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A few people asked for ways to use chocolate extract. It’s a new product for me too, but based on the brownies from yesterday and the cookies I baked this morning, I think chocolate extract would enhance just about anything with chocolate. As for today’s chocolate extract infused treat, I went with this simple cookie. [...]
Published on November 13, 2011
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This weekend Fuzz and I donated some homemade treats to a local bake sale. On our way out, we picked up a few items for ourselves, including a cupcake which Fuzz ate in the car on the way to Karate class. Fuzz has eaten lots of cupcakes in her 10 years, but this one must [...]
Published on October 3, 2011
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One of my pet peeves while traveling is hotel rooms without coffee makers. From the hotel’s point of view, there are probably a million reasons not to have coffee makers; but from a traveler’s standpoint, it’s a huge inconvenience to have to get dressed to go to the lobby and buy coffee or pay …
Published on June 11, 2011
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Chocolate Brownie Mounds
Published on December 3, 2010
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The nice thing about giant cookies is that you can wrap them individually and give them as gifts. As a matter of fact, this batch is going to my neighbors down the street who picked my daughter up from school while I was away. As soon as I post this I’m heading to the craft [...]
Published on November 15, 2010
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If You Could Pick Only One Double Chocolate Cookie…
Published on November 9, 2010
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I usually post cookie recipes around noon, so today’s recipe is a little late. The truth is, it’s been a trying week and I’m just trying to stay sane. As usual, I’ve found solace in baking the good old recipes that make me happy like muffins and double chocolate cookies — nothing flashy, but fun [...]
Published on January 20, 2010
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Here’s the second no-brainer cookie of the day. It’s a small batch version of an old favorite called Mocha Truffle Cookies – one of the easiest recipes in the world. Okay, maybe not that, but still easy and very good. Small Batch One Bowl Mocha Truffle Cookies 4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter 1 1/2 [...]
Published on April 9, 2009