These fresh strawberry cookies are just delicious, made from a very simple recipe with a great bite of fresh strawberries. We have had a great harvest of strawberries this year and what a special recipe to use for those berries. I usually make a double batch of these cookies because one batch just does not last that long. These cookies freeze really well for about 3 months and taste just like they just came out of the oven.

When the pumpkins start showing up at the Farmers Markets I know it's time to get all the pumpkin recipes out and get to cooking. This year I decided to make a new pumpkin cookie, just a real simple soft sugar cookie that is filled with a pumpkin spice and flavor and then cover with a flavored sugar. It really doesn't get much better than this, and I already know that I can't eat just one of these cookies!

Every year the Saturday  evening right after Thanksgiving our little community has a tree lighting.The lights on our Community Tree are turned on, then we all go inside for hot chocolate, little treats and Christmas Carols. Everyone brings little treats which is almost the best part. I brought my Cranberry Nut Bites and I am sharing the recipe with you.  Cranberry Nut Bites   Lets Make These Awesome Little Treats! Mix Bake Cranberry Nut Bites Miz Helen's Kitchen 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger 2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter melted and cooled 4 eggs beaten 2 cups pumpkin puree 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup pecans toasted and chopped Mix the first10 dry ingredients. Mix together the pumpkin, butter and eggs, then add to the dry ingredi...