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Biarritz Sandwich Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 20, 2016 By Laura 5 Comments

Biarritz Sandwich Cookies: crisp French butter cookies sandwiched around dark chocolate ganache

Biarritz Sandwich Cookies are delicious, elegant and easy French sandwich cookies that are perfect for holiday cookie tins, gifting or just for the heck of it! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Keep reading to check out all the fabulous cookies with nuts that the Creative Cookie Exchange has… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, chocolate, cookies, French cuisine, ganache, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, meringue Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bittersweet chocolate, chocolate, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, dark chocolate, French, ganache, sandwich cookies

Rhubarb Dream Bars… Trifle: #CreativeCookieExchange

May 17, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Rhubarb Dream Bars--delicious but difficult to slice, so better served as a trifle!

These Rhubarb Dream Bars made an amazing trifle, with a crispy meringue top, a delicious custard filling, with a lemony shortbread crust, and layered with whipped cream. Keep reading to see what other seasonal spring treats the Creative Cookie Exchange came up with this month! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This… 

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Chocolate Meringue Nests with Salted Caramel Sauce and Cacoa Nibs

November 8, 2015 By Laura 5 Comments

Bittersweet Chocolate Meringue Nests with Whipped Cream, Salted Caramel Sauce and Cocoa Nibs--the dessert is restaurant worthy and yet incredibly easy!

Chocolate Meringue Nests with Whipped Cream, Salted Caramel Sauce and Cacoa Nibs are a delicious, restaurant worthy dessert that is perfect for special occasions and much easier than you think! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. The first dessert I made for Sammy’s birthday was also the… 

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Blueberry Delight with Lemon Cream: Using Community Cookbooks

July 30, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Blueberry Meringue Slab Pie with Lemon Cream: simple, restaurant worthy dessert for summer!

Blueberry Delight with Lemon Cream is a restaurant worthy, delicious and unique celebration of blueberries in the summer. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. Bet you guys thought I forgot all about using those community cookbooks. I might have too, except I had already chosen the… 

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Strawberry Rhubarb Meringues: #CreativeCookieExchange

January 21, 2014 By Laura 15 Comments

Strawberry Rhubarb Meringue Cookies

Tonight Sammy and I decided that the best thing in the world would be to take a cruise from Miami, through the Panama Canal, to San Diego–eating our way through ports all along eastern and western Mexico the whole way. She thought it sounded like heaven. How many 7 year olds do you know with… 

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Be A Good Cookie! Meringue Cookie Flavors for the Holidays and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

December 13, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

I had a very hard time writing this post.  Striking the right tone seems important, yet it is eluding me.

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, coffee desserts, cookies, cooks' tools, dairy free baking, eggs, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, meringue, mint chocolate, misc, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, blogger outreach, cancer, chocolate chips, coffee, cookies, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, Holidays, meringues, mint chocolate, OXO, peppermint, spatula

Meringue Cookies: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip & Bittersweet Chocolate

March 17, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

And just as I got nice and caught up with blogging, we set about moving The Spiced Life to WordPress.  And all blogging stopped–as well as tv watching, phone calls, and laundry, as we set about figuring it all out.  Actually my husband did most of the figuring, while I have just tried desperately to… 

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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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