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Granola Cookies

May 24, 2012
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Memorial Day Weekend can be one of the busiest of the season at the farmers’ market.  Attendance depends on the weather and this weekend’s forecast is just about perfect:  blue skies and  temperatures in the mid 70′s.  Our opening day on Mother’s Day weekend brought an estimated 25,000 people into the market and the crowd [...]

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Chocolate Coconut Hazelnut Cookies for the Secret Recipe Club

April 23, 2012
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  If it is Secret Recipe Club reveal day it means that the month is almost over.  I’m in Group C, led by Angie at Big Bear’s Wife,  and our reveal day is the third Monday of each month.  SRC is a large group of bloggers who get together every month to explore each other’s [...]

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The New Joy the Baker Cookbook ~ A Review

March 6, 2012
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Pin It I was one of Joy the Baker’s enthusiastic fans long before I signed up for the Cookbook Spotlight and Cook-Off hosted by Heather at girlichef that celebrates the launching of Joy’s new cookbook. Her blog is one of the many I visit on a regular basis and I have always loved her recipes so [...]

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Vanilla Bean Snickerdoodles

February 28, 2012
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Pin It   We are in week 3 of the Cookbook Spotlight and Cook-Off celebrating the new Joy the Baker Cookbook by Joy Wilson.  The past two weeks Heather of girlichef fame selected our recipes for us, but this week we are making a recipe of our choice. If you would like to see a [...]

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Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting from a new cookbook by Joy the Baker

February 14, 2012
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Pin It Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting When I received an email from my friend Heather at girlichef announcing a blogging party  celebrating the release of Joy the Baker’s new cookbook I immediately responded  ”I’m in..I”m in!  I have followed Joy’s blog for ages and have tried many of her wonderful recipes so [...]

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Pecan Toffee Tassies

December 22, 2011
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If you have room on your Christmas cookie trays for one more cookie this is the recipe you have to try.  Pecan Tassies have been around forever – who hasn’t made them at least once ? – and they are always the cookie I take to cookie exchanges because I know that everybody most people love [...]

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Gingerbread Biscotti

December 11, 2011
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   It wouldn’t be Christmas in my house without cakes and cookies filled with the wonderful flavors of cinnamon, cloves and ginger.  Most importantly, it wouldn’t smell like Christmas. We love the aroma of warm burnt almonds, gingerbread and lebkuchen so when I saw this recipe for gingerbread biscotti at Joy of Baking I was [...]

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Nurnberger Lebkuchen ~ German Gingerbread

November 30, 2011
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 One of the oldest and most beautiful Christmas markets in Europe is the Christkindlmarkt in Nuremberg,Germany. The Christmas Angel opens this famous market on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent and when it closes on Christmas Eve more than 2 million visitors will have browsed the almost 200 stalls and feasted on Nuremburger bratwurst, [...]

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Peanut Butter Cookies ~ The Perfect Back to School Treat

September 2, 2011
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    My mom wasn’t keen on her girls buying school hot lunches when I was a child and preferred instead to pack my sisters and my lunch herself. Sunday roast made good sandwiches and there was always a full cookie jar on the counter and a bowl of seasonal fruit on the table so [...]

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Mediterranean Chicken Pasta Salad for some Very Special Guests

August 9, 2011
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  Greek Chicken Pasta Salad My daughter and her family will be arriving this Friday for a long awaited visit and my kitchen is working overtime this week getting ready for their arrival.  My great-grandson was two months old the last time I saw him and he is now a six month old, very happy [...]

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