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Triple Mini-Chip Blondies

Today happens to be National Cookie Bar Day. Or National Blondie Day. Or National Vanilla Brownie Day. So in honor of this very exciting “holiday”, I decided to make these Triple Mini-Chip Blondies (Recipe: ) with Semi-sweet, White and Butterscotch Mini-Chips. They are ooey, gooey and 100% delicious. Just what you are craving on a Friday afternoon!
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Spekulatius (or) Speculaas

Every year when I make my Christmas Cookies, I try out one or two new recipes. Or new-to-me recipes. Some are traditional cookies, some are modern cookies. One of the two new types that I made this year are these: Speculaas (Dutch) aka Spekulatius (German). They are a traditional Dutch spice cookie, usually rolled very thin and then imprinted with a design. While I have a few imprinting rolling pins, my dough wasn’t cooperating particularly, so instead of the imprinting pin, I went with a Christmas-y cookie stamp. All the same in the end. These cookies are very nice, a lovely traditional spice and will definitely stay in the cookie madness repertoire.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Harvest Flavors Oatmeal Cookies

Harvest flavors. Autumn is my favorite time of the year, and one of the reasons is the foods. Apples, squash, warm spices, comfort food. This quick and easy cookie recipe isn’t purely fall-like, but the dried cranberries and cinnamon chips do make my mouth water for harvest flavors. Yummy. Continue Reading

Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Spiced Peach Swirl Cookies

I had intended to make rugulach. But then last night, just before I rolled up the rolls here, I found myself uninspired and frankly, a bit lazy. And I couldn’t find my ruler — and if you know me, I can’t cut a straight line if I tried. So, instead, I rolled the rugulach dough into logs, with the jam spread in the inside, and baked these Spiced Peach Swirl Cookies up this morning. Turned out it was a pretty nice compromise.
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