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Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 16, 2013 By Laura 9 Comments

Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some days are blue skied, breezy and warm. Beautiful and happy. And some days deserve Snickers cookies.

Filed Under: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, peanuts, whole grains Tagged With: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, milk chocolate, peanuts, Snickers

Rosemary Citrus Biscotti & Cashew Chipotle Beer Brittle: Review of The Daily Cookie

December 10, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chipotle Cashew Beer Brittle

Was holiday cookie baking and candy making a tradition in your childhood? It was in mine. My grandma would come to visit and she and my mom would churn out gazillions of Date Nut Pinwheels and some other dried fruit/nut cookie that I don’t remember the name of (I confess I never ate either as… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, Boozy Desserts, brittle, candy, cookbooks, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, lemon baked goods, Pistachios, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: beer, biscotti, brittle, candy, cashews, citrus, cookbook review, cookies, lemon, orange, pistachios, rosemary, white chocolate

A Review of Marshmallow Madness: Kahlua & Cream Marshmallows

December 4, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Sometimes you get offered a book to review that you are really excited to try cooking or baking from–but just not that time of year. I am extremely moody when it comes to the seasons and food. I don’t like gingersnaps in the spring or summer. I used to refuse to eat Indian curries in… 

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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookbooks, marshmallows, mint chocolate, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: candy, chocolate, cream, kahlua, marshmallows, mint chocolate, Oreos, peppermint

Grown Up Crispy Chocolate Globs

January 12, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

Ostensibly this post is about food, Crispy Chocolate Globs to be exact.  But first I need to share something more exciting–Skamp has arrived!

Filed Under: candy, chocolate, misc. dessert Tagged With: chocolate, confection, macadamia, milk chocolate, nuts, puppy, rice krispies, white chocolate

Peanut Butter Candy Bars: Baking With Sammy to Use Up Halloween Candy

November 2, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

Peanut Butter Candy Oat Bars: Got leftover Halloween candy? These bar cookies are a fantastic way to use it up!

Peanut Butter Candy Bars are a fantastic way to use up leftover Halloween candy. These photos were were updated in November 2015–but I have left the original photos of Sammy and I baking these the first time around! I wonder if my mom was as tormented by Halloween candy as I am?  It drives me… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, candy, chocolate, misc. dessert, oats, peanut butter Tagged With: bar cookies, bars, candy, chocolate, Halloween candy, leftovers, oats, peanut butter, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers

Salted Cacao Nib Brittle

October 24, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

I don’t know about you, but in this house it is never too soon to start thinking about the holidays! Not playing Christmas music or anything, but thinking about what cookies I will bake, what decorations will go up, what candies I will try this year.  Not that this brittle cannot be made any time… 

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Filed Under: cacao nibs, candy, chocolate

Chunky Quadruple Chocolate Cookies: Baking with Sammy

September 19, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

Houston, we have a winner! Because even Sesame Street has to hit a homerun every now and then.  Sammy and I have continued our baking adventures during the day while Alex is at school.

Filed Under: cacao nibs, candy, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking, Uncategorized, whole grains

Caramelized Peanut Shortbread Bars: A Review of A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 24, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

Caramelized Peanut Shortbread Bars: Snickers plus Twix plus homemade!

I’m headed to I just got back from Eat Write Retreat this past weekend, and I meant to get this posted before I left.  Life happened.  For those who don’t know, it is kind of a networking workshop–I describe it this way, rather than a conference (despite having never been to one of any kind… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, brittle, candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, peanuts

Peanut Butter Candy Cups

November 23, 2010 By Laura 7 Comments

This is technically about 2-3 weeks overdue as a post about what to do with your Halloween candy. But the thing is, this is a great idea for anytime–I mean how cute are these cups? And so easy! And just as tasty with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, M&Ms, Reece’s Pieces, or mini marshmallows–all of… 

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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter Tagged With: candy, cookie cups, cookies, Halloween, leftovers, M&Ms, peanut butter

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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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