black bottom cookie butter mousse pie - biscoff - sliced

Black Bottom Cookie Butter Mousse Pie

Pie

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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chocolate covered peanut butter blondies - koopa troopa blondies - stacked

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Blondies

Bars Blondies

Yep. You read that right: Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Blondies. I also like to call these Koopa Troopa Blondies. Why is that? Because these blondies were made with my favorite coffee shop in mind: The Wormhole–an amazing place full of ’80s nostalgia (so much Winona Ryder, including a Heathers poster), floppy disks, the original Nintendo …

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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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blackout chocolate shortbread cookies - lined up - one flat - cocoa powder

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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peanut butter caramel corn cookies - dark chocolate - popcorn - pretzels - on baking sheet

Peanut Butter Caramel Corn Cookies

Brownies

Do you ever have foods that bring about certain memories?  Maybe it’s that apple pie your mom makes a day or two after apple picking in the fall, that chocolate cake you eat every year for your birthday, or even that bag of Cheetos or mediocre pizza you share with a friend after a night …

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snickers cookies - above view - salted caramel - nougat - chocolate - peanut butter

Snickers Cookies

Cookies

This might be one of my more involved cookie recipes, but it may also be one of the best things I have ever baked. Filled with the flavor of peanut butter nougat (recipe linked below), these taste exactly like a Snickers bar & it’s just about impossible to keep your hands off of them!  When …

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Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Cookies

Sometimes, the simplest things are the best things out there.  For example, my favorite type of chocolate is a nice square of anything above 60% dark with salt added to it.  When added to something sweet, salt actually helps accentuate the sweetness; it does it with a depth that simply adding more sugar can never …

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

Nanaimo Bar Cookies

Cookies

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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Chocolate, Cherry, and Almond Cookies

Cookies

The World Cup is in full swing, and I think the biggest surprise has been how little time I’ve actually had to watch it this year.  Now, let me put this out there–for me, the World Cup is essentially my Olympics.  I look forward to it every four years.  Who can resist a full day …

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