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Caramel Apple Crumb Bars

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With a lightly spiced apple filling, these Caramel Apple Crumb Bars are the perfect dessert to celebrate the cooling weather, changing leaves, and the season of sweaters, apples, and corn mazes. Moist and tender with just the right hint of sweetness, these bars are both comforting and addictive. Despite the fact that it is still …

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flourless skillet brownie - with ice cream - warm - scooped

Flourless Kinder Skillet Brownie

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Perfectly fudgy with a shiny, crackled top, this Flourless Kinder Skillet Brownie is just the thing to satisfy every chocolate craving. Super simple to throw together, this can be enjoyed still warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream and spoon, or cooled and sliced for an absolutely blissful bite. This brownie is …

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raspberry nutella cookie bars - nutella drizzle - freeze-dried raspberries - sliced

Raspberry & Nutella Cookie Bars

Bars

You know what flavors go really well together? Raspberry, chocolate, and hazelnut. And when I say this, I mean really really well. Nutella has that sweet, milk chocolate flavor mixed with a bit of hazelnut. But what happens when you take that, add some extra toasted hazelnuts to amplify the nuttiness of the spread, and …

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mexican hot chocolate cookies - on tray - marshmallow - gooey

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Cookies

Spicy chili and chocolate may sound like a combination that just does not go together, but there are chili recipes out there that use chocolate to add depth of flavor and mole sauce is known for combining the spiciness of poblanos (or other chili peppers) with–you know it–chocolate! Enter these Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies.  I …

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white russian sandwich cookies - wrapped in parchment - kahlua - vodka - coffee

White Russian Sandwich Cookies

Cookies Sandwich Cookie

It’s no secret that I am a huge theatre fan.  Naturally, I look forward to the Tony Awards in the way most people prepare for the Oscars.  However, the 2017 Tony’s were filled with the most anticipation.  Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 was nominated for 12 awards–it was something I knew was …

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nanaimo bar cookies - walnut, chocolate, graham crackers, vanilla pudding, coconut - main image

Nanaimo Bar Cookies

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One of my friends from college is from Canada. Our sophomore year, she introduced our suite to these amazing little treats that her mom sent her: Nanaimo bars. I’m pretty sure she regretted letting us know that she had them, because these are really the kind of dessert you want to keep all for yourself. …

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blueberry and cream cookies

Blueberry & Cream Cookies

Cookies

Last week, I wrote about Momofuku Milk Bar and how Christina Tosi’s recipe for milk crumbs inspired the Raspberry and Cream Shortbread Cookies I posted.  This week’s recipe follows along with the idea of berries and cream: Blueberries and Cream. It felt like a natural progression in my journey of developing new cookie recipes: I …

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raspberry and cream shortbread cookies - on tray - white chocolate chips

Raspberry and Cream Shortbread Cookies

Cookies Shortbread

In my very first post, I expressed my love for Schmackary’s–a New York cookie shop that I absolutely fell in love with shortly after moving to the city.  However, it wasn’t the only cookie place I became obsessed with.  During a playwrights meeting at the theater, a few of the members were discussing their favorite …

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