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Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar

December 18, 2015 By Laura 22 Comments

Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar are a sophisticated and delicious twist on crescent cookies. They are perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges and Holiday cookie tins! The minute I saw these Italian Chifferi Cookies I knew I was making them. Actually, if I am honest, I felt that way about these cookies and another one in… 

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Filed Under: coffee desserts, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Italian Tagged With: christmas, coffee, cookies, crescent cookie, espresso, hazelnuts, Holidays, Italian, nuts

Holiday Biscotti Bar: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 15, 2015 By Laura 13 Comments

A Holiday Biscotti Bar is the perfect combination of holiday party and delicious Christmas cookie baking and decorating; dip biscotti in luscious chocolate and then decorate them wildly in Holiday sprinkles! It is especially fantastic for kids because with these cookies there is no such thing as too many sprinkles! Keep reading to find out… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, blog events, chocolate, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, kids cooking, misc, Peppermint Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, biscotti, chocolate, Christmas cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, holiday baking, party, peppermint, sprinkles, vanilla

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

November 17, 2015 By Laura 20 Comments

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies: slice and bake cookies are easy to make ahead for the Holidays (or whenever); dip them in cinnamon and sugar before baking! The whole family loved these!

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies are a great choice for cinnamon lovers and a perfect cookie for late fall, when orange is coming into season, people are craving cinnamon and when the cookies can also be made ahead for holiday cookie tins! Creative Cookie Exchange has you cinnamon lovers completely covered this month, so keep… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, fall spices, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, oranges Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, cinnamon, citrus, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, icebox cookies, make ahead, orange, slice and bake

Crispy Bite-Sized Chocolate Chip Cookies: Review of Classic Cookies with Modern Twist; #Choctoberfest

October 9, 2015 By Laura 9 Comments

Crispy Bite-Sized Chocolate Chip Cookies--easy to make and delicious! The crunch is light and airy and offset by rich chocolate chips and butter. My family went crazy for these!

Crispy Bite-Sized Chocolate Chip Cookies are a fun change from bakery style. Buttery, light, crunchy but packed full of chocolate, these cookies are a crowd pleaser. A copy of Classic Cookie with a Modern Twist was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links have been used in this… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, reviews Tagged With: #choctoberfest, chocolate, chocolate chip, cookbook reviews, cookies

Nibby Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies: #Choctoberfest

October 5, 2015 By Laura 20 Comments

These Nibby-Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies are delicious and unique! Because they are slice and bake, they can be made ahead to bake off for your holiday table or any other occasion.

These Nibby Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies are easy, sophisticated and not too sweet, with a hint of salt to complement the chocolate goodness. And because they are slice and bake, they are perfect for making ahead for your holiday cookie tray. I am participating in Choctoberfest, which is basically a weeklong smorgasbord of chocolate recipes… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, cacao nibs, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies Tagged With: #choctoberfest, almond meal, cacao nibs, chocolate, cocoa nibs, cookies, dark chocolate, extra virgin olive oil, milk chocolate, nibs, olive oil, slice and bake

Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange

August 18, 2015 By Laura 19 Comments

Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts are addictive low sugar cookies that are extra rich from the browning of the butter and the nuts, yet bright from the lemon. And they are plenty sweet from the Turbinado coating. Keep reading to the bottom to check out everything the other Creative Cookie Exchange hosts baked… 

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Filed Under: blog events, browned butter, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, lemon baked goods, Macadamia nuts, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, browned butter, citrus, cookies, cornmeal, Creative Cookie Exchange, holiday baking, Holidays, lemon, low sugar, macadamia nuts, nuts, polenta

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies for Ice Cream: #CreativeCookieExchange

July 21, 2015 By Laura 16 Comments

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies for Ice cream--SO delicious and SO easy!!!

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies are amazing in ice cream or gelato–keep reading to check out what all of the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts made this month with ice cream!  Things I learned this past weekend: Cacao nibs do not always substitute well for nuts. It always pays to read through the entire recipe before starting to bake. My… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Peppermint Tagged With: cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, easy, gelato, ice cream, mint, peppermint, shortbread, slice and bake

Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies (Ciasteczka Waniliowe); #CreativeCookieExchange

December 16, 2014 By Laura 13 Comments

Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies (Ciasteczka Waniliowe)

These Ciasteczka Waniliowe, or Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies, are traditional at Christmastime and therefore perfect for this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange, which is celebrating the traditional cookies served during the various holidays occurring around the Winter Solstice all over the world. Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. So many cookies… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Polish cuisine, vanilla sugar Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, almonds, christmas, cookies, crescent, egg free, eggfree, hazelnuts, Holiday, holiday baking, nuts, Polish

Cookie Press Cookies in 3 Flavors for Your Holiday Tray

December 14, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Cookie Press Fiori di Sicilia Orange Snowflake Cookies--simple and fast with a cookie press!

The same simple dough for the cookie press flavored 3 different ways for the Holidays: Peppermint Christmas Trees; Salt and Pepper Maple Wreaths; Fiori di Sicilia and Orange Snowflakes. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I am determined to slide these cookies in right before Creative… 

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Filed Under: Cookie Press, cookies, fiori di sicilia extract, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, maple, oranges Tagged With: citrus, cookie press, cookie tins, cookies, fiori di sicilia, Holidays, maple, orange, peppermint, vanilla

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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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