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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

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

Maple Doodles: #CookiesForKidsCancer

September 14, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is an organization I have been supporting since I first became aware of it. You can read more about my discovering them and what they do here, but basically I became aware of them through OXO, as OXO is one of their big supporters and I work with OXO Blogger Outreach. Anyway,… 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, cookies, cooks' tools, kids cooking, maple, reviews, Tools Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, #OXOGoodBrownie #OXOGoodCookie, cinnamon, cookies, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, maple, snickerdoodles

Buckwheat & Yogurt Waffles with Hot Buttered Maple Syrup

November 26, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

buckwheat waffle batter

I never used to butter my waffles. To me it was added fat that I could not taste. Mind you, we are talking about a habit that stretches back to my early childhood, so who knows if I really could taste the butter or not. And then I was talking to a friend, who commented… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, maple, waffles, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, buckwheat, butter, maple syrup, waffles, whole grains

Maple Oat Cakes: Baking with Sammy and Alex

September 28, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

I can tell it’s fall because the viruses are just not stopping around here.  Which is relevant because I am soooo behind and that is why I am only now getting around to posting about these oat cakes, which I made with both girls on Labor Day (!), and which sustained me through the first round… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, cookbooks, kids cooking, maple, misc, oats, reviews, whole grains

Chipotle Maple Peanut Brittle

May 6, 2009 By Laura 11 Comments

All of a sudden this stuff is everywhere. Just call me a sheep, but I decided to try it since I thought John would really like it. Truthfully I had no expectations of liking it myself–I have never been a big brittle fan. Well call me misguided and crazy because this stuff is AWESOME. I… 

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Filed Under: brittle, candy, maple, peanuts

How To Delay Your Bread Once You’ve Started: Maple Oatmeal Sandwich Bread

January 13, 2009 By Laura 11 Comments

This bread is just amazing.  I want to be clear about that.  The mapliest maple bread you have ever tried.   But first I want to address a misconception a lot of people have about making bread–that bread baking will not fit into their schedule.  This does not have to be true.  With a user-friendly… 

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Filed Under: maple, yeasted breads

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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