New Recipe at The BamaSteelMagnolia’s(TM) Bistro

Today you’ll find a new recipe for a no-bake cookie that’s fun for this time of the year. It’s so easy the kids can even help if not do almost totally alone. Click over and take a look at yummy Butterscotch Spiders…just in time for Halloween and Fall Harvest Festivals.

Cookie Road Trip: Florida, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip: Florida
By Beverly Hicks Burch

It’s been a while since we traveled down the Cookie Road Trip. I have to admit, time, life and a misplaced cookie cookbook intertwined to cause that lapse. But, never fear, my “road map” had resurfaced.
This stop takes us to Florida, the most “tropical” of the contiguous 48 states.
Florida [...]

Nestle’s Oatmeal Scotch Cookie

The Bama Steel Magnolia’s Bistro is serving up Nestle’s Oatmeal Scotchie Cookies Recipe…and there is a tie to the election in November.

Cookie Road Trip – District of Columbia, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – District of
Columbia
By Beverly Hicks Burch

It just so happens that the next stop on our Cookie Road Trip takes us to the District of Columbia…or as we also know…Washington, DC. This seems appropriate considering we are in the heat of a current election year here in the US.

DC [...]

Cookie Road Trip – Delaware, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – Delaware
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Welcome back to the cookie road trip!

This pit stop on the trip takes us to the tiny state of Delaware. It is our second smallest state and 7th most densely populated. Tiny doesn’t negate importance though! Delaware is the First State. You know how everyone [...]

Cookie Road Trip – Connecticut, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – Connecticut
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Our latest jaunt on the cookie trail takes us to one of my favorite regions of the USA – New England. Connecticut is called the Constitution State and has played an important and long part in the history of the United States.

Some of the first [...]

Raspberry Thimble Cookies

Raspberry Thimble Cookies

1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 – ½ cups sifted flour
Raspberry jam

Heat oven to 350°.

Cream butter and margarine. Gradually add the sugar beating until light and fluffy.

Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Add sifted flour and vanilla.

Shape dough into 1 inch diameter balls. [...]

Cookie Road Trip – Arkansas, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – Arkansas
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Ok, all you Razorbacks…this one’s for you. Yep, this cookie recipe is from this state of Arkansas.

Arkansas is another of our Southern states that lies just west of the great Mississippi River. Home of the Ozark Mountains, it also has the traditional humid, and subtropical Southern [...]

Cookie Road Trip – Arizona, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – Arizona
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the United States. A Southwestern state in the Four Corners region, according to 2006 population statistics it is the US’s fastest growing state. Known for its desert beauty, Arizona is also the home of one of the USA’s natural wonders, [...]

Cookie Road Trip – Alaska, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Cookie Road Trip – Alaska
By Beverly Hicks Burch

The next stop on our cookie road trip takes us to our largest state which is also one of our youngest states. We tend to think of Alaska as perpetual frozen tundra but there are forests and wildlife and yes, civilization in this great state.

The contribution [...]