Hello! My name is Maria and I blog over at Two Peas and Their Pod with my handsome husband, Josh. I am honored to be guest posting for Amanda today. She is as sweet as they come-even sweeter than her gorgeous cakes.
Josh and I started blogging when we got married, in June of 2008. We love spending time in the kitchen together and sharing our recipes with others.
We recently had our first baby boy, Caleb. Amanda insisted I share a photo of our sweet little pea and I didn’t want to disappoint her. This is one of our favorite baby photos of Caleb. She also participated in my “Virtual Baby Shower” and made us the most amazing baby pea cake. She is the best. :)
We love every second with our precious little guy and can’t wait until he can join us in our kitchen. I know he will be a great helper and taste tester. 
We love creating all kinds of recipes, but my favorite recipes to create and eat are cookies. We have over 100 cookie recipes on our site. Ok, so maybe I have a little obsession. I just can’t stop myself when it comes to cookies.
The holiday season is my favorite time of year for many reasons, but I always look forward to holiday baking. I go even more cookie crazy during December. I love baking obscene amounts of cookies to share with family and friends. Cookies, in my opinion, make the perfect gift.
Today I am sharing a few of my favorite cookie recipes to help you in your holiday cookie baking adventures. I hope you find a few new recipes to try this holiday season!
Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies-I created these cookies last year and can’t wait to bake a batch this year. The red pomegranate arils and white chocolate chunks make them the perfect holiday cookie.
Chocolate Nutella Cookies-chocolate and Nutella? You can’t go wrong, trust me:)
Soft Gingersnap Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks-a must make during the holidays! These gingersnap cookies are super soft and dotted with white chocolate chunks.
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies-all things in “mini form” taste better. I love these cute cookies and everyone loves chocolate chip cookies.
Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt-I love the sweet and salty combination in this cookie. The chewy caramel center adds a nice surprise too!
Toasted Coconut, Toffee, & Chocolate Chip Cookies- these cookies are loaded with goodness-toasted coconut, toffee, and chocolate chips. You need to make these:)
Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies-chocolate cookies with crushed up candy canes. The candy canes melt creating a nice crunch in these festive cookies.
Happy Holidays! Come visit us at Two Peas and Their Pod anytime, our kitchen is always open. You can also follow us on Twitter,Facebook, and Pinterest.
Oh boy, too many good things to choose from.
Wow, these look really good! You had me at Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt. I am SO pinning that one!
I know right?!? I cant wait to make some for myself!
ah, what a great surprise, I adore this family! so great to see them over here AND her cookies! I swear, she’s THE cookie expert.
I couldnt agree more!
I am drooling right now!! All the cookies look soooooo yummy!!!
The baby picture is soooooooooooo precious!!! AWE!!!!
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Cutest. Baby. Ever.
Adore Maria and that sweet baby boy!
Gosh that is acute picture of baby Caleb. What great cookie ideas! Thanks for featuring Maria and her recipes Amanda!
I just adore Maria’s cookies! I’m so glad that she is guest posting for you today, she is my cookie queen. Caleb is the cutest pea ever ;D
Maria is the cookie queen! That Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt one has me drooling, again.
I just want to kiss that sweet little baby face!!!
Maria always has the BEST cookie recipes! I’m putting the toasted coconut on my must make list!!
I love these ideas!! I’ll have to try the Choclate, Carmel and sea salt. Those are my favorite flavor combinations!
OMG!!!i am already a fan of urs! i am cookie crazy too! but the most wicked thig about it is i cant seem to get my recipes right:(!!! so i gorge on the lovely cookies from the mart!
i love cooking, baking but somewhere things just dont go ryt and i get dissappointed!but ur www has boosted me lots!il give it a shot!:)))
oh bdwe Caleb really is a darling!all the best!
so happy to see both of you here today! love that picture of caleb! and loooove all of the cookie recipes… i’m a christmas cookie addict too
Delish! I wish Maria was coming to my cookie swap on Friday!
