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Thursday: 8:10 am I swore I'd not be late on this month's Daring Baker's challenge. I even mentioned to others I'd complete it two weeks into the month, but time has a way of passing so quickly these days and before I knew it, this …
We weren’t snackers or dessert eaters when I was growing up, so the idea of crumb cake didn’t occur to me until I had my first job fresh out of high school working in a grocery store when I was 17. They came individually wrapped, …
This is my last official 12 Days of Cookies entry, finished a week behind my other cookie-baking buddies: Andrea of Andrea’s Recipes, Claire of The Barefoot Kitchen, Sandy of At the Baker’s Bench, Courtney of Coco Cooks, Judy of No Fear Entertaining, and Jerry of Cooking by the Seat of My Pants. And you’d think I’d be completely done with all cookies after this marathon, but I agreed to baking a few more for a good friend’s party yesterday.
I think it’s fitting that these flourless bites of chocolate and almonds found their way onto her big cookie platter, don’t you?
One of Gourmet’s Favorite Cookies from December 1994, Heart-Shaped Chocolate Almond Spice Cookies, or “Basler Brunsli” are a pleasant shift from the norm both in taste, ingredients, and preparation for me. The “dough” is predominantly nuts and chocolate with egg whites and sugar. A food processor makes the prep simple.
If I think about it, I’m only a day behind on my production for our 12 Days of Cookies Extravaganza, and that’s not too bad. If I hadn’t gotten into the kitchen early this morning, I’d be two days behind because no sooner had I …
Day Seven of our 12 Days of Cookies Extravaganza brings a bit of sunshine on a day that surprisingly absent of it, which makes it a very pleasant day to be baking. I’d like to say that Bing is crooning holiday songs on the Bose …