It’s no secret at this point that I love cookies and chocolate. Together, they make some of my favorite treats. With so many cookie options to choose from, classic chocolate chip usually gets pushed to the wayside. Even less commonly seen in my kitchen are the deliciously tempting double chocolate chip cookies that so many
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I’d like to start off by once again apologizing for the unexpected hiatus. Home and personal life have been stressful, so things fell a little bit to the wayside as I lacked the creative initiative to create new recipes to share with you all. With the new year, I’m hoping to get back to a
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I love ginger, and I love cookies, but one of the banes of my baking existence for years has been gingerbread. I’ve never had much luck making the buildable kind, and when I do, I’m never satisfied with the texture. This year, after trying some soft ginger cookies, I was inspired to give it another
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Most of the cookies I’ve been making this holiday season have been either family favorites that date back to at least when I was a kid or they were requested by people dear to me. These ones, though, are a different kind of nostalgia hit for me. My dad loves spumoni, which is a style
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‘Tis the season for toasted pumpkin seeds! Whether you’re carving jack-o-lanterns, prepping pie pumpkins, or just going after the goods, pumpkin seeds are hardly in short supply. In our case, we’re going through pie pumpkins left and right and carving out holiday decorations. While pumpkin spice may be the go-to for many people, pumpkin seeds
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Hubby and I recently purchased and moved into our very first house! Our back patio is covered in beautiful grapevines that are absolutely loaded with fruit. After a big storm blew through and knocked a bunch of the ripe grapes to the ground, I went and harvested all the bunches I could reach and ended
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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I have a lot of currants. Possibly too many. I’ve been at a loss for what to do with them, but I decided to get adventurous and figure out how to best bake them while fresh (I’ve got recipes for dried ones, like my Rosewater Currant Cakes but
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If you’re a fan of toast or PB&J sandwiches and you’ve never had apple butter before, you’re missing out! It’s like super-concentrated, creamy applesauce. It’s sweet, full of spices, and perfect on toast, rolls, or vanilla ice cream. It’s been a favorite spread of mine since I was a kid, and the best way to
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Normally, I either make applesauce in a pot on the stovetop or in my crockpot. This time, my slow cooker was busy making apple butter (that recipe is coming later this month), so I decided to give this approach a go. Now that I’ve given it a try, it’s going to take a lot of
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This recipe is a staple at any family gathering on my mom’s side. It’s been passed down through the generations (not really), and it’s a crowd favorite (yes really). I had a post-concert picnic that I attended for my choir, and this was my dish to pass. In case anyone wanted the recipe and so
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