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Category Archives: Cookies & Bars
Wasabi White Chocolate Meringues
Whenever I have Japanese food, I look forward to the rush wasabi offers. First there’s its burst of tangy flavor, followed by an intense but ephemeral heat. Eating sushi recently, I was struck by the idea of creating a dessert … Continue reading →
Posted in Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged baking, cookies, food, meringue, meringues, peppery, recipe, spicy, wasabi, wasabi cookie, wasabi cookies, wasabi dessert, wasabi desserts, wasabi recipe, wasabi sweets, white chocolate, whtie pepper
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13 Comments
Cinnamon Peach Sandwich Cakes
Peach season is almost over, and I have to say, I can’t get enough of it. I hardly ever do. There’s something that sings summertime when I bite into a fresh, ripe peach. Tart, sweet and juicy, the fruit is … Continue reading →
Posted in Cakes & Cupcakes, Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged baking, cinnamon, cream cheese, dessert, fresh peach, peach, peaches, recipe, sandwich cookie, seasonal, summer, summertime, whoopie pie
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17 Comments
Butter and Brandy: Raspberry Basil Shortbread
When I went grocery shopping with a dear friend recently, I found myself in an indecisive mood. I’d ooh and ahh at an item, put it in our cart, then soon mumble hesitantly and put it back on the shelf. … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking with Herbs, Baking with Spirits, Cookies & Bars, Sweets
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Tagged baking, baking with booze, baking with herbs, basil, booze, boozey, boozy, brandy, cookies, dessert, grassfed butter, kerrygold irish butter, raspberries, recipe, saint george spirits, shortbread, st. gerorge spirits
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Sesame Halvah Cookies
My grandmother would have turned 91 last Saturday. Since I couldn’t bring her a cake or call her and sing, I decided on a small act in her honor. I bought some halvah – the sweet treat she always had … Continue reading →
Posted in Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged baking, chanukah, chanukkah, chocolate, cookies, dessert, grandma, grandmother, hanukah, hanukkah, havla, havlah, jewish, judaism, recipe, sesame seeds, shortbread, sweets, thumbprint, thumbprints
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Scrumptious Spring Flowers: Hibiscus Pistachio Meringues
As I was leaving work last Friday, I felt even more compelled than usual to bake over the weekend. There was no particular event to bring dessert to, and no one was expecting any treats from me. My desire to … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking with Flowers, Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged baking, baking with flowers, candy, dairy-free, dessert, desserts, gluten-free, hibiscus, meringues, pistachio, pistachios, spring, summer, sweets
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16 Comments
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