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Category Archives: Cookies & Bars
Cut-Out Turkeys: Hazelnut Brown Sugar Cookies
There’s something funny about decorating with turkeys for Thanksgiving, if you ask me. For one, they’re generally not too cute; plus, their very carcasses are the center of the momentous meal. But for some reason, I bought a turkey cookie … Continue reading →
Posted in Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged autumn, baking, brown sugar, cookie cutter, cookies, cut-out cookies, fall, filberts, holiday, holidays, recipe, sugar cookies, sweets, thanksgiving
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Sentimental Cereal: Easy Almond Bars
I found out this week that my Grandma’s house has been sold. It’s a strange sense of relief to see it go, and as my sister puts it, I hope the new owners end up with memories as sweet as … Continue reading →
Posted in Cookies & Bars, Sweets, Traditional with a Twist
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Tagged almond, amaretto, corn flakes, family, gluten-free, grandma, marhsmallows, marshmallow, no-bake
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12 Comments
Orange Cocoa Springerle
Poking around at an estate sale a few weeks ago, I found that things seemed picked-over for the most part. But just when I was about ready to leave empty-handed, I saw a familiar looking wall hanging in the corner … Continue reading →
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Tagged autumn, baking, chocolate, cocoa, critters, dairy-free, dessert, German, Germany, halloween, molded cookies, october, Octoberfest, Oktoberfest, orange, pressed cookies, recipe, recipes, spider, spiders, springerle
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23 Comments
Turkish Coffee Meringues
I’ve always thought of Turkish coffee as a special occasion sort of drink. It’s not just coffee: it’s extra robust coffee that’s often spiced, sweetened, and presented in pretty little mugs. And beneath the way it’s served is the distinctive … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking with Tea & Coffee, Cookies & Bars, Sweets
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Tagged baking, candy, cardamom, coffee, cookies, cooking, dairy-free, dessert, espresso, fat-free, food, gluten-free, recipe, sandwich cookies, spice, spices, spicy, sweets, Turkish, Turkish coffee
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11 Comments
From Cup to Cookie: Fruit, Flowers, and Rooibos
One of my favorite evening drinks is a hot cup of rooibos (“roy-bus”), also known as red tea or African honeybush tea. It has a soft, naturally vanilla-y flavor that reminds me a bit of my grandpa’s tobacco pipe and … Continue reading →
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Tagged baking, baking with tea, capetown rooibos, cookie, desserts, gluten-free, highwire coffee roasters, honey bush tea, honeybush, macaron, macarons, macaroons, mango, marcaroon, recipes, red bush tea, red tea, rooibos cookies, rooibos dessert, sandwich cookies, sweets, tea, tropical
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