Category: Cookies (40)
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My funky pretty in pink continues with more pink recipes honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today is raspberry macarons. I’ve been macaron obsessed for a while now. I have made them several times and they are very persnickity. You cannot make macarons when the weather is foggy or humid. Well, you can but it is very difficult…
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Years ago when I lived in Michigan I worked at this hospital that had these amazing brownies with chocolate frosting. They used to park those suckers [all neatly wrapped in plastic wrap] right next to the cashier so you saw them when you were checking out with your boring chicken ala king. Yeah, just try to ignore those…
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Is there a happier word than payday?…. Okay, maybe “weekend”. These bar cookies are a bit like a payday candy bar. They are salty and sweet. I love salty/sweet. Yin and Yang, Lucy and Desi, Tom and Jerry, opposites are good, no? Have you noticed there seems to be a lot of salty/sweet recipes these days? If…
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Apparantly I’m a jam hoarder. I didn’t realize how bad this habit of mine was until we recently got a new refrigerator. Jams, preserves, jellies. Whenever I see jam on sale I can’t stop myself; if it’s something I even fancy I’m apt to buy it and squirrel it away. It’s not that I eat it on toast.…
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Okay, I have a confession. I’m kind of obsessed with this new cookbook~ Dolce Italiano by Gina De Palma. I don’t usually spend too much time making Italian desserts as a general rule, but some of the recipes in this book I thought were really interesting. Last week I went a little crazy at Borders Bookstore.…
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Sunshine, Oscar the Dog, and Lime Meltaways…. The day started out good. I could tell it was going to be a great Sunday. The Husband woke me up with fresh, hot coffee, which is pretty much priority number one on any given day. We recently got a new dog, “Oscar”. Oscar has learned that when Mommy starts…
