Extra-Special Cashew Crescents
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Nutty Cookies
As usual, I stumbled upon this recipe while looking for something else. If you’re curious, it was Cheese Danish. I thought I’d master Danish pastry from scratch, but got sidetracked by something promising instant gratification. I found this one on a blog called Thibeault’s Table, where Ann Thibeault had adapted it from a book called [...]
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Published on August 23, 2010
Yesterday I received a very special present in the mail, a vintage 1959 Best of the Bake-Off Cookbook. It’s in great condition, smells pretty good for a 50 year old book and has lots of line drawings of people driving old cars and having luaus. At any rate, I feel so lucky …
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Published on July 28, 2009
Today’s recipe is for Pecan Crunch Cookies from Recipezaar. It didn’t have a rating, but I knew it would be good because it’s a spin-off of an old Bake-Off recipe called Texan-Sized Almond Crunch Cookies. Plus, the intro said the pecan version won a prize in a contest held by the local newspaper. Recipe …
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Published on May 31, 2009
Today’s cookie matches my mood — nutty. This is an an old recipe which I dusted off and revised. Note the detail? And I’ve added metric! If you notice any glaring errors, please let me know since I’m not a pro but rather a batty housewife posting recipes in her spare time. And I’m going [...]
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Published on March 9, 2009
I have two cookies today. One is from a classy recipe sent to me by my classy friend Karen and the other is a delicious hack job that uses up old Halloween candy. I’m going to post Karen’s first. Karen’s recipe is actually from Maida Heatter and it was published in the September 2000 …
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Published on December 4, 2008
I can’t type much right now because I’m supposed to be making dinner, but here’s one last cookie recipe for today. This recipe is less complicated than the previous one and should satisfy a raspberry white chocolate craving. The catch is, you have to have some fresh raspberries on hand. We usually don’t, but today [...]
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Published on July 7, 2008
