Bake or Break

Nutella Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

View more photos When I first heard about World Nutella Day, I knew that my love of that wonderful chocolate-hazelnut spread required me to participate. That decision was the easy part. Knowing what to contribute was the hard part. Then, inspiration hit me as I drove home last night. In that moment, these cookies were [...]

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Holiday Date Balls

View a printable recipe Anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years, my mother was likely to make up a batch of these for guests or just for us when we asked. The recipe came from an old holiday cookbook that she had for as long as I can remember. I don’t even know the name of [...]

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Crispy Chocolate Squares

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 [...]

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