peppermint bark tart - slice - fork - side

Peppermint Bark Tart

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Peppermint Bark is a classic Christmas dessert. It’s only natural that, in these final days leading up to the holiday, I had to share this Peppermint Bark Tart. Simple, yet delicious, there couldn’t be an easier last minute treat to throw together. This tart starts with a peppermint shortbread–buttery, crisp, and tender. Once that’s baked, …

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grapefruit ginger chocolate tart - ganache - jam -shortbread - bite

Grapefruit and Ginger Chocolate Tart

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Rich and chocolatey with a bite of spicy ginger and tart grapefruit, this Grapefruit and Ginger Chocolate Tart is an absolute treat. Decadent and delicious, the grapefruit and ginger jam and dark chocolate ganache are layered on top of a buttery chocolate shortbread crust that has a bit of bite and crumble at the same …

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Butternut Squash and Cranberry Gingerbread Pie

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Perfect for Thanksgiving, or even Christmas, this Butternut Squash and Cranberry Gingerbread Pie has just about everything you could ask for. Sweet, tart, and brimming with the flavors of warming spices, this pie is beautifully layered–gingerbread crust, white chocolate ganache, cranberry jam, roasted butternut squash pastry cream, whipped topping–and is sure to become a new …

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irish cream millionaire's tart - chocolate - caramel - shortbread - bite

Irish Cream Millionaire’s Tart

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Simple and delicious, this Irish Cream Millionaire’s Tart is rich and decadent in all the best ways. With a nutmeg-spiced shortbread crust that’s as buttery and crumbly as one could wish, a chewy Irish cream caramel, and a smooth and soft layer of chocolate ganache, this tart is a total winner. Has anyone else been …

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Earl Grey and Lemon Cheesecake

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This Earl Grey and Lemon Cheesecake is tart, citrusy, floral, and decadently creamy. With an Earl Grey tea infused cheesecake filling, this cheesecake (which is technically a tart!) is topped with a bright lemon curd and baked into a graham cracker and Biscoff cookie crust. Each bite is smooth, with a bit of crunch from …

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Apple, Bacon, & Spinach Quiche

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Sweet and tart Granny Smith apple combines with smoky bacon, buttery crust, and earthy spinach and cheddar in this Apple, Bacon, & Spinach Quiche. A savory bake with an egg-custard filling as the star, this quiche is the perfect blend of flavors, giving you just a little bit of everything with each bite. Not to …

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black bottom cookie butter mousse pie - biscoff - sliced

Black Bottom Cookie Butter Mousse Pie

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A Biscoff cookie crust + a layer of lightly salted, bittersweet chocolate ganache + a silky and smooth cookie butter mousse combine to create this extra dreamy Black Bottom Cookie Butter Mousse Pie. Rich and delicious, this is the kind of pie you savor in small bites while letting the flavor completely coat your tongue. …

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Mini Sticky Toffee Gingerbread Cakes

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Spicy, soft, and smothered in either a sticky toffee sauce or with sticky toffee buttercream, these Mini Sticky Toffee Gingerbread Cakes are a Christmas dream come true. Actually, they’re just a fall and winter dream come true because, if I’m being honest, you won’t want to limit yourself to making these just during the holidays. …

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Blackout Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Cookies Sandwich Cookie Shortbread

This week’s cookie is the perfect recipe to roll out just days before Halloween.  For one thing, they are all about the chocolate.  And let’s be real–who doesn’t dig through their candy haul at the end of the night in search of something chocolatey?  (I was all about those Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers …

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coffee, sage, and maple millionaire's shortbread - stacked - main image

Coffee, Sage, and Maple Millionaire’s Shortbread

Cookies Shortbread

Surprise, surprise.  Another week and another return to some of my favorite obsessions: Glasgow/Scotland, coffee, and the Great British Bake Off. My introduction to Millionaire’s Shortbread came when I was 21 and studying in Glasgow.  Every time I walked down Sauchiehall Street and into City Centre, I would walk by the window for Bradford’s Tea Room …

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