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sweets

Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Gravenstein Apple Turnovers

Breakfast on the go with these *handy* Gravenstein Apple Turnovers. OK, they don’t have to be Gravenstein Apples, any baking apple will do, but I went apple pickin’ recently and picked this type. Convenient breakfast if you’re headed out of the house (not that I personally do that much these days, but you know… if real life were actually real life these days). Very easy and straight forward as it uses store-bought puff pastry.
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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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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Cardamom-spiced Italian Plum Cake

It wouldn’t be autumn in my world without plum cake. Pflaumenkuchen, Zwetschgenkuchen, Zwetschgendatschi … whatever you want to call it, it’s a very common autumn dessert or snack to coffee-time in southern Germany. This time, I made one a little different, with the addition of cardamom. I love cardamom too and the combination with the tart italian plums is fantastic.
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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Almond Figgy Bars

One of my all-time favorite fruits are figs — I even have a Pinterest collection called “Getting Figgy with It” — so seeing they are in season, I decided to make Almond Figgy Bars. Very buttery, with sticky fig jam and sliced figs and a barely noticeable bit of cinnamon. First of my autumn styled treats.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Honey Oatmeal Scotchies

I was lucky enough to be given some lovely local honey the other day. I love honey, and any time it is local, all the better. So, with a bit of said honey, I decided to make these Honey Oatmeal Scotchies — oatmeal cookies sweetened with honey and butterscotch chips. Very nice snack — or maybe to go into lunch boxes if kids are going back to school (big IF there, right?)
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