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  • Toasted Almond Brown Sugar Cookies

    Toasted Almond Brown Sugar Cookies

    January 12th, 2013

    If you’re anything like me, the only thing you care about when looking at the picture of these cookies is the glaze.  The glaze that drips off the edge of the warm cookie, hardening into a little pool on the edge: the best part of the cookie.  (And I don’t say that because the cookie […]

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  • Ugly But Good Bars

    Ugly But Good Bars

    January 9th, 2013

    “Don’t hate me because I’m ugly.  Fugly, in fact.” These bars taste so good that you really won’t be able to hate them.  They won’t win any prizes in a beauty contest, but maybe that’s a good thing, since there will be more left for you to enjoy as people shun them in favor of the […]

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  • Black Pepper & Nutmeg Popovers

    Black Pepper & Nutmeg Popovers

    January 5th, 2013

    If I’m not going to bake something sweet, then it had better be a buttery winner. Usually my forays into the savory world involve cheese (too bad cheese and sweets just don’t work together, do they?), but this time I went off the cheesy path and went back to the good old-fashioned popover. I saw […]

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  • World's Greatest Fudge Brownie Cookies

    The W.G.F. Brownie Cookie

    January 1st, 2013

      This is going to blow-yo-mind. (Well, at least it blew my mind.  And I have strong reason to suggest that as a fellow lover of all things sweets, it will do the same to you.) So you take the World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie, and you cookie-ify it. Done. I don’t even need to say […]

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  • Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

    Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

    December 30th, 2012

    These cupcakes are dedicated to my sister, who has a serious thing for chocolate cake.  (Cupcakes count, too, although she’s not necessarily into the whole cupcake rage thing- she’s just into chocolate cake.  What a purist.  Gotta love it.) It’s Robin’s birthday today, so these chocolate goodies are dedicated to her… I just wish I […]

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  • Cranana Bread

    Cranana Bread

    December 26th, 2012

      You’re right. It’s banana and cranberry, baked together into a festive bread. Why not combine the proven winner known as Banana Nut Bread with cranberries?  (Unless you don’t like cranberries- that would be a good reason not to.)  Since most people equate cranberries with holidays, take the leap and throw them into the banana […]

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  • Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze

    Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze

    December 24th, 2012

      Sometimes cake is all you need in life, isn’t it?  Is it odd to be made happy by a soft, moist, spiced cake?  Is it alarming that the act of cutting into a glaze-covered cake causes my heart to beat a little bit faster? There are some cakes that just do it for me… […]

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  • Mistake- Gingerbread Slaughter

    Gingerbread? GingerBROKEN.

    December 24th, 2012

    This wasn’t supposed to happen.  Especially on the day before Christmas. It was a horrible scene: legs, arms, torsos, heads- everywhere.  The poor little gingerbread buggers couldn’t even defend themselves, stuck in their stupid little silicone baking trays (the stupid little baking trays that I also happened to spray with non-stick spray, even though I shouldn’t […]

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  • Holiday Candied Cherry Shortbread

    Holiday Candied Cherry Shortbread Cookies

    December 24th, 2012

    Shortbread is festive for many reasons, but the addition of red and green (in high-calorie candy form) makes it legitimately holidayish. So here’s what happened: I had shortbread dough waiting, patiently, to be brought back to life from the depths of our freezer.  I had also just made Icebox Cookies (seriously kick ass), and had […]

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  • Icebox Cookies

    Icebox Cookies

    December 22nd, 2012

      Do you know what icebox cookies are? If you do, then you’ll know that they are amazing and you’ll need to bake this recipe today.  If you don’t, then you’ll need to believe me that these are amazing and worth making today.  You do trust me, don’t you? Icebox cookies are simple- elegantly so- […]

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  • Holiday Sugar Cookie Dipped in Chocolate

    Holiday Sugar Cookies

    December 20th, 2012

    Cookie cut-outs and red + green + white sprinkles = festive holidays. Sugar cookies dipped in chocolate with red + green + white sprinkles = festive holidays. It’s that simple.   Adapted from my Icebox Cookie recipe… 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 2/3 cups all-purpose […]

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  • Pecan Chocolate Shortbread

    Pecan Chocolate Shortbread

    December 19th, 2012

    It’s worth it to have to lightly toast until fragrant, then cool slightly, and then process the little pecan bits to smithereens… all in the quest for the perfect chocolatey-pecanny shortbread. If that description made these cookies seem arduous to make, that wasn’t my intention (because in the grand scheme of things, they are really […]

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  • Cherry Chew Bars

    Cherry Chew Bars

    December 14th, 2012

      These bars have Christmas written all over them.  And it’s not just because they’re covered in pink frosting (which is a bit festive, I guess- but just as likely to be found at a baby shower or small girl child’s birthday party, if you want to get technical about it). These little buggers are […]

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  • Malted Milk Chocolate Bars

    Malted Milk Chocolate Bars

    December 12th, 2012

    Whoppers, anyone? Malted milk and chocolate is a classic combo.  I didn’t grow up on malted milk shakes (or anything malted for that matter, other than the odd box of Whoppers that snuck its way in between the real chocolates like Junior Mints, Caramilk and Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups), but I did grow up on chocolate.  So I know […]

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  • Caramel Stuffed Brownies

    Caramel-Pecan Stuffed Brownies

    December 8th, 2012

    Oh. My. God. It happened. I took the World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie and did what I have been fantasizing about for just about ever.  (No, I didn’t slather it all over myself.) I stuffed it with a caramel and pecan layer, and then watched the layer ooze right out of the fudgy brownie after cutting it. […]

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  • Coconut Chocolate Macaroon Pie Cookie

    Coconut Macaroon Pie

    December 4th, 2012

    This is devastatingly easy to make, and looks fun when served on a half-decent-looking platter at a dinner party.  (I say “devastatingly” because there is clear and present danger that you might make these massive cookies for yourself, often.  All things considered, they aren’t totally evil since they don’t have fat going on in the […]

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  • The Maca-Ruin: a Burned Macaroon

    The Maca-RUIN Cookie.

    December 4th, 2012

    I’m not even going to dignify this post with a comment. It’s obvious to everyone what happened here. (I am pretty pleased with my name of this cooke, though: Maca-ruin.  Get it?  It’s supposed to be a Macaroon?  Looking for silver linings here, folks.)

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  • World's Greatest Apron Frontal View

    Brownie Apron & Kitchen Towel Available for Purchase!

    December 1st, 2012

    The rumors are true. Get yours now before they sell out again! Click here to conveniently get yourself onto the Purchase page to do just that.  (Purchase one, or two, that is.)                         Really. Click here to purchase immediately!             […]

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