by Lindsay Weiss posted in Life & Home

Helllllllooooo cookie-loving friends! Are you ready to get your bake on" It?s my favorite time of the year and my kitchen looks like an F5 tornado ripped through it leaving a wake of flower, butter and sprinkles. My Kitchen-Aid has cranked out more dough than I ever imagined it could (I?m still going 13 years strong on this motor!) and we?re constantly finding bits of hardened dough stuck to random cabinets and nearby appliances.
All in all, it?s good stuff.
I?ve got a beautiful, diverse and TASTY list for you this year. I made sure to throw in a couple ?shortcut? or ?easy? cookies because that?s what many of you requested last year. But mostly you?ll find the homemade, melt-in-your mouth versions that beg to become family favorites each and every year.
Are you ready" (I feel like a parent at Christmas, waiting to give her kiddos the big gift she?s be working on ALL YEAR!)
This first cookie fulfills the "shortcut" requirement you asked for last year. Lindsay, please give us at least one recipe that doesn't have to be 'from scratch'. Something we can whip up, say, the day of a holiday party and not be super stressed about it.
10-4 buddy. I heard you loud and clear. Not only do I have a shortcut recipe for you, but I promise no one will ever know you started with packaged cookie dough. Seriously, these are divine. (Probably one of my favorites of the series.) The salty sweet combo is a nice change of pace ...