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Brown Butter M&M Cookies
Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants- our World Champions! Last night’s game was a thrill to watch, winning the series in a four game weep was an unexpected accomplishment by the team and one...
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White Chocolate Blondies with Cranberries, Pecans and Candied Ginger
I feel like Target introducing Christmas before Thanksgiving with these pretty white chocolate blondies with cranberries, pecans and candied ginger but it’s Chocolate Party time and the theme for...
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Chocolate-Drizzled Caramel-Hazelnut Bars
Starting with a pressed in buttery shortbread crust these chocolate-drizzled caramel-hazelnut bars are then covered with a rich topping of hazelnuts, caramel and just enough bittersweet chocolate...
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Peppermint Sugar Cookies and Sharing A Winter Story
Years ago I read The Brambly Hedge books to my children and now I’ve rediscovered them collecting dust in a bookcase- just in time to share with my grandchildren this Christmas season. The Brambly...
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Blackberry Mascarpone Cookie Sundae
Saturday night and everybody went to the game except me and the ‘Littles’, we played with our iPads and watched a movie while waiting for the 49ers v Packers play off game to start. I concocted this...
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Classic Lemon Bars
January is not only the month of healthy eating but also the month for baking lemon bars and the month that decides which teams go to the Super Bowl. Much like my classic lemon bars, the SF 49ers...
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Nutella Biscotti with Hazelnuts & Chocolate
Thankfully I still have a small stash of crumbly good hazelnut and chocolate filled Nutella biscotti wrapped up and tucked away in my kitchen for this coming weekend-the rest of my biscotti is either...
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2 Point White Chocolate Ginger Cookies
If you can have a small bowl of cookies under your roof and grab just one or two for munching when your sweet tooth is feeling neglected then this white chocolate ginger cookie recipe adapted from...
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Cinnamon Honey Graham Cracker Hearts
Every mom has to have a few tricks in her bag and a bag of cinnamon honey graham cracker hearts will go a long way to make the family happy while satisfying a sweet tooth. My contribution to Shay’s...
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Vanilla Hazelnut Biscotti
Simple baking projects, like making homemade biscotti, are my favorites. This week I made two cakes that sounded good in print but didn’t turn out – maybe they contained too much fruit layered into...
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Crispy Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
If you’re looking for large thin crisp caramel brown sugar flavored chocolate chip cookies- look no further -you found them right here! I had to make these cookies twice in two days just to make sure...
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Cherry Almond Bars
It looks like I’m baking my way through the entire Spring section of Rustic Fruit Desserts by Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson. How did that happen? I’m not exactly sure because it was...
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Strawberry Lemon Lime Bars
Jammy slices of strawberries nestled into a lemon lime filling supported by an oat-y flavored shortbread crust were a couple of good reasons why I thought it was okay to mess with one of my favorites-...
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My friend Donna’s Favorite Oatmeal Cookies
My friend and hiking partner Donna mentioned that she was going home after our hike to bake her favorite oatmeal cookies, a recipe from Alice Waters. Donna is a wonderful cook and I remember from...
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Buttery Apricot-Pluot Jam Sandwich Cookies
Summer fun with jam and cookies. My apricot-pluot jam is both baked inside these buttery jam cookies as well as sandwiched in between a few of them. The fun of homemade jam along with a few tasty...
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Lemon Verbena Shortbread and a few thoughts on the #ifbc2013
I welcomed myself home with a batch of fresh baked cookies after a weekend trip to Seattle and the #IFBC2013. First off I want to say that meeting Dorie Greenspan along with the Doristas (participants...
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Iced Spelt Persimmon Cookies
With a few adaptions, such as using spelt flour, these are the same cookies we made every year when our neighbors gave us a bag of ripe persimmons from their tree. So, last Saturday at the farmer’s...
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Tarragon Lime Cookies with White Chocolate Lime Frosting
I like cookies that are easy to make, fun to serve and pack a lot of flavor, especially the flavors of tarragon, lime and white chocolate. December is the month for home baked cookies, for the most...
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Spiced Whole Grain Ginger Cookies ~it’s a #GrainHoliday with Hodgson Mill~
The nice people at Hodgson Mill sent me a box with an assortment of their products including a bag of white whole wheat flour that they asked me to use in a recipe of my choice. I admit it-I’m not as...
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Double Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Double Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies…coming right up…I have a batch in my oven right now as we speak- I don’t know what got into me this past month but I have baked variations of these...
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