a Snickerdoodle that’s an ALL BUTTER cookie, also one that would not go flat, but stayed thick and chewy after cooling. Snickerdoodles are often made with… Read More
Everything (we love) Cookies
The cookie recipe I’m sharing today Everything (we love) Cookies, is one Brookie, my youngest daughter has been making since she was about 12 years old. It’s a chewy cookie with a little bit of everything we love, chocolate, coconut, crunch from the cereal…It’s a family favorite in our Bountiful Kitchen. Hope you enjoy and take time… Read More
White Chocolate Dipped Chewy Ginger Cookies
I’ve been making ginger cookies for years. Let’s just say A Bountiful Kitchen has covered more than it’s fair share of ginger cookie testing. I have all varieties on my blog, famous Frosted Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Frosting from Cutler’s Bakery in Bountiful (not a copycat, recipe straight from Curt Cutler himself), Gingersnaps, so crisp and… Read More
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites
It’s time for Christmas baking again! I love this time of year. The oven is on non-stop and wonderful smells coming out of the kitchen for days. Every Christmas cookie platter should have a cookie (or two, or three) that the kids love. These Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites are a kid favorite! Because, what’s better… Read More
Caramel Apple White Chocolate Cookies
It’s caramel apple season again! Have you ever met a person who doesn’t love a caramel covered apple? What could possibly be better than a caramel apple?! How about a Caramel Apple Cookie? Add a little white chocolate, and you’ve got perfection. The Caramel Apple White Chocolate Cookie captures the caramel apple we all love,… Read More
Chewy Pumpkin Milky Way Cookies
How many ways are there to change up a pumpkin cookie?? Frosting, no frosting, chocolate chips, gluten free… Yesterday I was determined to create a new twist. I was testing the mini “fun” bars in my (what seems like) 20 lb package of Halloween candy that is stashed in my pantry for um, yes… trick… Read More
Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies
Hey there. Did you already run out of your stash of Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies?? You’ve come to the right place. Satisfy your craving with this recipe for homemade Thin Mints! Once upon a time, I said I didn’t like anything mint. Gradually, over the years, I have found I do like a few mint… Read More