Caramel Apple Cookies

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It’s officially September, which means the better half of the year is about to start.  You know what I mean: Halloween and Thanksgiving are coming closer; Christmas is close enough to feel excited about it, but far enough not to be stressed; the blistering summer weather is finally beginning to fade into the comfortable coolness of …

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Butterbeer Cookies

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Confession: When Harry Potter first came out, I wasn’t the biggest fan.  To be fair, I was maybe ten-years-old and completely refused to even give the series a chance.  I received the first two books for Christmas and didn’t touch them for months.  It was only when my uncle decided to make a bet with me–that he …

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maple bacon cookies with maple syrup drizzle

Maple Bacon Cookies

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Bacon.  It’s so good that even Michael Scott was willing to injure himself just to wake up to the smell of it cooking.  There’s a craze surrounding it.  Literally.  There is a full Wikipedia page out there about bacon mania.  We dip it in chocolate, wrap it around the outside of sandwiches, and even make …

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Graham Cracker Toffee Cookies

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Lesson learned during the #52weeks52cookies project: when you challenge yourself to come up with a new recipe every week, you sometimes run out of ideas and flavor combinations and need to look somewhere beyond your own creativity for inspiration.  Cookie block.  It’s a bit like writer’s block.  You know that there’s something inside of you …

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Orange, Caramelized Hazelnut, and Toffee Biscotti

Biscotti Cookies

Is there anything better than a cookie you can dunk in a cup of coffee, cocoa, or tea?  These biscotti are perfect for just that, which makes them a great snack at any time of day during the winter.  They’re twice-baked so that they’re super crunchy, but when you dunk them in coffee, they soften …

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