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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Meyer Lemon Bars with Olive Oil, Rosemary
and Sea Salt

These are Lemon Bars. Well, to be more precise, they are Olive Oil Sea Salt Meyer Lemon Bars with Rosemary. In my infinite search to “do something different” (I think that they call that “intensify the depth of flavor” in the recipe development biz), I decided to add some fruity and bright olive oil to the curd, finely chop some fresh rosemary and put it in the shortbread and then add just a touch of sea salt to the sprinkle on top (with the powdered sugar). Result: the most intense and flavorful lemon bars you’ll ever taste. Seriously.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Apricot White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies,
with Toasted Pine Nuts

Every week I make something that can be eaten “out of hand” (i.e. cookies, brownies, etc), but this week was a bit of an uninspired week, and somehow I wasn’t ready to bake something this afternoon, so just ended up making something with ingredients that I had in the house. Ended up being these Apricot White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies, with Toasted Pine Nuts. Still good for a snack on on a cold January.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Pistachio and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
with Bourbon Smoked Sea Salt

I am given unique ingredients as presents and this Christmas was no different as I was gifted a tin of Bourbon Smoked Sea Salt. It is great as a finishing salt on meats and such, but in my constant search for adding more depth of flavor to my baking, I decided to add some to these cookies. They didn’t turn out particularly “smokey” or “boozy” or even “salty”, but they did add a nice flavor.
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Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Meyer Lemon and Raspberry Tea Cake

With the abundance of Meyer Lemons this time of year, I thought that I would indulge in some more citrus to perk up January. The trick to this Tea Cake was to make small “dollops” of both lemon curd and raspberry jam by freezing them overnight. That means that the flavor drops stayed intact when I put them in the batter. Little pockets of goodness!
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