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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Browned Butter White Chocolate Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I was skeptical of these cookies. I’ve never thought to even make banana-styled cookies before and none of the recipes that I had found in my cookbooks (very few) or online (lots, but many a little questionable) really inspired me. But then I found these…. Browned butter, oatmeal, bananas. Might even be a little healthy if it weren’t for the two sticks of butter! And they do not disappoint. The flat spells like banana bread on overdrive and they turned out great. Fluffy, moist, not overly sweet although there is a fair amount of sugar. Makes about 75 cookies, so you can halve the recipe if you need less of them.

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Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Crêpes with Nutella and Bananas

More bananas! Just like a few days ago was “National Croissant Day”, Monday is “World Nutella Day” (back in 2022, I did a whole series of nutella recipes for that), so I thought that I would get a head start on that “holiday” by making these Crêpes with Nutella and Bananas. They always remind me of markets in Europe, particularly France and Germany, were there is inevitably someone making these fresh to go. It’s something about the banana and Nutella combination that is also so reminiscent of childhood. Their quick to make and a super snack or dessert.

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Chocolate Walnut Banana Muffins

This is one of those recipes that likely started out as banana bread. Remember during the height of the b=pandemic, everyone seemed to be making banana bread — myself included. And then, somewhere along the line, my “breads” (quick breads” started turning to muffins because they were easier to store and distribute… And then I stopped making banana bread altogether. Funny how that is all very cyclical.

Nevertheless, I made these Chocolate Walnut Banana Muffins today and they are a yummy addition to my breakfasts this week!

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Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Mini-Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons (2024 New and Improved Recipe!)

One of the things when you are making macaroons, is that you have to find a careful balance of egg whites to coconut: wet to dry, as it were. Most recipes under estimate the coconut requirement. I, on the other hand, have a tendency to try to stuff as much coconut as humanly possible while still hoping that the whole thing manages to stay held together. This is a “new and improved” recipe of one of my standbys and I think that they came out just perfect this time.

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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Black + White Celebration Torte

I’m not great at making cakes. It is definitely one area that I need work. Traditional frosting methods seem to allude me and in this case, my electric hand mixer also quit on me in the midst of making the vanilla frosting so I had to whip it by hand, so I went with more of a “naked” cake style, it order to actually get it done in time for annual cake day. I think it’s a little crooked too. Taste = good, a beautiful vision = maybe not.

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