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Oatmeal Cacao Nib Cookies
Last month, we went out a tour of Theo Chocolate, a local, organic bean-to-bar chocolate maker here in town. While we were there, were tasted a bunch of different kinds of chocolate (delicious!)...
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Spicy Gingerbread with Cinnamon Nutmeg Glaze
Fall’s here, and it’s time for me to move into acceptance. We had an amazing summer here in Seattle – warm but not hot, clear glorious days with sunlight reflecting off the water, etc – it’s been...
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Spiced Date Balls
These little treats are so easy, healthy and addictive! I bought 5 pounds of dates and walnuts at Costco recently. Why you ask? Why not! I can eat dates and walnuts by the handful. However, I...
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Eating my way through Italy…
Auguri and Happy New Year friends! My friend Heather and I have returned from Italy… Happier and perhaps a little more worldly but certainly NOT thinner. Pizza, gelato, fresh seafood, pasta, nutella...
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Cardamom Almond Tart
I saw this in December’s Bon Appetit and knew I had to make it…Almonds, Cardamom, need I say more?! Easy and Impressive, this dessert is perfect for a dinner party. I served this tart to friends...
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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
I love February! It’s not January (January always mean cold here in Colorado, although you wouldn’t really have been able to tell that towards the end of the month) and it’s not March (the snowiest...
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Spelt Chocolate Chip Cookies
I needed Spelt Flour to make a waffle recipe I was interested in. If you didn’t already know, this flour makes great waffles! When I bought the bag of Arrowhead Mills Spelt Flour on the back was this...
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Spring Pansy Cookies
Although it may be Spring, you wouldn’t know it in Colorado, we keep getting snow! In all fairness, March is our snowiest month and considering the serious drought we have been in I am grateful for...
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Palmiers
Feel like a little Palm Tree or Elephant Ear? Who doesn’t! Did you think I would share Cheese Straws with you and not the quintessential puff pastry creation? Of course not, you are my friends. So...
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Brown Sugar Fudge
I went to a Kentucky Derby party yesterday and wanted to bring something sweet and something southern. What better cookbook to find something that fits both of these categories than “The Back in the...
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Strawberry Hand Pies
This wonderful and easy recipe came out of one of the recent King Arthur Flour Catalogs that I get in the mail. Do you get these catalogs? They have some really great stuff in them so if you are not...
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Frangipane Strawberry Cake
This weekend I was invited to a friend’s house for dinner and offered to bring dessert. I was working at putting my house back together (my basement recently flooded) and before I knew it, it was...
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Our first egg… and a Cookie!
It happened, it finally happened! The ducks started laying eggs. I learned a valuable lesson as a baker who bought ducks solely to have ducks eggs on hand. Don’t buy young ducks in the middle of...
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Walnut Pie
Pecan Pie is my absolute favorite holiday pie. However, the price of pecans has shot through the roof. Apparently China has a taste for pecans now and demand is high. It was hard to justify buying...
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Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies
It’s here again, the Great Cookie Swap! This is my third year participating and I loved this one as much as 2011 and 2012! I think this is my best creation yet! I used the basic Ghirardelli...
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Nel Nuovo Anno!
It was a great year here at Strudel and Streusel. Before we move into the new year, we want to thank all of you for making 2013 so bellissimo! This is our 230th post since Strudel and I created this...
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The Best Ever Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
It takes an ice cream this tasty to bring me back to my blog. I threw this recipe together a week or so back in an “I need dessert” moment that coincided with a “I refuse to leave my house”...
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Lemon Curd Cupcakes
Friday was Brandon’s birthday (happy birthday Brandon!) and I hadn’t originally planned on baking anything (insert gasp here). The last few times I’ve baked a cake, no matter how tasty, we always end...
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Breakfast Apple Cake
I have a confession. I had never used a Krusteaz product until being asked to try out their new line of gluten free mixes. When I used their Honey Cornbread to make these muffins, I was impressed....
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Gluten Free Brownie Bites
Happy Holidays! Here is it, #3 in my four part post of the new line of Krusteaz Gluten Free mixes. I think this one is my favorite, better than my brownies from scratch! The cornbread muffins and...
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