Bake or Break

Merry & Bright Christmas Cookies

View more photos How much more festive can a Christmas cookie get than to speckle it with red, green, and white? That’s what I thought, too, when I found this recipe. I changed it around a bit (just say no to shortening!) and created my own colorful holiday treat.

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Linzer Cookies

View more photos I not so recently bought a set of Linzer cookie cutters and, much like my madeleine pan, let them sit in a kitchen drawer untouched for far too long. Now, I have something else to cross off my list!

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Dark Chocolate Madeleines

View more photos This year for Christmas, Quinn and I have decided not to give each other gifts, with the exception of stockings. The other night, however, we were at a bookstore and he lamented that cookbooks just don’t fit in stockings. So, he felt it only right that I get a new cookbook of [...]

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Chocolate Charlotte

View more photos Taking a little break from holiday baking, I made this dessert for my sister’s birthday. For some reason, I had it in my head that I wanted to make a charlotte. I’d never made one before, and it just seemed like the thing to make for her day.

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Corn Flake Bars

View more photos Much like chess squares, this recipe is one of those that sneaks its way into everyone’s recipe box, yet no one really knows its origin. Of course, these kinds of recipes wouldn’t stick around like if they weren’t good.

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Chocolate Monster Cookies

View more photos It seems like everyone has a recipe for a huge, decadent cookie, known usually as Monster Cookies. I’ve certainly made them before. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any with a chocolate cookie. I also started thinking that I don’t bake nearly enough with cashews. So, that’s how I ended up with [...]

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