Karl's mom volunteers for a program called Horses for Heros that operates here in Georgetown at The R.O.C.K. They provide therapy for veterans that are dealing with physical and emotional distress by giving them a place to meet and have a meal while working with horses to help them heal. The veterans get to work with the volunteers to ride horses together. She really enjoys it and I was looking for an excuse to go solo and make some cookies, so when they had a memorial day pa

Karl rarely gets to hang out with the guys so when his friend decided to have a poker night, Karl wanted to bring something fun... poker chip shaped cookies (and a few chocolate chip for good measure).I wasn't quite sure how I was going to pull these off, but after a few (dozen) "boo-boo" cookies, we ended up with these. The guys seemed to really like them since none of them made their way back home, thank goodness for boo-boo cookies... without them I'd never get to try anyt

9am began my adventure into an unknown realm of sweet treats. I'd always wanted to do something creative that I could eat and cookies seemed to be the perfect solution. My previous attempts at sugar cookies always seemed to fall flat... ever cut a cookie and it looks perfect going into the oven but turns into a giant unrecognizable blob when it comes out? That was the only experience I had with sugar cookies. Just being able to roll something out and have it come out of the o