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Salty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

July 12, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

These are the cookies to reach for when you cannot decide between the Chocolate Sugar Cookies and the Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies. Their texture, thin and chewy, resembles the sugar cookies, with the salt and oats of the latter cookie. I love all 3 and do not regret making any of them, although… 

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Spring Fever: Andes Mint Shortbread Sandwiches

March 13, 2010 By Laura 11 Comments

Is anything better than the first week of springlike weather? Especially when you live north of the Mason Dixon Line? Especially, especially when you have been housebound and sick the previous month? No. I realize this is somewhat repetitive of my last post, but seriously, people, I love this time of year. Alas, it seems… 

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Chocolate Salami

January 25, 2010 By Laura 30 Comments

Chocolate Salami. Say it with me, Chocolate. Salami. If your mouth is not watering you either really hate chocolate or you don’t like salami. At first I thought “Wow! Chocolate and salami! Well, if they can do bacon and chocolate, why not salami? What? It is a rolled chocolate log full of going stale bits… 

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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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A Mother’s Love: Gingersnaps (Family Recipes)

October 31, 2009 By Laura 20 Comments

I apologize for the delay between posts–right before Sammy’s big birthday party, and right as my in laws rolled into town, I got bronchitis. Which eventually cleared up but turned into a sinus infection. Thank goodness for my in laws, who basically threw Sammy’s party for her while I hid in the bedroom. And thank… 

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Finding My Christmas Zen: Holiday Cottage Cheese Sugar Cookies

December 1, 2008 By Laura 8 Comments

Cottage Cheese Cookies are an excellent canvas for holiday themed sanding sugar, and the tang from the cheese makes them a little more interesting than your average sugar cookie. Affiliate links were used in this post. I “got zen” as we say in my family several months back about this whole house building process. When… 

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My Best Blondies

April 2, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

Best Blondies: this has been my tried and true standby recipe for at least a decade. My family adores these with just about any chip, chunk, nut or candy mixed in--you choose!

My Best Blondies are like old friends in my kitchen; they are flexible to different chips, chunks and nuts, and are there when I need them. Probably one of the most made recipes in my kitchen, I have been asked for this recipe countless times. I don’t have anything savory to share with you for… 

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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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