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Vanilla Polka Dots: Pantry Baking

April 5, 2020 By Laura 4 Comments

Vanilla Polka Dots

Vanilla Polka Dots are simple and elegant cookies, redolent of vanilla, that are equally at home in holiday tins or being whipped up from your pantry with a substitute sugar on the outside. Do you like how I slipped in the substitute sugar comment? But it’s true–pandemic cooking and baking is not for the faint… 

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Pan Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 28, 2020 By Laura Leave a Comment

Pan Banging Chocolate Chip Cookie

Pan Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies are the latest chocolate chip cookie craze to hit the internet and so I had to try them! John and I have this running joke–for literal years now–where he references the fact that I started a food journal that he did not believe I would stick with (it was not… 

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Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 17, 2019 By Laura 3 Comments

Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling

Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling are perfect for holiday tins (or anytime): the coffee flavored shortbread is classic and not too sweet while the caramelized white chocolate filling gives the cookies warm sweetness and an exciting new twist. Keep reading to see what other cookies CCE bakers are making for the holidays, Affiliate… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, products, reviews, shortbread, white chocolate Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, blond chocolate, blonde chocolate, caramelized white chocolate, coffee, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, espresso, Holiday cookies, sandwich cookies, shortbread, toasted white chocolate

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

October 6, 2019 By Laura 2 Comments

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars are perfect for sour cherries frozen in the spring, when they are picked, and then turned into a fall treat with cloves and cinnamon. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing below. Well the computer is still having problems so if I disappear that is why,… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cheesecake, cherries, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cookies, cream cheese, reviews, shortbread Tagged With: baking cookbook, baking spices, bar cookies, bars, cheesecake, cheesecake bars, cherries, cookies, fall, fall baking, fall spices, sour cherries

Peanut Butter Blossoms with Leftover Candy: #CreativeCookieExchange

April 23, 2019 By Laura 2 Comments

Peanut Butter Blssoms with Leftover Candy

Peanut Butter Blossoms with Leftover Candy is an indulgent use for leftover Easter candy and any other small chocolates you have lying around. Keep reading to see what other uses Creative Cookie Exchange bakers came up with for leftover candy! I just had a fantastic long weekend in Chicago with at least four exciting culinary experiences… 

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Filed Under: blog events, candy, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, candy, chocolate, chocolate bunnies, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, leftover candy, peanut butter, peanut butter eggs

Stamped Sugar Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

March 19, 2019 By Laura 5 Comments

Stamped Sugar Cookies

Stamped Sugar Cookies have the heft and chew of a classic bakery style drop sugar cookie, but thanks to cookie stamps they are also super cute and fun! Keep reading to see what other stamped cookies the Creative Cookie Exchange came up with. I had some frustration with these cookies but really I have a… 

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The Chocolate Chip Cookie Collection: #CreativeCookieExchange

January 22, 2019 By Laura 3 Comments

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

The theme for Creative Cookie Exchange this month is Your Favorite Cookie–so I knew I needed to round up all of the chocolate chip cookie recipes shared on The Spiced Life! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I discuss. When the theme of “Your Favorite Cookie” was suggested for this month’s Creative… 

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Oatmeal Lace Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 18, 2018 By Laura 5 Comments

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Oatmeal Lace Cookies are an easy cookie to stuff your holiday tins with: they are delicate, crisp, and indulgent with caramel flavors that will last through the holidays. Keep reading to check out what other cookies that were shared by the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts will last in a holiday tin.  Sammy informed me yesterday… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, oats, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, Christmas cookies, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, cultured butter, Holiday cookies, oatmeal, oats, rolled oats

Spiced Molasses Amber Ale Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

October 23, 2018 By Laura 5 Comments

Spiced Molasses Amber Ale Cookies

Spiced Molasses Amber Ale Cookies are a delicious twist on spiced molasses cookies, with an alluring malty undertone from the amber ale. I learned an important lesson when making these Spiced Molasses Amber Ale Cookies. Don’t ever try to boil beer on the highest heat, especially not on an induction power boil setting.

Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookies, fall spices, molasses Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, ale, amber ale, baking spices, beer, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, molasses

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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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