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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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Molasses Cookies

I love these cookies! Someone might call them Gingersnaps but they aren’t…the molasses is distinct in their flavor and does compliment the ginger perfectly.

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Spritz Butter Cookies

This is a classic Spritz cookie, all butter and almond and such a sweet reminder of years of holiday baking. Although I did another post today about the importance of making Pecan Butter Balls every Christmas season, these are not far behind. My mother and I used to make these by the hundreds it seemed! [...]

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Pecan Squares

I thought these looked delectable when I saw them posted by a fellow blogger I've come to know on Twitter, @BarbaraBakes (maybe it was the BEAUTIFUL name!). I've asked Barbara to guest post here so that we can all enjoy her bringing a recipe from Martha (yes, THAT Martha) to life. See more of Barbara's [...]

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Pecan Butter Balls

These cookies were made for our family by my Grandma Bathe every year I could remember. I continued the tradition growing up and have been making these cookies every year that I can recall since that time. No matter how busy the holiday season, I HAVE to have some on Christmas Eve with eggnog. There [...]

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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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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 [...]

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Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies

I've always loved peanut butter and though it's no longer a daily staple like it seems it was when I was a child; there are some old fashioned treats that I loved as a kid that I still love today. Among them; a peanut butter and syrup sandwich (yep), peanut butter spread on apple halves [...]

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Lemon Bars – St. Louis Art Museum Cookbook “The Artist in the Kitchen”

Lemon Bars 350 degree oven; yields 36 Crust 1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 2 cups flour Filling 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 T. flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 6 T. fresh lemon juice 1 T. grated lemon rind Powdered sugar for top For crust, blend butter with powdered sugar [...]

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Espresso-Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies

These are wonderful treats; the espresso is there but not overpowering, the shortcake is just what you would expect; definitely a keeper in our repertoire of cookies to make for all occasions but have to remember these for my holiday gifts! Love the technique to roll dough in a bag..why didn’t I ever think of [...]