Saturday Spotlight - This Week's Hot List!

For those of us who celebrate American Thanksgiving, the kitchen is the place to be right now. I like to do as much cooking as I can in advance so that the day itself is less stressful. Reducing stress is important not only because...

I'm excited to say that It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here on Cookie Connection! Sure, we've still got a decent number of fall-themed cookies featured in this week's hot list (after all, Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet), but...

Recently, I had a stretch during which I was extremely depressed. The reasons were varied and also unimportant. What was important was that I...

Like clockwork, as soon as Halloween is over, the Christmas ads and promos start coming in full force, flooding TV, social media, and the airwaves for two solid months. I see this overzealousness about Christmas here in...

Earlier this week, I noticed a sign on an office door that read, "Octobering . . . be back soon". I found it to be the perfect phrase for how I am feeling at this particular moment...

Happy fall, y'all! This week, I've been in Maine at my home-away-from-home, enjoying a little time off, replanting pots for the fall, continuing to furnish the house...

Fall is in full bloom at my house. The temperatures have finally dipped; the leaves are starting to turn; and Halloween decorations are popping up everywhere. It seems as though many of you are...

Hey, all! I need to be super snappy with this post, as I'm teaching at The Bake Fest all weekend, and I still have some prep yet to do tonight. Aside: As a means of enticing last-minute class-goers to...

It's fall, y'all! The weather in my area is still a bit warmer than I would prefer, but I definitely have all the fall feels. It seems as though many of you do too, which is why this week's hot list is filled with such a wealth of...

In last week's Spotlight social media post, I said that one can never be too early with Halloween cookie planning. This week, I insist that the corollary is also true - one can never have enough Halloween cookies! And, so, it’s in this spooky spirit that I present you with another...

The temperatures are still quite warm in my area so it's hard for me to say that fall is in the air. But, it's definitely on my mind! I can't wait for the...

Hi, all! We've had another active week with lots of great new cookie art having been posted to the site! Most of it is also featured in this week's hot list - so hurrah, and...