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Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

October 6, 2019 By Laura 2 Comments

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars are perfect for sour cherries frozen in the spring, when they are picked, and then turned into a fall treat with cloves and cinnamon. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing below. Well the computer is still having problems so if I disappear that is why,… 

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars: #CreativeCookieExchange

January 23, 2018 By Laura 2 Comments

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars are decadent treats, perfect for special occasions, but actually quite easy and fast to make. Keep reading to see what other chocolatey treats the Creative Cookie Exchange has for us this month. When I picked Chocolate as the theme for this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange, I was thinking of Valentine’s… 

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Caramel Swirled Cheesecake Bars: #CreativeCookieExchange

September 22, 2015 By Laura 13 Comments

Caramel Swirled Cheesecake Bars--unbelievable easy and so delicious! Completely from scratch!

Caramel Swirled Cheesecake Bars are deceptively simple and absolutely delicious. And they are easy to make from scratch with a homemade caramel sauce. Creative Cookie Exchange this month is all about layered bars, so keep reading to check out all the fabulous layers! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items… 

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Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

February 20, 2014 By Laura 15 Comments

Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake

Because sometimes, double chocolate just isn’t enough. Ha! Actually, this was entirely supposed to be double chocolate, white chocolate chunks in the swirl and cocoa in the cake. But then we had a mishap. And like all cake mishaps in my kitchen, we do not discuss them (watching Mommy fuss and fume and stomp is… 

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

February 15, 2011 By Laura 15 Comments

Cheesecake? Check. Chocolate? Check. Chocolate chip cookies? Check. Delectable graham cracker crust? Check. These babies have it all. I found the start of these bars in Elinor Klivans’ The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook: Recipes from the Classic Cookie to Mocha Chip Meringue Cake; this is one of those over the top creations that I was honestly not… 

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The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake

April 27, 2009 By Laura 44 Comments

The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake is a combination of classic flavors in a creamy, indulgent cheesecake. My mother begs for this dessert regularly.  “This is the best cheesecake I have ever had.” I almost keeled over when those words came out of my mother’s mouth. I was pretty sure up until that point… 

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When Life Hands You Lemons…: Lemon-Goat Cheese Cheesecake… Parfait?

January 18, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

This dessert was absolutely fabulous.  As a parfait.  As a cheesecake, well it was very runny.  And when life hands you a fabulous tasting but flawed cheesecake, you make parfait. Not really sure what happened, I am no cheesecake expert.  I have a theory as to why it cracked (see note in recipe re: not… 

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Cream Cheese Swirled Brownies

January 11, 2008 By Laura 2 Comments

These Cream Cheese Swirled Brownies are a decadent family favorite--and sure to become one of your favorite desserts too!

These Cream Cheese Brownies are the best I’ve tried and the only recipe I use. These photos were updated as of October 2015, and in the intervening years the recipe has been used for cakewalks, birthdays and just to make us happy. Sammy especially adores them! Affiliate links have been used to link to items… 

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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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