Chocolate Brownie Bite Cookie Bars

Sometimes you want a brownie. Sometimes you want a blondie.You decide.I suppose there may be a preference for ginger too – gingie 🤷🏼‍♀️In which case, Candied Ginger Cinnamon Shortbread is your jam. But, if you’re a chocolate – brownie – truffle – baked goods – cake – cookie – lover (or, really, just a human…

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Orange Vanilla Clove Cheesecake Bars

The night I pulled together the Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars, I was asked to make something just as special for a work function the following Monday. Of course, I obliged. We brainstormed for a few moments – actually, I thought out loud. And then, this happened. Orange Vanilla Clove Cheesecake Bars 1 cup shortbread…

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Cherry Vanilla Rosemary Cake

These days I absolutely adore fresh cherries in the summer time. This was not always the case, though, or so I thought. Growing up, my conception of cherries involved the simple syrup-sugar pickled pink bulbs floating atop my two Shirley Temples every Saturday night at the the country club.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars

Do you really need an excuse to eat chocolate chip cookies or cheesecake any day of the week, or any time of day for that matter? I don’t think so. And, to take it a step further, I don’t think you even need an excuse to eat them together ~

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Apple Rosettes

It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’s APPLE SEASON. I have been overindulging, for sure, in the fresh summer berries and drippingly sweet Palisade peaches of summer, missing every last bite. BUT, apple season is here. And, as we all know, the sweet crunch of the autumn bounty will always truly have my heart….

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Lemon Cream Tartlettes

So what do you do with leftover Easy Lemon Curd and Buttercream Frosting after a day of laboring in the kitchen? Kick your feet up, take a little help from the “elves,” and stuff yourself silly with delicate little Lemon Cream Tartlettes. That’s what!

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