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I came across this recipe in last month’s Southern Living magazine and quickly decided that I should make these cookies as soon as possible. These peanut butter cookies are made with a NutRageous candy bar chopped up and stirred in the dough. My only delay in getting them made has been [...]

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I recently subscribed to The Baking Sheet, the newsletter from the good folks at King Arthur Flour. My first issue came last Thursday, and my only problem with it has been trying to narrow down what to make. Seriously, in the first four pages I found four recipes to try. [...]

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As I have mentioned before, Quinn has quite the aversion to all things coconut. I, on the other hand, have a long-standing affinity for it. Having made something I knew he would like, I decided I could make something with coconut and not feel guilty about it.
I found this recipe in [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Remember the super rich chocolate cookies a couple of days ago? Well, I decided to follow through with my notion that they were crying out to be double doozied. Armed with a can of store bought cream cheese icing (sue me - I didn’t have time to make my own), I did just [...]

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A while back, Quinn and I came into possession of a box of potato chip cookies from Immaculate Baking Company. We were instantly enamored. If we’d not had a free box of these cookies, I’m not sure we would have ever tried cookies made with potato chips. Oh, but they [...]

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My grandmother loved baking. I think it’s safe to say that is where I got my own love of baking. Dessert was generally not an option at her house - it was required. I only remember her having just a few cookbooks. She did, however, have a good-sized collection [...]

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Still not over my cream cheese craving, I made these cookies from The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, which has been on my cookbook shelf for years. I had made cream cheese cookies before, but with chocolate chips. Everyone liked them, but they didn’t do much for me. Using macadamia nuts instead [...]

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In a quest to make something out of whatever was in my pantry, I came up with these cookies. Chocolate chips times two, peanut butter chips, and pecans all rolled into a basic cookie dough. This recipe is actually a combination of several recipes plus some improvisation.

First, beat 1 cup of [...]

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