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Kitchen Sink Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

August 24, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

Kitchen Sink Cookies

Kitchen Sink Cookies are chewy, delicious butter, brown sugar and vanilla cookies stuffed with whatever you have around that sounds good. And they are the perfect cookies to make really big; keep reading to see what other giant cookies the Creative Cookie Exchange bakers came up with. The coughing plot has thickened! Turns out all… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, coffee desserts, cookies, oats, pantry cooking, Pistachios Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bakery style cookies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chips, coffee beans, coffee grounds, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, giant cookies, ground coffee, nuts, oatmeal, oatmeal cookie, pistachios, potato chips

Pecan Sandies with Bacon: #CreativeCookieExchange; Review of Zingerman’s Bakehouse

March 20, 2018 By Laura 2 Comments

Pecan Sandies with Bacon

Pecan Sandies with Bacon are the perfect treat any time of year, but because they are from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, an Ann Arbor institution, they are especially tasty while watching Michigan basketball playing in the NCAA Tournament. Keep reading to check out another March Madness treat! Affiliate links have been used to link to items discussed… 

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Filed Under: bacon, blog events, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, pecans, reviews, shortbread Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bacon, cookbook review, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, march madness, nuts, pecans, sandies, shortbread

Upside Down Apple Cake

October 27, 2016 By Laura 3 Comments

Upside Down Apple Cake

Upside Down Apple Cake is a classic dessert for fall, when delicious apple varieties are flooding the markets. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Sorry for the extended silence! It’s been a while since postseason baseball was of interest to me, but with my Indians moving on this year… 

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Filed Under: apples, cakes, caramel, fruit, pecans Tagged With: apple, cake, caramel, cinnamon, nuts, pecans, upside down cake

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange

February 16, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks are the perfect fudgy-chewy treat to take you away to the tropics! This month Creative Cookie Exchange has you covered with loads of tropically inspired cookies! I want to wax poetic about these bars, but am lacking the energy. We are in Columbus, both for… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, blog events, chocolate, Coconut (flaked), cookies, cream cheese, lime, Macadamia nuts, white chocolate Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bar cookies, bars, chocolate, citrus, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut oil, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, lime, macadamia nuts, nuts, tropical, white chocolate

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

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch

December 12, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is the perfect candy for the holiday season–keep it in a Christmas tin or even exchange it at a holiday cookie party!  I have said it before and I will say it again. Food blogging when you have a GI bug sucks. So I am going to keep this short… 

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Filed Under: almonds, candy, chocolate Tagged With: almonds, butter crunch, buttercrunch, candy, chocolate, confections, milk chocolate, nuts, toffee

Pumpkin Drop Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks-3 Ways!: #CreativeCookieExchange

October 20, 2015 By Laura 12 Comments

Pumpkin Drop Cookies with Pistachios and White Chocolate Chunks-3 Ways! A healthier breakfast cookie, an easy cream glazed make ahead treat, or for real indulgence, top with a whipped cream buttercream!

Pumpkin Drop Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks are delicious and versatile–they can be a wholesome treat to wake up to, an afternoon-pick me up, or, frosted, a decadent after dinner dessert. Either way they are wonderful–and can you believe how long it has taken Creative Cookie Exchange to get around to featuring pumpkin!? Keep reading to… 

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Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange

August 18, 2015 By Laura 19 Comments

Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts are addictive low sugar cookies that are extra rich from the browning of the butter and the nuts, yet bright from the lemon. And they are plenty sweet from the Turbinado coating. Keep reading to the bottom to check out everything the other Creative Cookie Exchange hosts baked… 

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Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts: Review of A Modern Way to Eat

August 16, 2015 By Laura 8 Comments

Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts: This unusual, healthy salad is surpirizingly delicious--refreshing, crunchy and rich with nutrients!

Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts is a healthy, crunchy, delicious bowl of textures that can be served as a side salad or even as a light lunch, thanks to the nuts and coconut flakes. I received a copy of A Modern Way to Eat from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest… 

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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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