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Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
What would holiday baking season be without the classic rolled sugar cookie? I went a few years without these simply because I didn’t have the room in my kitchen (or so I thought) to roll and cut dough...
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Snickerdoodles
I’m not sure if I had ever had a snickerdoodle before until I made these. Now I’m quite sure I will never go back to not including them in my regular cookie rotation. Think crunchier version of a sugar...
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Butterscotch Cookies (a.k.a. “Icebox” Cookies)
This is a cookie that has been a part of every Christmas for me, as far back as I can remember. This was probably one of, if not the first Christmas cookie I learned to bake at my mother’s side. It is...
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Toffee Crunch Cookie Bars
These are my MOST favoritest, favoritest of all Christmas treats. I love, love, love, love these things. They are like crack to me. I am hooked. Helpless to the power of the buttery-vanilla-golden...
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Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Another batch of cookies made for my Christmas cookie “menu” are these chewy oatmeal cookies and this one at the request of Dawn (my step-mother’s, brother’s girlfriend- I know it’s a mouth-ful but...
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Cranberry Orange Cookies
These are one of the favorites on my holiday cookie trays every year. They are tender and sweet and just a bit tart. With orange juice and zest, fresh cranberries and walnuts in the dough and orange...
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Chocolate Pizzelles
I was given a pizzelle press last Christmas as a gift and have had good intentions of using it time and time again but somehow it hadn’t happened, until this holiday season. I have wanted to make...
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Dark Chocolate Kahlua Cookies
Rich and dark, sweet and spiked with espresso powder and Kahula liquor, what’s not the love? A friend of mine said of these after trying one that they were like “fudge” cookies so that will give you...
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Lebkuchen
I am guessing most of you have never heard of Lebkuchen because most people that eat these tiny spritz cookies off my holidays trays have no idea what they are either. These cookies are of German...
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Thumbprint Cookies
These were another cookie that was added to my holiday trays this year to fulfill a request. They are a classic holiday cookie so they made a beautiful addition to my trays. The dough for these bakes...
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Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
The December Daring Bakers’ Challenge had us all cheering – the lovely and talented Bourbonnatrix of Bourbonnatrix Bakes was our hostess and challenged us to make fun, delicious and creative whoopie...
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Butter Spritz Cookies
So maybe most of your are thinking that after my rant about the evil that is my cookie press, I would have had enough of it (for one season at least) with the Lebkutchen. Oh no, I had to go and make...
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Holiday Cookie Trays 2013
Finally I have written up all of the posts and recipes for my cookie and treats “menu” for the 2013 holiday season! Seems like so far back in the past, and at the same time like yesterday, that I put...
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Banana, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies
The name is a mouthful, I know. But a delicious mouthful. These cookies fall somewhere between soft and chewy and have a nice wholesome bite to them from the addition of rolled oats and whole wheat...
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Dark Chocolate Root Beer Cupcakes with Root Beer Buttercream
This is a creation all for my brother, Andrew! He has loved root beer for as long as I can remember so it was only natural that I should come up with some sort of root beer concoction for him one of...
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