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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Chocolate Chips, Cranberries and Pecans, O MY

Hello, girls... I tell ya....I just LOVE this time of year.
Mr. Sweet says he is pretty sure that it's not the COOKING and BAKING that I enjoy so much as the PICTURE TAKING.
I don't mind saying I DO love taking FOOD PHOTOS.
I should have gone to work for a food magazine....they could have taught me to do it all RIGHT and I would have loved every minute of it. (they might have even let me use a REAL CAMERA instead of this little RED point and shoot....:)

TODAY....
I made 
CHOCOLATE CHIP, CRANBERRY, PECAN
SUGAR COOKIES

Aren't they beautiful ?....all that RED is giving me HEART PALPITATIONS.



...JUST use your favorite
SUGAR COOKIE recipe, or...
get a SUGAR COOKIE MIX
at the grocery store...

add all your favorites...

I used a HANDFUL of pecans...

a HANDFUL of cranberries...

and a HANDFUL of
chocolate chips.
 ...then I gathered up all the CHRISTMAS RED and made the cutest photos...
 I just put a big pot of coffee on...DUNKIN DONUTS, of course...
and I'm about to have a CUP and a COOKIE.
Wish you were here to have one with me.
XOXOXO

joining in with
fridays unfolded
home sweet home
foodie friday
tickled pink
sweet tooth
coffee friday
happy hour friday
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33 comments:

FABBY'S LIVING said...

Beautiful photos! The cookies are so yummy looking and beautiful. I need to bake for some family members I usually give them and this are looking terrific. I love your pics too! Happy holidays.
FABBY

Mindy said...

YUMMY!!! Those sound delicious and now I wish I had one right here next to me to munch on. Or five. :)
Wouldn't it be fun to have a job taking pictures of food?! I'm with ya on that one.
I love the Santa picture on your sidebar by the way.

Vee said...

Really? Just a handful of regular cranberries not craisins? Oh my. You're going to spoil me. They look yummy to the max!

Vee said...

(Those food magazines don't know what they missed when you didn't go to work for them! Ha!)

Gina said...

Oh those look so yummy! You do a beautiful job with your food photos. The food magazines got nothing on you!

Love Of Quilts said...

All the photos were so christmasy.
Delicious looking cookies.

Beth said...

The cookies look delicious!!

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

You always make the best holiday goodies! Happy holidays to you and Mr. Sweet!

Shirley said...

Hi BJ, Your cookies look so yummy and sound really easy to make. I know I would enjoy one or two with a hot cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate it depends on the mood I am in at the time. I love the Christmas decorations you used. Have a great day. Hugs and Prayers from Your Missouri Friend.

Maureen Wyatt said...

I wish I was there right now! You do a really fine job of photography with a little point and shoot.

Anonymous said...

Me too,wish I was bringing you some of these spice cookies I made and we could do a swap-ah-roo,I'll take more than a couple since you threw in a hand full of chocolate.
Your photo's are perfect too.

nonie everythingsewing said...

Yummy, I sure wish I was there right now, eating cookies and drinking coffee. Sounds heavenly
Nonie

Audrey said...

Those cookies sure look good and sound so easy. You must have a cookie monster at your house for all the cookies you have been baking. Great photos too.
Hugs,
Audrey Z. http://audreyzumwalt.blogspot.com
Timeless Treasures

Ivy and Elephants said...

OMG, these look scrumptious! Your photos are gorgeous, too. I'll have to add these to my baking list!
Hugs and happy holidays,
Patti

Linda said...

I love it!!! What Dunkin Donuts coffee? We found some Strawberry Shortcake we BOTH liked when we first came down here to Quadville.....but haven't found it since! What is YOUR favorite?

Keity said...

Happy to find your Blog today. Your cookies look delicious!
So wonderful your pictures!

Pondside said...

My goodness but those look wonderful! So many good flavours!

Lynn said...

They sound great BJ! Nothing better than a cookie and a cuppa-enjoy:@)

Theresa said...

Oh they sound and look YUMMY! I think your point and shoot camera does an awesome job taking your beautiful food pics! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!

Linda Metcalf said...

The cookies look so yummy and festive! Thanks for the idea!

Stephanie said...

YUM!! I have never had a cookie like that - it sounds amazing. Enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,
Stephanie

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Those sound good! I always get hungry when I come and visit you and you are posting about food!

Sweet Posy Dreams said...

I think your food photos turn out fabulous!

Tanya said...

GREAT idea on the cookies...heading to the store for cranberries, today! XOXO Tanya

Madeline's Album said...

The cookies look good, and sound delicious. Great photos. Have a blessed day. Madeline

Auntie sezzzzzz... said...

You could take food pics for a magazine! And home lay out pics too!

And they'd not be any nicer than the ones you take, with your little point and shoot. "Auntie" sezzzzzz...!

"Auntie"
From 'The Land That Snow Forgot'

Sandra@Beneath this Roof, Within these Walls said...

I wish I was there to have coffee and cookies with you, those look delicious!

NanaDiana said...

bj-You do just the most beautiful posts. I just love how you string your words and pictures together. Those cookies sound wonderful and I am supposed to get my ovens fixed today! xo Diana

On Crooked Creek said...

BJ,
This photography is gorgeous!!! I was about to tell you this would makea perfect Christmas Card front...but you'd already figured that out!!! Love your recipe! Ours will be made with similar ingredients to take to my Dad's, only with oatmeal! He's 90...what can I say!
Fondly,
Pat

Our Neck of the Woods said...

I love taking photos of food, too! Yours are so great. The cookies look so yummy! I'd love to have a couple with a big cup of coffee :)

Kathleen Grace said...

These are a few of my favorite things:>) Embedded in sugar cookies? even better!

Anonymous said...

The cookies are beautiful. Course whatever comes out of your kitchen usually is!

Annesphamily said...

Oh yum! Looks wonderful! Your tribute to the victims of the CT. shooting are really lovely. We need to pray and trust God. Everything else has been said! Love to you! Anne