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Café au Lait Bars: #CreativeCookieExchange

March 18, 2014 By Laura 16 Comments

Café au Lait Bars are the little black dress of cookies: there is no occasion these would not be perfect for. Everyone adored these. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Have you ever promised a dish (or dessert) to someone (a potluck, your husband’s students, the… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bar cookies, bars, coffee, cookies, espresso, tea, vanilla

Salty Sweet White Chocolate Cashew Bars

March 15, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Salty Sweet White Chocolate and Cashew Bars

Salty Sweet White Chocolate Cashew Bars breathe new life into boring white chocolate, creating something indulgent and delicious. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. This is the second of the 2 desserts I made for the teachers’ conferences this past week. There is another dinner coming… 

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Leftover Halloween Candy Ideas

November 2, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

If you are looking for leftover Halloween candy ideas, I’ve got you covered! Stuff it in cookies, cakes, mix it with caramel corn–all sorts of ways to keep the homemade treats coming while using up the Halloween candy! I hope everyone had a fun Halloween–and I hope most of you were able to stay drier… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cakes, candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, cupcakes, misc, misc. dessert, peanut butter Tagged With: bars, cake, candy, caramel corn, chocolate, cookies, Halloween, leftover, milkshakes, popcorn

Streusel Topped Apple Oatmeal Bars: Creative Cookie Exchange

October 15, 2013 By Laura 13 Comments

Pecan and Oat Streusel Topped Oatmeal Bars with Dried Apples and Cranberries

It’s time for another Creative Cookie Exchange! This time our theme is a very seasonal apples; I love apple desserts and dishes in the fall, so the choice was really a no brainer. Anything apple counts–I am kind of embarrassed to admit that in this time of (fresh picked apple) plenty, I used dried. Picture… 

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Gingerbread Bars/Review of Esther Brody’s 250 Best Bars and Brownies

September 12, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

I was recently sent Esther Brody’s The 250 Best Brownies, Bars and Squares to review. I was a little skeptical before receiving the book; the somewhat personality-less “250 Best!” format is not really to my taste. On the other hand, any collection of 250 baked goods deserves to be perused. The verdict?

Filed Under: bar cookies, cakes, cookbooks, dairy free baking, fall spices, kids cooking, molasses, reviews Tagged With: 250 best bars, bars, cake, cinnamon, cookbook review, ginger, gingerbread, kids baking, snacking cake

No Bake Peppermint Chocolate Chip Bars

June 28, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Bakeless Mint Chocolate brownies

OK so this feels like a cheat, but my choices are unconventional posts or no posts at all since I am at the beach with no camera apart from my iPhone and no regular kitchen tools. So unconventional it is, at least for now. Remember those awesome Bakeless Brownies I shared about a week ago?

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#ChocolateParty: Chocolate Dulce de Leche Bars

March 4, 2013 By Laura 23 Comments

When Roxana from Roxana’s Home Baking announced the theme for this month’s Chocolate Party was caramel, I had mixed feelings. I am very picky about caramel, and often do not care for it with chocolate. It is just so sweet. But then inspiration struck, I could use milk caramel, i.e., dulce de leche, about which I am… 

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No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

September 5, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

No Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Bars

Do you ever have moments where something–a memory, a smell, a sensation, etc.–triggers a feeling and all of a sudden you can perfectly imagine being somewhere other than where you are? Maybe a smell that reminds you of your grandma’s house or the sensation of snapping beans that takes you back to a summer day… 

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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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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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