Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Very Caramel-y Oatmeal Lace Cookies

These may be my new most favorite cookie. They are amazing — buttery, caramel-y, crisp and really really really easy to make. A batch makes about 60 cookies too, so that is a good sized batch. Whipped them up before I headed out for a little January adventure for you to enjoy.
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Breads, Breakfast/Brunch

Date Pecan No-Knead Bread

Bread baking is healthy. I actually had a not-so-great work week. OK, it was more than not great. But then I baked some bread (more of my slightly sweet no-knead, bake in a cast-iron–pot “breakfast bread”) and I instantly felt better. It’s the little things.
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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Raspberry Layer Cake

It’s official cake day. As I have probably mentioned, I usually only make a *cake* once per year (usually for celebrations, I make cupcakes), but today is official cake day. This year, I made a Lemon Raspberry Layer Cake — inside each layer of cake is progressively “redder” with raspberries (actually, it’s more pink than red) and outside a light, fluffy lemon buttercream. I’ll be digging in shortly!
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Candy, Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Chocolate Salted Caramel Crunch Cookies

So these cookies don’t actually look like much, but they do *taste* delicious. The other day, I found this Salted Caramel Crunch stuff at Michael’s Craft Store. Basically, it is hard caramel candy crushed up. I threw some onto and on top of my regular chocolate brownie cookies and the caramel crunch melted, and then hardened up again to make these cookies that are almost like candy. Quite sweet, very unique. You might need some milk with these!
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