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Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Southern Italian Easter Cookies): #CreativeCookieExchange

March 22, 2016 By Laura 26 Comments

Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Southern Italian Easter Cookies)

Taralli Dolci di Pasqua are large cookies made for Easter in southern Italy. They are thick and sturdy and fragrant with citrus and vanilla. The cookies themselves are not at all too sweet–most of the sweet comes from the icing. Keep reading to see what other traditional spring cookies the Creative Cookie Exchange has for you… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, fiori di sicilia extract, Italian, lemon baked goods Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, citrus, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, Easter, fiori di sicilia, Italian, southern Italian, spring, sprinkles, vanilla

Holiday Biscotti Bar: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 15, 2015 By Laura 13 Comments

A Holiday Biscotti Bar is the perfect combination of holiday party and delicious Christmas cookie baking and decorating; dip biscotti in luscious chocolate and then decorate them wildly in Holiday sprinkles! It is especially fantastic for kids because with these cookies there is no such thing as too many sprinkles! Keep reading to find out… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, blog events, chocolate, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, kids cooking, misc, Peppermint Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, biscotti, chocolate, Christmas cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, holiday baking, party, peppermint, sprinkles, vanilla

Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake with Sprinkles: #BundtBakers

August 20, 2015 By Laura 23 Comments

Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake: chewy like the cookie and full of chocolate like (my favorite) oatmeal cookies, but baked in a bundt pan! So much fun!

An Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake straddles the cake and cookie worlds, as it is chewy, rustic, tasty fun but baked in a bundt mold and less dense than a cookie. My family loved it and yours will too! Keep reading for more Bundt Bakers fun! I had so much trouble with this Bundt Bakers month. And… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, oats, whole grains Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, Bundt Bakers, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, oatmeal, oatmeal cookie, oats, sprinkles, whole grains

Vanilla Cake with Sprinkles

January 28, 2015 By Laura 18 Comments

Vanilla Loaf Cake with Sprinkles

A basic Vanilla Cake with Sprinkles is a great way to show pride in your team, especially if you have a fan-oriented pan too! Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I have a confession to make. I used Photoshop to swap out colors on the Block M… 

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Filed Under: cakes Tagged With: Block M, butter cake, cake, Michigan, nonpareil, sprinkles, vanilla

Halloween Sprinkled Slice-and-Bake Cookies; Review of 250 Best Cookies

September 23, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

Halloween Sprinkled Refrigerator Cookies

When Robert Rose sent me The 250 Best Brownies, Bars and Squares they also sent me The 250 Best Cookie Recipes, both by Esther Brody. As I mentioned in my review of the bars and brownies version these books are not really cookbooks you would read or browse for pleasure. They are more utilitarian, a resource of… 

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Cream Cheese Sprinkle Cookies

September 5, 2013 By Laura 16 Comments

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies rolled in Sprinkles

Before I forget, Happy Rosh Hashanah to anyone celebrating! The Jewish New Year is so early this year! It’s the beginning of the month! That means The Leftover Club and baked goodies that travel well! This month I was paired with Dan from Platter Talk, a fellow parent whose kids also like to help out… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, cream cheese, kids cooking Tagged With: #theleftoverclub, cookies, cream cheese, sprinkles, sugar cookies

Valentine’s Day Sprinkles Cookies in Vanilla and Chocolate

February 25, 2013 By Laura 13 Comments

Someday I will be one of those bloggers who actually manages to blog about holiday recipes before the holiday, when people are actually looking for recipes. OK, who are we kidding, probably not, but hey maybe you can pin this one for next year! The minute I saw these cookies I knew I was making… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, Pinterest dishes Tagged With: Biscoff, chocolate, cookies, Hershey's Hugs, Hershey's Kisses, nut allergies, nut-free, sprinkles, Valentine's, Valentine's Day, vanilla

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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