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Salted Dark Chocolate Crisps: Make Ahead for Creative Cookie Exchange

November 19, 2013 By Laura 12 Comments

Salty Dark Chocolate Crispy Slice and Bake Freezer Cookies

Salted Dark Chocolate Crisps are light, crispy and intensely chocolatey; they are also perfect for making in advance. Keep reading to see what all of the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts came up with. Affiliate links were used in this post to refer to items I am discussing. I am so excited about this Creative Cookie… 

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Buttermilk Glazed Buttermilk Chocolate Snack Cake; OXO Brownie Spatula

September 28, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

There are compliments, and then there are compliments. Guys, I received just about the sweetest, biggest, best compliment I have ever received on anything I have ever baked or cooked for this cake. But let me start at the beginning. As soon as I saw this cake in The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and… 

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100% Whole Grain Oatmeal Brownies with M&Ms

August 21, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

M&M, CHocolate Chip and Oat Brownies

When your kid has impromptu gum surgery on the kitchen counter, and that kid is Sammy and the next day is the first day of school, chances are she is going to school, surgery-be-damned. And chances are you are going to leave a lot of instructions with both her teacher and the nurse for all… 

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Tongass Forest Cookies

August 15, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

Oatmeal Cookies with Cocoa Puffed Rice Cereal, Coconut Flakes and White Chocolate Chunks

One week ago I was mourning the end of summer, dreading my kids going back to school.  Everything felt tight and panicky, like I had not appreciated my kids enough and needed to spend every waking moment with them. Oh the difference a week can make.

Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, oats, whole grains Tagged With: cereal, cocoa, coconut, coconut flakes, cookies, oatmeal, oats, puffed rice, rice cereal, Valrhona pearls, white chocolate

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB2

April 22, 2013 By Laura 18 Comments

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB

As most of you know, we live a little bit in the boonies. Not completely, since getting to Cincinnati only takes about an hour–and the northern suburbs, which are pretty well stocked–only take about 30 minutes. But at the same time, we are on 5 acres at the back of a private lane off of… 

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Rustic Cocoa Cream Loaf Cake

February 6, 2010 By Laura 7 Comments

I think we sometimes get stuck in a mindset that chocolate desserts must be decadent and rich, especially cakes. We also of course prefer our cakes in particular to be striking and elegant. Mousse cakes, layer cakes, glazed bundt cakes, flourless cakes… Well this cake is none of the above. I almost did not share… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate Tagged With: cake, chocolate, cocoa, cream, heavy cream, loaf cakes

Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies For Peanut Butter

January 15, 2010 By Laura 15 Comments

colt and young child

Growing up, we were always the kids with a horse. Actually we were the kids with a horse and a pool, but this post is about the horse. When I was in late elementary school, I went through a phase where I really resented it. I felt like kids wanted to come over to pet… 

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Chocolate Sugar Cookies Made With Dutched Cocoa

November 23, 2009 By Laura 10 Comments

Chocolate Sugar Cookies made with Dutched Cocoa

Chocolate Sugar Cookies made with Dutched Cocoa are the perfect canvas for a high quality Dutched cocoa, chewy and gently bittersweet. These pictures and notes were updated in September 2019. I have had a conflicted relationship with Valrhona cocoa powder. I mean, people whose baking I respect worship this stuff, so what the heck is… 

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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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