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Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Browned Butter Bourbon Pecan Blondies

Here’s a recipe that is quick and esy and you probably have all the ingredients readily available. Well, provided that you have bourbon. Not everyone has stashes of booze around, but I do (though that is a long story). And if you don’t have pecans, walnuts or almonds will do just as well. Start to finish under an hour, so if you are in a rush for your kid’s bake sale, this recipe might be for you. And yes, as a matter of fact those are mini-binder clips holding the parchment paper sling in place. I’m funny like that.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Chocolate Pecan Snowcap Cookies (GF)

Here is the second cookie type in a mini-series that I am calling “Winter of Discontent”. The latest snowstorm has passed, but it has been replaced by an arctic wind and wind chills that could easily kill a person after not too long. That is a good excuse to use the oven though, because it keeps the flat nice and warm. These cookies are pure chocolate and sugar, contain no wheat flour and are topped with crushed sugar cubes to sort of make it took like snow. They are also really simple to make.
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Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Chocolate-Dipped Rice Krispies Treat S’Mores

The winter here in Boston is starting to get to me. I mean, really starting to get to me. Just too much snow (most records for snowfall totals have been smashed) and there is more snow on the way. This led to me thinking “Wouldn’t summer be nice right about now!” and thus summer treats such as Rice Krispies Treats (though I guess that is a quintessentially American year-round treat) and S’Mores. So I made both. Together.
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Candy, Sweet Snacks

Coconut Crème Truffles

I’m not very good at making truffles. They are a lot of work and I don’t have the patience for them. That said, every once in a while, a recipe comes a long that I just must have a go at. Thus, Coconut Crème Truffles, which might be my new favorite homemade truffle type. They might not be Russell Stover for this Valentine’s Day, but maybe your sweetheart will appreciate homemade?
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