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Winter Fruit Crisp

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This Winter Fruit Crisp brings a bit of freshness to the colder days of the year. Both sweet and tart, this crisp uses apples, pears, and cranberries to balance the two flavor profiles. Topped with a nutty oat topping that brings a bit of texture to every bite, this crisp is easy to throw together …

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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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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

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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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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