The “Cookies, bars and breads” category includes cookies, quick breads, chocolates, and sweets made with jams and preserves. Some fit with a low carb, slow carb or keto diet approach and may use sugar substitutes and gluten free ingredients.
Some of the sweets designed for celebrations or care packages are not considered low carb or slow carb. The recipes made specifically for care packages are designed to ship well without crumbling or drying out.
Most of the recipes are quite easy to make and do not use hard-to-find ingredients.
All are delicious!!
Limoncello Blondies for Spring
There are tons of brownies recipes, many of them excellent, so how do you choose? These brownies are special because they have a burst of raspberry flavor throughout the brownie, and there is no better sweet pairing in my opinion than chocolate and raspberry. The cream cheese addition means these brownies are soft and creamy …
Before losing my weight on a low carb lifestyle I loved to bake treats and send them in care packages to my college age kids. As your body adjusts to low carb eating, many of the baked goods become too sugary sweet for your adapted tastebuds. That’s not to say the sweet tooth disappears…just changes …
This is a wonderful quick bread recipe to make when you want a bread high in protein, but low in sugar and without gluten. Just know that it is a little crumbly and it is not very sweet, so if you are expecting the typical sweetness of zucchini bread you’ll be a bit surprised. Breads …
These popular, spiced, gingerbread-like cookies taste great and are one of those unique treats that are hard to find in a typical grocery store. Pfeffernusse are a traditional holiday treat, and they are perfect for shipping in care packages. What are Pfeffernusse Cookies? Pfeffernusse are small spiced, gingerbread-like cookies that are extremely popular as a …
Always a decision this time of the year as to which pumpkin bars to make – silky pumpkin cheesecake bars, pumpkin bars with a crunchy oat crust, pumpkin bars with a maple sugar streusel topping, and the list goes on. I’m starting the Fall season off with the silky cheesecake version. It is the ultimate …
This blondie (a non-chocolate brownie) is a lemony, tender bar with a Limoncello-spiked frosting. Perfect for easy Spring baking, Easter, Mother’s Day or to ward off the Winter doldrums! Citrus is always a refreshing flavor in Spring, and the Limoncello frosting really enhances the citrus flavor. Sometimes serendipity hands you a prize, and these blondies …
Care packages in general are a creative and fun way to keep loved ones close and top of mind when they live in a different state. Even with zoom and texting always available, there is something special about getting and opening a package that comes in snail mail. These red velvet cookies are easy, delicious …
Red Velvet Crinkle cookies are a homemade treat that stays fresh for weeks and ships well without falling apart. That makes them perfect as a gift for family and friends to send in a care package or stash in the cookie jar for holiday visitors!
Awesome quick bread for shipping in care packages – especially for Valentine’s Day!
Coconut Cookies with Marmalade Icing. Marmalades used in glazes include: Grapefruit Campari, Blood Orange, Meyer Lemon and Ginger, and Lime and Green Tea.
This is a recipe for using marmalades in chocolate dipped cookies, both a quick and easy version and a homemade version
Brownies are always a winner for kids and adults alike and a creamy pink buttercream frosting atop a deep, rich chocolate cake brownie is a perfect mix for Valentine’s Day. Adding rosewater to the buttercream frosting elevates it to a more “wow” treat. How to get the “Pink” in baked goods You might want pink …
These 6 recipes represent a variety of flavors so that you can make the Best Thumbprint Cookies, whether Sweet, Spicy or Savory
Pumpkin whoopie pies are a delightfully sinful treat, generally made with cream cheese filling. This recipe amps it up a notch by adding chai spices to the filling and making the pumpkin cookie with browned butter. Why Pair Chai Flavors with Pumpkin? It is becoming quite tiring to see pumpkin pie spice thrown into every …
Recipe for peanut butter cookies with Raspberry Chambord Jam filling