Every year I try to add one new cookie to the Holiday Cookie Platters I make as gifts…..I’m at 14 different kinds right now…..but I think I might be at 21 this year! Thanks so much for these amazing recipes! They all look so good, and I can’t wait to make (and eat) them! Hopefully there’ll be enough for the platters! lol
These look fabulous! I think I am going to try the chocolate caramel sea salt cookies soon. Thanks for sharing!
Wow…i am so tempted to try all these….. specially the pomegranate one. I have a cookie exchange party to attend and i will definitely make some to share. Thank u
What a precious baby…God Bless him! The chocolate caramel sea salt cookies sound divine!! I must make them soon
Thanks for having me guest post! It was my pleasure:) I hope your readers enjoy my cookies!
All of them look amazing, but I can’t stop thinking about the Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies. I’m definitely adding them to my baking list this year!
The pictures of Caleb looks sooo cute
And the Toasted Coconut, Toffee, & Chocolate Chip Cookies- are my type of cookies!!
I love Maria! She’s the sweetest and always has the best cookie recipes.
Agreed!
You have awesome ideas!! I am always so amazed at bloggers creativity, and you are no exception. I am subscribed now via RSS
Looking forward to more awesome recipes!
The chocolate peppermint cookies look amazing and I cannot wait to make them for my family. Thanks for all the yummy cookie recipe’s.
LOVE the baby pic. and definitely bookmarking this page. THANKS!!
Thank you for these wonderful cookie recipes. The cookies look delicious. Baby Caleb is just adorable. Congratulations to Maria.
We already did our first baking day… now I’m thinking those chocolate caramel ones will need to be on the list for our second baking day!
I am literally drooling on my keyboard over those Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt! They are a must for me
Two of my favorite bakers in one place!! So many great cookie recipes! I am going to be the best party guest this year with all these great new recipes. Can’t wait to try them…and that baby?? Adorable! Congratulations Maria!
You are so sweet!! One of these I am going to have to beg YOU to guest post!
Those cookies look amazing! Definetly some I will need to add to my christmas baking list. And baby Caleb is such a little pea in a pod:)
Hope the book is going well, Amanda!
Those toasted coconut, toffee, chocolate chip cookies look to die for! Whenever I need to make cookies I always go to Maria first
. Thanks so much for sharing Amanda!
you are my lifesaver (both of you). I am looking for various cookies to add to my baking time for christmas presents and needed a couple more. Looks like I got lots!
Wow!!!! they looks so yummy!!!!! i am sure they would be extra tasteful
Thank you for sharing these recipes and for introducing me to Two Peas in A Pod. Looking forward to baking some christmas treats for friends. Thank you very much. Great post.
I am going to make a gluten-free, dairy-free version of the chocolate carmel cookies with sea salt!
Those are some great looking cookies, Maria! I’m fond of the really cute picture of your soon too. Adorable. Love seeing the two of you together on this blog. Great series. Btw, those chocolate peppermint crunch cookies look to die for! Thanks for sharing Amanada.
Thanks so much Mike!! Isnt Maria the best?
Hi,
This is my first time visiting your blog. I will be visiting regularly. I saw your kitchen reveal. AWESOME. Would you mind sharing where you got your nickel brushed chairs from? I have been looking for some for our bar. Thanks!
Decisions, decisions! Your little Caleb is sweet, Maria. I have a grandson named Caleb:)
I tried making the chocolate peppermint cookies today. My dough turned out to be batter! It was extremely runny. I ended up using almost 4 cups of flour instead of 2 (I say almost as I ran out just before getting the 4th cup in). They also needed about 7 extra minutes baking. Not sure what went wrong? I followed the recipe (except for the flour) to a T. Mine also had melted bits candy cane around the edges, which I had to pick off as it did not make the cookies look very good. Needless to say I likely won’t be making these again. They taste ok (a bit dry, likely because of the extra flour) but not worth the effort & waste of ingredients
I am typically a good baker, so not sure what happened today. Perhaps there is a typo in the recipe?
Hi Wendy-sorry you had trouble with the recipe. I’ve made those cookies numerous times and never had a problem. I only use 2 cups of flour. They are not super thick cookies, but the dough should not be runny. The candy canes do melt throughout the cookie when baking-creating a chewy cookie.
totally stealing the salted caramel + candy cane cookie recipes! amazing.