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Salted Chocolate Caramels: Holiday Cookies Reviewed

December 9, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Salted Chocolate Caramels

Salted Chocolate Caramels are creamy, chewy, chocolatey and delicious confections perfect for holiday tins or any other special occasion. Or just for fun! Affiliated links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I received a copy of  Holiday Cookies from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. Holiday cookies and confections might be the… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, candy, caramel, chocolate, cookbooks, reviews Tagged With: bittersweet chocolate, bourbon, candy, caramel, caramel chews, chocolate, confections, semisweet chocolate

Spiked Apple Cider Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

October 17, 2017 By Laura 2 Comments

Spiked Apple Cider Cookies

Spiked Apple Cider Cookies are the perfect cookie for fall–spicy, sweet, slightly crispy around the edges and from the sugar coating, and deliciously chewy in the middle; they go perfectly with a hot glass of apple cider–spiked or unspiked. There has been some serious cookie mojo in the The Spiced Life kitchen lately. Those Gluten… 

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Filed Under: boiled cider, Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, browned butter, cookies, drinks, fall spices, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, apple brandy, apple cider, bourbon, browned butter, cider, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, hot cider, mixed drink

Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake

December 8, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake--a delicious dark chocolate cake made with bourbon and coffee

Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake is simple enough to make for just the heck of it, and delicious enough to be the dessert centerpiece of a formal meal.  Just when I was getting caught up and in the swing of things–a virus struck my family. Actually, I don’t think the virus would have struck me quite… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: bourbon, bundt, cake, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, whiskey, whisky

Red Currant Glazed Pork Chops

July 16, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Red Currant Glazed Pork Chops

Red Currant Glazed Pork Chops are a scrumptious, simple and elegant way to make the most of the short but delicious red currant season! This post was sponsored by Hurst’s Berry Farm, who sent me some fabulous fresh red currants to create a recipe with, and all opinions are my own. You know how sometimes you make a meal,… 

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Filed Under: berries, Bourbon, Currants, jam, pork, sauces Tagged With: berries, currants, jam, jelly, pork, pork chops, red currants, sauce

Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

January 21, 2016 By Laura 19 Comments

Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake

This Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake is refreshing and seductive at the same time, with herbal rosemary, warming bourbon, and sweet and tangy orange. The combination works brilliantly, which makes it the perfect entry for this month’s Bundt Bakers, where we have been charged with creating “strange but good-weird flavor combinations” (I love that description)…. 

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Filed Under: blog events, Bourbon, bundt cakes, cakes, oranges Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bourbon, bundt, Bundt Cakers, cake, citrus, orange, rosemary

Salted Caramel Sauce 3 Ways

January 13, 2016 By Laura 6 Comments

Salted Caramel Sauce, always delicious, can be kicked up a notch with vanilla beans, bourbon, or ground ancho and cayenne chile pepper. It is easy to make, makes a great gift and lasts forever in your fridge. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. This post had… 

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Rosemary Bourbon Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Smoked Sea Salt; #CreativeCookieExchange

February 17, 2015 By Laura 28 Comments

Rosemary Bourbon Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Pecans and Smoked Sea Salt

These Rosemary Bourbon Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Pecans and Smoked Sea Salt are unusual enough to be exciting and familiar enough to be comforting. They are also just plain awesome. For more about this month’s boozy Creative Cookie Exchange keep reading down below!  Affiliate links were used to link to items I am discussing. Guys!… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, pecans, Smoked Salt Tagged With: booze, bourbon, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chunks, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, herbs, pecans, rosemary, smoked salt

Salted Maple Bourbon Marshmallows

December 27, 2014 By Laura 12 Comments

Salty, sweet and boozy, Salted Maple Bourbon Marshmallows are perfect for hot chocolate, coffee or even eating out of hand.  Happy Holidays! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas. We are still flitting from house to house and family to family, but I wanted to share these marshmallows with you so that you… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, candy, maple, marshmallows Tagged With: booze, bourbon, candy, confections, maple, marshmallows

Yogurt and Bourbon Poke Cake: Using Community Cookbooks

May 12, 2014 By Laura 16 Comments

Yogurt and Bourbon Whiskey Poke Cake

Yogurt and Bourbon Poke Cake is a delicious, old-fashioned snacking cake that is warm with whiskey and raw sugar. Affiliate links have been used on this post to link to items I am discussing. I have started a new series on this site, devoted to finding interesting recipes in old community cookbooks. You know, the… 

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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