For my last recipe this year, I've asked one of my awesome sisters-in-law do a guest post. She texted me about some awesome cookies she made right as I was trying to figure out how to get this last post up, since we were leaving early for Christmas to beat the storms.  How perfect is that?!  SO without further ado, here's my sister-in-law:...

I love meringues.  They are so versatile, and honestly, I'm fascinated by them!  My first experience with meringues was a flop.  Literally.  I had picked a rather complicated recipe that required me to fold other ingredients into the meringue and I ended up stirring out all the air.  It was tasty, but absolutely ugly! Since then, I've learned more about meringues and discovered...

Snickerdoodles take me back to my childhood.  I remember baking them with my mom and my little sister, scooping out the dough and rolling it in cinnamon-sugar.  I still love them, but to be honest, I don't make them very often.  That extra step of rolling the dough balls in cinnamon-sugar sometimes just seems like one step too many. When I planned out...

I'm starting to see a pattern here.  I promise it was completely unintentional, but there's just something about these thin, crisp cookies that I can't seem to get enough of! These cookies remind me a little of biscotti, but felt significantly easier to make.  Like yesterday's cookie recipe, this is a slice-and-bake cookie.   And also like yesterday, this one is filled with nuts...

I've had these on my list to make for a number of years now.  Pecan sandies are such a simple cookie, but they deliver big time! That melt-in-your-mouth buttery goodness that is shortbread, chock full of rich, nutty pecans.  I also rolled the edges in turbinado sugar, so each bite also contains that crunchy, sweet crystallized sugar.  So, so good! These are another...