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Chocolate Mint Thumbprints

Currently cooking out of Baked Explorations by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Fact #1: Mint and chocolate are a classic Christmas combination. Fact #2: Waiting until next December to make these cookies would be wrong, wrong, wrong. Fact #3: It snowed … Continue reading

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Malted Milk Sandwich Cookies

Currently cooking out of Baked Explorations by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito No, that isn’t a typo in the post heading. These are supposed to be sandwich cookies (sandwiched with a vanilla, Oreo-like filling), but I liked them sans filling … Continue reading

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The No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookie

Currently cooking out of Baked Explorations by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Grade school, for me, is murky. I don’t remember a whole lot, but a couple of things stand out. In sixth grade, my boyfriend, Justin, used to leave … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Currently cooking from Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce Well, I thought I was done with this book, but then I was asked to make some chocolate chip cookies. And I didn’t want to make regular chocolate chip cookies. … Continue reading

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Sand Cookies

Currently cooking from Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce Four ingredients. One bowl. No mixer. You can’t really find a simpler recipe than that. These are the whole-grain equivalent to shortbread. Kamut flour, powdered sugar and salt are mixed … Continue reading

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Rugelach

Currently baking out of Great Cookies by Carole Walter Rugelach, where have you been all my life? How could I have missed your crunchy flaky layers? Your walnut and chocolatey filling? Urgh. I might have eaten too many of you … Continue reading

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Janhagels

Currently baking out of Great Cookies by Carole Walter Jan… what? Yeah, that’s what I said. Apparently Janhagel is Dutch for really good cookies made with butter, almonds and cinnamon. These are deceptively simple. Just a few ingredients produce a … Continue reading

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Chocolate Shortbread Nuggets

Currently baking out of Great Cookies by Carole Walter The thing about shortbread is that when it’s done well, it can be a thing of beauty. Done badly, though, one ends up with a mouthful of sand. Fortunately, these chocolate … Continue reading

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Apricot Melt-O-Ways

Currently baking out of Great Cookies by Carole Walter It’s become a bit of a chore to bake, lately. It seems that as the temperature rises, I get sluggish and tired, and all I want to eat is cantaloupe. And … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

This might seem a little strange. Although I’m baking out of a cookie cookbook that has roughly seven chocolate chip cookie variations in it, I chose to make a recipe from the internet. I can’t help myself. When somebody calls … Continue reading

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