Goat Cheese "Thumbprint" Cookies, with Blueberry Jam Centers

I love goat cheese and I had a block of it I needed to use so I started researching goat cheese in baked goods.  I found this recipe for goat cheese cookies & knew I had to try them.  They were FABULOUS!  The goat cheese made them so soft and delicious - and you can't taste actual goat cheese, in case you don't like it and are worried.  I loved these & will definitely make them again.  Here is the recipe!  I also put too much dough and pressed the cookies down too much on the cookie sheet so mine didn't turn out very "thumbprint"-like, but still tasted great.

Pumpkin Snicker Doodles

I've made these before, but with a different recipe.  I really love the texture of these cookies but I think they are lacking a little on flavor.  I would put more spices in the dough next time and smother the outsides with more too.  Seriously can't beat the texture in my book, though.  This recipe also makes a good 40 cookies, which is awesome.  What a fun fall treat!

HERE is the recipe!

Chai Pumpkin Spice Cookies

I saw these on Pinterest and knew I had to make them.  They sound like the perfect "welcome fall" treat.  I immediately headed over to Target to secure my bag of the illusive pumpkin spice kisses.  These cookies were easy to throw together and pretty hard to screw up.  They are delicious and taste just like fall would if it were a flavor - along with fresh apples, pie crust and warm cider.  Make them today, I don't think you'll be disappointed.  Here is the simple recipe!

Rosemary Shortbread.

I made this rosemary shortbread for a buttery treat last week.  I loved the mix of the herbs and the shortbread.  It really gets better after 2-3 days of sitting there.  Let the cookies cool all the way before trying to move them from the cookie sheet -- I was impatient and mine fell apart since they were still hot when I moved them.  This makes quite a bit of shortbread.  Delish!

Here is the recipe.

Pioneer Woman's Oatmeal Crispies

YUM!  I made these cookies over the weekend and they are so good.  They are really basic, which I like, and you can freeze the logs of cookie dough for up to 3 months.  I have a log in the freezer and don't think I'll make it a week before baking up the next batch.

For a basic, sort-of-healthy-maybe-kinda cookie recipe, this one is great!

Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Pecan Cookies

I made these Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Pecan Cookies over the weekend to kick off the fall baking season.  They were really easy to make and turned out healthy but delicious-tasting.  I've been eating them for breakfast, kind of like oatmeal but in a cookie.  HURRAY for pumpkin!  I am slightly obsessed with pumpkin, as you will come to find out in the following weeks.  The air is getting cooler and it's getting more enjoyable to be in the kitchen.  These make the house smell amazing.  There's not a lot that I love more than a fall day with the cool air coming through the front door, sun shining and the smell of baked goods coming out of the oven.

Thanks to a friend of mine for sending this recipe over!