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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

Espresso Kahlua Bundt Cake

February 12, 2017 By Laura 4 Comments

Espresso Kahlua Bundt Cake

Espresso Kahlua Bundt Cake is a stunning cake with a swirled glaze that can be enjoyed for breakfast, tea time or after a luxurious dinner. Bake it in a heart pan and you have a Valentine’s Day dessert also! I apologize for the silence–a nasty respiratory virus is making its way through my family, and… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, coffee desserts Tagged With: bundt, bundt cake, cake, coffee, coffee liquor, espresso, kahlua, Valentine's Day, Valentine's dessert

Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar

December 18, 2015 By Laura 22 Comments

Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar are a sophisticated and delicious twist on crescent cookies. They are perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges and Holiday cookie tins! The minute I saw these Italian Chifferi Cookies I knew I was making them. Actually, if I am honest, I felt that way about these cookies and another one in… 

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Filed Under: coffee desserts, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Italian Tagged With: christmas, coffee, cookies, crescent cookie, espresso, hazelnuts, Holidays, Italian, nuts

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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Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies: #ChocolateParty

August 5, 2013 By Laura 12 Comments

Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I have decided to try both watermarking all of my photos and titling the occasional photo. I am not sure yet that I am sold on either–I would love to hear your opinion! Is the small watermark in the lower left corner distracting to you? What about the title across the top of the photo… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookies, whole grains Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate party, coffee, cookies, espresso, vanilla, watermarking, white chocolate

#Bundtamonth: Espresso Swirled Bundt Cake

June 7, 2013 By Laura 19 Comments

Swirls! Hard to believe, but as many pound and bundt cakes as I have baked, and I have never done swirls! They actually intimidate me a little, so I was torn between happiness and trepidation when the Bundt A Month crew announced “Swirled” as the theme for June. My first attempt as a matter of… 

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Chocolate Glazed Latte Cake

January 23, 2013 By Laura 15 Comments

This place has been dessert central lately. Don’t fret, I have not given up my beef braising, curry paste pounding, bean cooking ways. But this has been a hell of a winter for germs, and as long time readers know, I am the original germ magnet. Why is that relevant? Because baking is fun, relaxing,… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, coffee desserts, ganache Tagged With: bundt, cake, chocolate, coffee, espresso, food photography, ganache, latte

Espresso Hazelnut Lace Cookies

December 30, 2011 By Laura 10 Comments

I am so sorry I did not get this post to you in time for Christmas cookies.  I made the plain hazelnut version with my mom, sent two thirds home with her (she and my dad love these cookies) and I kept one third, figuring I would photograph them in a day or two.

Filed Under: coffee desserts, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies Tagged With: almonds, coffee, cookies, espresso, hazelnuts, Holidays, ice cream cookies, lace cookies, mousse, nuts, Valentine's

Espresso Chocolate Chip Mandelbrot

December 20, 2011 By Laura 4 Comments

Espresso Chocolate Chip Mandelbrot

The sad truth is that I have published this recipe before.  The even sadder truth is that I published it without photos, and that has bothered me so much to this day that I finally could not stand it any more, and decided to re-publish it.  Since I have made these cookies every single Christmas… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, breakfast, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Jewish food Tagged With: biscotti, cappuccino chips, chocolate chips, cofee desserts, coffee, espresso, Holidays, mandelbrot

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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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