puppy chow cookies - chocolate and peanut butter cookies - muddy buddies - chex - stacked

Puppy Chow Cookies

Cookies

Okay. Okay okay okay. I know I said that I was done with the cookie project after last year, but I can’t just abandon cookies completely! They’re usually pretty quick to throw together (unless you’re making my Snickers Cookies or Coffee, Sage, and Maple Millionaire’s Shortbread–those both take a bit of prep but are totally …

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baked strawberry old-fashioned doughnuts - stacked - coffee cup

Baked Strawberry Old-Fashioned Doughnuts

Doughnuts

Yes, I’m back for another week with another doughnut recipe. They’re just so quick and easy to make that it’s been so much fun testing these recipes out and coming up with them, and I’m excited keep playing with doughnut recipes because, the texture of these has me hooked. These Baked Strawberry Old-Fashioned Doughnuts especially. They’re so …

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baked chocolate old-fashioned doughnuts - donuts - doughnut stack - chocolate

Baked Chocolate Old-Fashioned Doughnuts

Doughnuts

Let’s talk doughnuts. To be honest, they’ve always been something that I could take or leave and not really miss out on. I went years before ever actually grabbing a doughnut hole out of the little box from Dunkin’ Donuts. And even longer before finally trying the chocolate glazed doughnut holes (mostly because they were …

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honey and blood orange loaf - honey citrus loaf - sliced - fork

Honey and Blood Orange Loaf

Quickbreads and Loaf Cakes

It’s a new year, which means I get to share a bunch of whole new bakes! That’s not to say that I’ve completely abandoned cookie making (there are two biscotti recipes that I’ve got stored away to share and a requested recipe or two that I need to get working on), but it means that …

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orange, pear, and cranberry jammie dodgers - main image

Orange, Pear, and Cranberry Jammie Dodgers

Cookies Sandwich Cookie Shortbread

These Jammie Dodgers were born out of my love for Doctor Who (because what Whovian doesn’t remember or love the scene where the Eleventh Doctor tries to ward off the Daleks with a Jammie Dodger?!), my love for winter fruits, and my love of all things British. Funnily enough, I never had a Jammie Dodger while …

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peppermint mocha sandwich cookies - on tray - peppermint marshmallow buttercream

Peppermint Mocha Sandwich Cookies

Cookies Sandwich Cookie

I worked at Starbucks for nearly five years as a barista. The holiday season was always the best. Let me tell you, from November to December, there is never a time where it doesn’t feel like Christmas is just around the corner. The holidays are all around you from the decor to the merchandise to …

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rye, fig, and almond biscotti - on tray - lined up

Rye, Fig, and Almond Biscotti

Biscotti Cookies

For some people, the holidays are all about tradition.  This may mean doing a grab-bag every year, going ice-skating in the winter, or taking a family trip sometime during the holiday season.  For a lot of people, holiday traditions also include food.  As an Italian, our Christmas is all about food:  there’s the Feast of …

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orange gingerbread snowballs - cookies - orange - in bowl

Orange Gingerbread Snowballs

Cookies

The holidays are coming up fast, and despite the fact that I finally have weekends again and time to focus on the important things like baking and writing that kind of fell to the wayside while I was working full months at a time, somehow I still feel underprepared for the holidays.  After a week, …

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double chocolate orange cookies - above view - chocolate orange slices

Double Chocolate Orange Cookies

Cookies

The flavor pairing of chocolate and orange always reminds me of the holidays.  I can’t explain exactly why: perhaps it’s because citrus really comes to life and reaches peak brightness in the winter, or because I remember seeing the orange foil balls and blue box in the stores we only went into at Christmas time. …

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ginger cookies - on tray - stacked

Ginger Cookies

Cookies

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to move on to the holiday famous for its cookies: Christmas.  There’s something about ginger that just tastes like the holidays and let me tell you: these Ginger Cookies taste like Christmas. Using both ground ginger and crystallized ginger, you can actually taste the flavor in these cookies. …

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