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Wow, it finally feels like fall around here. Not only is it cool and pleasant, it’s been raining cats and dogs! This is what it’s like to have seasons. After last year’s endless summer, I’d almost given up. Anyway, I was in the mood to celebrate with an autumn themed chocolate chip cookie cake (aka [...]
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This week I needed cookies big enough to wrap individually and give as gifts. Rather than use one of my old favorites, I tried a new one. It’s definitely going on my “Favorites” list. Originally from The Weekend Baker: Irresistible Recipes, Simple Techniques, and Stress-Free Strategies for Busy People, this recipe is special because it’s [...]
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Today’s recipe is a cookie tribute to a candy bar loved by dads across the country. Or at least that’s the hasty conclusion I’ve drawn based on the fact Beth Colvin’s dad loved Zero Bars and mine did too. So at least two dad’s like Zero Bars. If you’ve never heard of Zero Bars, they [...]
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Cottage cheese is a food I tend to forget about for a while, then notice again, then buy over and over until everyone is tired of it. And by “everyone” I mean Fuzz, who asked me to stop serving it. Little did she know H.E..B. had just had a “buy something get free cottage cheese” [...]
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A cookie I’ve been curious about but have never tasted is Baltimore’s famous Berger Cookie. Created in 1835 by German immigrants George and Henry Berger, the cookies are now sold by DeBaufre Bakeries and can be purchased on line or at various retailers. Given the hot weather and the fact the cookies have …
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After trying a recipe for gluten free coconut flour cookies, I decided to revisit another cookie I’ve been making on and off for the past 7 years – a very fudgy, easy, (and pretty) little chocolate cookie covered with sparkling sugar. Based on an a famous recipe from Vancouver’s Thomas Haas Chocolates, I’ve made changes [...]
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Today’s cookie is one I thought up on my morning walk. My mom was coming for a visit, and I wanted to treat her to something special, yet a little more nutritious since she’s been working so hard at her diet. For a while I worried about being a diet wrecker, and at one point [...]
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Monster cookies made the news this week, only they weren’t called Monsters. They were Ann Romney’s Oatmeal Peanut Butter M&M Cookies, one of the contenders in Family Circle’s ever popular Presidential Cookie Bake-Off. You can read more about that here and take a look at the competition, but for now I’m going to tell you [...]
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