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sweets

Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Hasselback-Style Pear and Walnut Tart

Today is of course Pi Day in the US…. yes, we silly people who put month, then day, so … 3.14 aka Pie Day. Just to be silly, I did make a pie. Hasselback-Style Pear and Walnut Tart… OK, I guess it’s a Tart not a Pie. Oh well. It doesn’t look might much because the custard drowned the hasselback-style pears, but it still tastes good.
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Breads, Sweet Snacks

Cranberry Walnut Loaf in a Dutch Oven

Now that I have started the “Bread in a Dutch Oven” method for making bread, I have decided to branch out and do something besides a plain old white bread boule. I decided to make this Cranberry Walnut and Honey loaf. Again the dough is a little gooey, but it turned out alright at the end. I think the next time, I’ll add a little cinnamon.
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Really Big Chocolate Wafer Mega-Cookies

I’m not sure these photos do these cookies justice: they are HUGE. I mean, big. I mean wicked big. So big, in fact, that I used Ghiradrdelli Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers instead of chocolate chips … but as chocolate chips, just really big ones. They are crispy and golden on the edges and still nice and chewy in the middle. A serving is likely only one cookie (they are 1/4 cup each, 4 inches / 10ish cm in diameter!)
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Candy

Honey Nut Pecan Coconut Rocky Road Bites

My mum has an expression for “leftovers” that loosely translated from German as “sideways through the refrigerator”. I was almost going to call these “Sideways Through the Pantry” Bars, because I am using up a whole lot of odds and ends: chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows, nuts, Chex cereal. They did end up sort of “Rocky Road”-ish with the chocolate and marshmallows though, so I went with that instead. Definitely gives these time to set up… For some reason, the chocolate took forever to harden!
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