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cookies

Peanut Butter Oatmeal and Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 6, 2010
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Last weekend, we cleaned our alley. Okay, Noel cleaned the alley with some of our neighbors and I made these cookies for the after coffee party and chat. Details people, details. I thought about starting this post with a picture of our alley, but then I realized some of you may read the blog early [...]

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Lemon Poppy Cookies

June 21, 2010
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I make a lot of fancy desserts. But sometimes, due to time, or tastes, or whatever reason, I just need something a little simpler. Enter these cookies. I made these for an office potluck a few weeks ago. A series of events–the scheduling of the event on a Tuesday, it being my night to make [...]

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Rhubarb Oatmeal Bars

April 30, 2010
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Like so many other East Coast bloggers, I’ve fallen victim to West Coast envy. What is West Coast envy? Well, it’s a special kind of produce envy, where after a long, cold, and extremely snowy winter I surf my favorite West Coast food blogs, downright green with envy at the beautiful local produce they are [...]

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Banana Oat Chocolate Chunk Cookies

March 26, 2010
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What do you do with a ripe banana early in the morning? That was the question I faced on the first day of spring as I spied these two winter fruit stragglers hanging out in our fruit bowl. Yes, in our house bananas are winter only fruit, as in, fruit you buy when nothing else [...]

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Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

February 8, 2010
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So what do you do with a snow day? Bake of course! I did lots and lots of baking during Snowmageddon 2010. Rolls and breads were flying out of my kitchen Friday afternoon like nobody’s business. But then Saturday rolled around, and the propsect of shoveling loomed. As I mentioned earlier, Noel stayed up late [...]

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Orange Cranberry and Almond Biscotti

December 26, 2009
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A Christmas on the road. That is the story for us this year. Four days, three states, and two extended families. Over bunches of rivers through lots of woods, and over one very large bay. Whenever I go to someone’s house, I always offer to bring something, and the request is usually for dessert. As [...]

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Whole Wheat and Almond Raspberry Thumbprints

December 18, 2009
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I don’t know about you, but after that cheesecake, I’m ready for something a little bit healthier. But just a little bit, because we’re still in the midst of cookiepalooza! So, for your consideration–Raspberry Thumbprint cookies, one of my all time favorites. What makes these healthier? Well for starters, almond meal, which gives the cookies [...]

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Vanilla Dreams

December 13, 2009
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Welcome back cookie lovers! Today’s cookie is something completely new to me, but after making it just this once I know it’s a keeper. And I think it might be a little bit magic. Why magic? Because it’s the simplest cookie to make–you don’t need softened butter, or refrigeration, or anything–but it’s so good! And [...]

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