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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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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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DIY Gingerbread Houses

December 7, 2009
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Here we are at the end of the first week in December, and it’s really starting to feel like the holidays around here. The city is getting all decked out, trees are twinkling through row house windows, and we even had a bit of snow on Saturday! Nothing completes the welcoming of the holiday spirit [...]

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Parmesan Black-Pepper Biscotti

November 17, 2009
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Let me just start out by saying–Baltimore has some really excellent food bloggers, and I feel really fortunate to be part of the group! Last Friday night I had the opportunity to meet some of these lovely ladies and one gent, at a blogger gathering hosted by Dara of Dining Dish. There was tons of [...]

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