I’ve always dreamed of visiting the east coast during the change of seasons. The bright, vibrant colors and crisp autumn air appeal to all my senses. I can see the maple trees, brilliant red and gold, the covered bridges, and the baby blue sky. The contrast – the color – all of it – the…
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Sometimes I’ll wake up early on a Sunday morning and all I want to do is bake. Bake and bake and bake. One sabbath Sunday, I arose quite near 4:00am. I had a craving ~ an urge. The force was with me and I just had to get tow work. FOUR pies later, I was ready…
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We had another afternoon together, Valerie and I. For a while we sat and talked, and giggled, and thought about what we could do. We decided on cookies.
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Brian had an early, early morning team meeting today. So, I thought I’d whip up something nice for those hardworking, BI early bird nerds. This meeting didn’t call for the traditional coffee and donuts – or even bagel bites and cream cheese. This morning, it’s cookies for breakfast. Try dunking these into your Chai today!
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About a month ago I made a batch of shortbread cookies for my “cookie monster” of a traveling companion. He’s on the verge of adulthood – the VERGE. He turned the BIG 30! Besides learning of his love of baked goods, specifically any and every kind of cookie, on our 10 day sojourn, I learned…
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Just recently, I awoke on a Saturday morning, and Brian said to me, “what would happen if you put chocolate covered espresso beans in a cookie?” “Let’s find out!” I quickly responded. So we did. We (or I) also wanted to “find out” what would happen with the gorgeous addition of some super fantastic Artisana…
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Remember those heavenly bourbon cookies I made just a few weeks ago. Well, I simply couldn’t get them off my mind. While they truly were amazing in every way – it still bothered me that I forgot the walnuts in the baking process – and I just didn’t feel the level of perfection in the…
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I was told these were the best cookies he’s ever tasted. That’s great… But I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. Maybe because the words are straight from the mouth of my honey pie…or maybe it’s because all these cookies seem to involve chocolate chips…or maybe it’s just because they are that damn good! In any…
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Out of the blue, my husband said to me, “Did you know I can’t wear white now? I can’t wear white pants or white shoes.” “Actually, I did know that. However, that statement is not entirely true. You may sport ‘winter white’ from now until Memorial Day. It’s the rule.” I have a variety of…
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