Chocolate Caramel Pocket Cookies

29. August 2006

View a printable recipe or more photos For my recent birthday, I received five (yes, five) new cookbooks. One of these five, from Quinn, was The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book. Of course, I’m sure this was a completely unselfish gift. Surely he’s not trying to encourage me to make more cookies. Anyway, I thought my [...]

Praline Cheesecake: Happy Birthday, Jennifer!

27. August 2006

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See the recipe Today is Jennifer’s birthday! While she’s had to work all weekend, I’ve been doing my husbandly best to make it a fun birthday celebration. First, dinner and homemade dessert with my parents Friday night. Then there were presents last night — many presents. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say [...]

Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies

26. August 2006

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View a printable recipe or more photos I was recently inspired by Mary’s recipe at one of my favorite blogs, alpineberry, to search my local stores for Nutella. For those of you unfamiliar, Nutella is a chocolate-hazelnut spread. I didn’t expect to find it, but there it was – way up on a top shelf. [...]

Double Delicious Cookie Bars

24. August 2006

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View a printable recipe or more photos I think that most of us have those recipes that we rely on for those times when we need something quick and easy. For me, this is one of those recipes. I’ve made it countless times and it always gets rave reviews. It’s almost embarassingly simple. Butter, graham [...]

Crispy Chocolate Squares

23. August 2006

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View a printable recipe or more photos A slight deviation from my norm, these bars don’t require baking. Reading through the recipe, I thought these sounded like a sure Quinn-pleaser. Chocolate, peanut butter, nuts, marshmallows, Rice Krispies… actually it sounded pretty good to me, too. My version of these bars have pecans, since I realized [...]

Praline Fudge Brownies

20. August 2006

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View a printable recipe or more photos Our most recent discovery is Praline Liqueur, a pecan flavored liqueur. Quinn went in search of it to use in making my birthday cheesecake next weekend. In the meantime, we’ve discovered the wonders it does poured over vanilla ice cream or mixed with milk. Yum. As a special [...]

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