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Month: December 2019

  • almond apple pie
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    almond apple pie

    This pie got rave reviews in spite of the odds against it. What odds do you say? Well primarily because I didn’t cook it enough. Adorable right? What happened was that I was trying so hard to bake the pie in advance without overcooking my beautiful lattice work. In hindsight this was a real low…

  • gingerbread macarons
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    gingerbread macarons

    I have made a lot of macarons recently – or so it feels. I made two batches of peppermint macarons in early December. I got a little fancy with my piping bag food coloring to create red swirls. But this weekend, I felt the urge to make another batch but it did not feel exciting…

  • iced oatmeal cookies
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    iced oatmeal cookies

    These cookies are addicting and delicious …. and I absolutely made some mistakes when I was making them. But wow, if you aren’t interested in trying them … please show yourself to the door. Although technically an oatmeal cookie, it is lacking all the things that make people sad like raisins and a heavy oat…