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cookiepalooza

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies

December 22, 2011

So maybe I’m on a chocolate mint kick this year. Okay, who am I kidding, I’ve been on a chocolate mint kick my entire life. I blame it on my dad. When I was a kid, we used to get a peppermint patty every time we went to the gas station. We drove around A [...]

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Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Bark

December 19, 2011
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This weekend was the seventh edition of the Ratskellar Holiday Party, our big annual celebration of the holidays, good cheer, and friends. It’s hard to believe that we’ve lived in this house long enough to have SEVEN holiday parties here. How did that happen? It feels like yesterday that we–committed uptown Baltimore people–moved to Southeast. [...]

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Snickerdoodles

December 20, 2010
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Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house… Pandora was playing Christmas music–it must be cookie baking time! This year, thanks to our weekend in Florida, my annual cookiepalooza in preparation for the Ratskellar Christmas Party was seriously condensed. To one day. Yikes! Somehow I survived, and at the end of the day [...]

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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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Super Spicy Gingersnaps

December 11, 2009
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Welcome to Cookiepalooza 2009! The week each December when the Ratskellar kitchen is totally overtaken by cookie baking, and as a result the blog is too! So if you’re scared by any of these things–sugar, butter, vanilla extract, baking powder–it’s probably best if you click away now! Alright, I’m hoping some of you are still [...]

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