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Baked Fudge

I know this is a post for what I call Baked Fudge but I have to tell you, I’ve been in the mood for cookies lately…well at least I was. I spend enough time each day seeing food bloggers talk about cookies and some sound soooo good that I want to make them and so [...]

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Espresso-Shortbread Brownie Bars

The second of two desserts I made yesterday from the May edition of Food and Wine magazine. If you missed the first treat, do be sure to check out the Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate Drizzle if you want to know why two…in one day!

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Pecan Shortbread Bars with Chocolate Drizzle

I don’t make a lot of sweets, mostly because I love them so I typically wait until I’m having company before making anything that I will want to finish off by myself.

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Nanaimo Bars

There was a Daring Bakers Challenge in the last couple of weeks and though not participating in that event, I saw a couple of posts about these funny sounding bars and the pictures that accompanied them and they looked delicious.

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Peppermint Meringue Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This recipe was featured on the December 2009 cover of Bon Appetit magazine. Looked both beautiful and festive and I love cakes with layers of meringue so this one was calling my name for our holiday dessert.

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Salted Chocolate and Caramel Shortbread Bars

I saw a photo of a dessert like this as part of a Bakeoff held by Bon Appetit; the photo was an inspiration but the recipe not so much!

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MAC’s Attacked Me!

Whew! First words out of my mouth when I started this post. I'm a daring baker; I never trial anything before serving to friends, family or even strangers; feeling some confidence since I've been doing this for, well, a REALLY long time. Started helping my grandmother in the kitchen as a young girl and since [...]

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Espresso-Chocolate Layer Cake with White Chocolate-Mascarpone Frosting

I originally helped my daughter Lauren make this cake for a dessert contest for employees of Neiman Marcus in Denver. I had noticed the recipe in the April issue of Bon Appetit but knew I would have to make some revisions as it was a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and I’m not particularly fond [...]

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Vegan Chocolate Truffles

We had a vegan dish for each one of our tasting choices for a fundraiser for Susan G. Komen; thanks to Zeke Koch for providing this simple, yet elegant recipe that Aleece made for our event. Ingredients 1 pound of bittersweet chocolate. 3/4 cup raw cashews 3/4 cup water Flavoring of your choice (optional) Cocoa [...]

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Fudge Puddle Cookies

I followed a link; it came to these cookies and now I HAVE to make them! This delicious photo and recipe courtesy of the bloggers mentioned below; I take no credit except wanting one, NOW! So to my friends and neighbors who ‘just happen’ to drop by after a blog post, don’t want to disappoint, these on [...]