Condensed Milk Cookies

These sweetened condensed cookies are so ridiculously easy you would want to jump and throw whatever you have in your hands to bake a batch. These sweet biscuits are buttery and crumbly and not overly sweet. You only need 4 ingredients for the basic recipe and the sky is the limit for other delicious flavors you can add on. No eggs needed! In less than 30 minutes you can have 1 cookie in each hand. You are simply going to love them!

I was super excited to share this basic recipe with you because I have been in a somewhat lazy era. No, it’s not that I’m not loving cooking and baking right now (NEVER!!!). It’s just that nowadays I have been appreciating stillness…

what mom really wants, basic recipes, bars and cookies recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 11, 2024condensed milk, cookies, sugar cookies, cherries, easterComment

Cranberry Cheesecake Tart with Sugar Cookie Crust

Each layer of this easy cranberry cheesecake tart is pure magic! The creamy and velvety cheesecake is the perfect base for the luscious and silky ruby-red cranberry curd. The sugar cookie crust brings a super fun snap to every bite. It’s an easy recipe that’s so perfect for the season! Top it with sugared cranberries and pretty sugar cookies and you have a show stealing dessert!

I think it’s probably that bright red color that makes you fall in love with this tart. I knew it will be oh-so-pretty, but I was so smitten with the final result. It was a staring contest between she and me, and she totally lost! It’s a bit of lemon juice in the curd plus…

Nutella Sugar Cookies

I am to believe that a simple smear of Nutella makes anything better and this recipe is a living proof of that! This is nothing more than two simple sugar cookies with some Nutella in between. With a pink glaze and a bit of flare, these are the easiest and prettiest cookies you can possibly make. And you will want to gift them to your sister, your girlfriends and to anyone you love very much!

Inadvertently, sugar cookies made their way to my life even with stubborn hesitation. As it happens with my Extra Creamy Cream Cheese frosting (which btw, could be a fabulous filling for these as well!), you would think that living in the tropics comes…

sweet eats, bars and cookies recipesDev AmadeoSeptember 20, 2023nutella, sugar cookies, hibiscus Comment

Lemon and Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Sugar Cookies

These lemon sugar cookie sandwiches are such a delight! Filled with lemon curd and a light cream cheese whipped cream, they are going to be your new favorite. You can make the lemon curd and cream cheese whipped cream in advance, they will be good in the fridge for a few weeks. Plus, using an embossing rolling pin will make these cookies the prettiest of them all!

Since the first time I saw one of those embossing rolling pins I fell in love with them. I’ve been wanting to get one with fluttering butterflies like crazy for some time now. I guess I loved the idea of making a…

sweet eats, bars and cookies recipesDev AmadeoJuly 6, 2022cream cheese, cookies, sugar cookiesComment

Cranberry Orange Almond Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

If you want to make sugar cookies that don’t spread and hold their exact shape, this is exactly the recipe for you! My recipe for sugar cookies is super easy and make the most perfectly shaped cookies, no matter what shape that would be, but you will need to keep reading to find out what’s my secret technique…

Nutella and White Tea Sugar Cookies with Hibiscus Glaze

These sugar cookies are soft and chewy and completely made from scratch. You will be amazed with how easy these are to make, especially with my trick to prevent cookies from spreading in the oven. Any shape will be safe with this recipe! And think of all the fillings and glazes you can make. But because Mother’s Day is literally around the corner, I’m sticking with Nutella as filling and a hibiscus glaze for a pink pretty color. You don’t see cookies so full of love everyday.