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Christmas Cookies: Conquering My Fear of Meringue

Christmas Cookies: Conquering My Fear of Meringue

| December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

When I started baking from scratch, I was a preteen. I scoured the Joy of Cooking for an easy cookie recipe that included ingredients we kept in the house. I found that in a sugar drop cookie recipe. Before long, I was adapting the recipe to make thumbprint cookies, decorated cookies and more. One year, [...]

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Deconstructed Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies

Deconstructed Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies

| December 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

Will pulled up a chair to the counter the other day, as he often does when I am cooking. He was waiting patiently for me to give him the go-ahead to add chocolate chips to the firm cookie dough whirling in my KitchenAid Artisan Mixer. Usually, he helps sift and add the flour mixture to [...]

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