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  • orange chocolate biscotti
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    orange chocolate biscotti

    This is the 4th year that I’ve participated in the Salted Cookie swap. One of the benefits of the swap is that you end up with a pile of new recipes across all the participants…. but each year I’m still finding myself searching the internet for inspiration. I had never made the biscotti before but…

  • miso chocolate chip cookies
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    miso chocolate chip cookies

    These cookies might be some of the best I’ve ever made. They are so delicious. I’ve previously made other miso cookies – but took this recipe up a notch. I had a strong craving for a big, warm, fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookie last night. But I didn’t want just any cookie, I…

  • miso peanut butter cookies
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    miso peanut butter cookies

      File this under one of the best and easiest cookies on planet earth. The first time I made them I doubled the batch and was very happy that I did. I found the recipe on the New York Times Christmas cookie roundup. Of the 24 or so listed there were many that seemed very enticing…. but…

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    salted brownie cookies

    It’s really been a year without much blogging. I can’t believe that it’s been literally months since I documented something that I had cooked – and I don’t like that. In part because some of these things have been really tasty! and it’s so much easier to share a recipe that I’ve got on my…

  • very delicious tahini chocolate chip cookies
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    very delicious tahini chocolate chip cookies

    As previously documented, I’ve grown quite a fondness for chocolate chip cookies… and specifically having them at the ready in the freezer. I’m currently on my second batch of these tahini cookies and see many more in my future. I found these by pretty much just looking for unique chocolate chip cookies. There is a…

  • rhubarb blueberry anytime cake
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    rhubarb blueberry anytime cake

    Fun fact? I’ve had some rhubarb in my fridge for quite some time just begging for a tasty recipe. But it wasn’t until I was on a random Zoom call this week for a consulting project that I got the right inspiration. A girl I was meeting with commented that her morning was starting off…

  • coconut cake with marshmellow frosting
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    coconut cake with marshmellow frosting

    I had the great honor recently to make a gender reveal cake. I spent a good amount of time thinking about this task. My primary goal was to make a delicious cake that didn’t immediately reveal whether it would be blue or pink inside. I didn’t want the recipient to know immediately once the knife…

  • salted dulce de leche double chocolate cookies
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    salted dulce de leche double chocolate cookies

    I’d like to introduce you to perhaps one of the most delicious cookies ever. I honestly can’t even remember how I found it but I’m so thankful that I did. I was completely unable to exhibit self control around them and consumed four in one evening… and to be clear, there were more consumed earlier…

  • egg yolk almond pound cake
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    egg yolk almond pound cake

    While I am normally fairly decent on food waste, I do have my weak spots. Like the last 10% of a bag of arugula. I’m not quite sure what prevents me from just making the previous salad bigger… but I regularly fail at that. I’m a consistently bad at using egg yolks. So many of…

  • gluten free chocolate chip cookies
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    gluten free chocolate chip cookies

    In the last couple years, I’ve become more of a dessert person – but not just any dessert. I’m still not choosing a piece of pie after my dinner but I’ll rarely push away a piece of chocolate or cookie. Given my lack of self-control, I have removed all of the Reese cups from my…