These easy cookies, filled with vanilla bean white chocolate pudding and dark chocolate chunks are chewy, soft, fluffy, and utterly delicious. I struggled with the name – Vanilla Bean White Chocolate Pudding Cookies with Dark Chocolate Chunks – that’s a mouthful.I settled upon Black & White – which is a little misleading.But, in this case…
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The sky was grey.The cookies were blue.What else am I going to do? Blueberry Cinnamon Walnut Almond Butter Cookies. The superfood sweets are back! Blueberry Cinnamon Walnut Almond Butter Cookies 1 stick butter (8 Tbs.), room temperature12 oz. Kalot Almond Butter with Cinnamon and Walnuts3 large eggs1 1/2 cups sugar1 tsp. vanilla extract1 tsp. baking soda1…
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So, these babies are best served with vanilla bean ice cream – which means, it’s kind of like Butter Pecan Sandy Cookie Ice Cream – only much better.Truly amazing.Peanut butter can do anything. ANYTHING. Peanut Butter Honey Pecan Cookies. Peanut Butter Honey Pecan Cookies 8 Tbs. butter (1 stick), room temperature1 1/4 cups smooth peanut…
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Rather than just the traditional marriage of peanut butter and chocolate for a dessert or a cookie (which, by the way, I have NO problem at all with), I wanted a little more texture and a little more aroma. Thus, the scrumptious and fragrant cookies are Almond Butter Blueberry Chocolate Cookies. They contain organic almond…
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I have not much to say, other than I’m bored inside. I long for casual walks in the sunshine, hikes in the mountains, the warmth against my skin…So, to entertain myself, I bake. – and bake, and bake, and bake. This time the cookies are both gluten-free and dairy-free. Watch out you chocolate coconut lovers!…
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Amidst the Cornoavirus scare, I felt anxious, alone, isolated, and frustrated.My coping mechanism: baking.I still had some preserved lemons calling my name in the fridge, and thought for a split second they might go well with cashew butter and dried apricots and a touch of cinnamon, baked into cookies.I think I was right: Cashew Butter…
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Remember the super decadent and amazing Double Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie I baked for Thanksgiving last year? Well, I was fit to be tied – I had some leftover Bourbon Candied Pecans and chocolate chunks and was itching to bake and bake and bake one afternoon. So, I baked some cookies. Of course I did.But…
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As he was noshing on a recent cheesecake I made, Brian said to me: “Oh, man. The crust is so good! It’s the best part. I wish you could make a cookie that tastes like a graham cracker crust for cheesecake.” Umm, I believe I can and I did.Ask and you shall receive. That said,…
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A little of this, a little of that.It’s all about playing in the kitchen.Really, when it’s your craft, it’s true. “How many walnuts should we put in?”“It’s your recipe, honey, you do whatever you want.” Thank you for accepting me and all my nuances, Valerie, and for letting this honey play in the kitchen. These…
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While most of us are hunkering down and preparing for a season of Pumpkin Spiced Lattes this time of year, most of my sensibility is longing for the warmth and sunshine of summer days. I love the light, the bright, the warmth, and all the colors the summer season has to offer. And, all summer…
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