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When I worked in St. Louis, I had to order a lot of casual catered lunches. Most of these involved a tray of cookies. As a home baker, I’m really particular about my sweets, and so I would almost never eat any cookie leftovers –…
I make 3 or 4 batches of homemade marshmallows each year, and have been doing so for the last 7 or 8 years. I love them. A couple of these batches are always Chocolate or Chocolate Chip Marshmallows. I’ve never been a big marshmallows person…
One of my goals for 2018 is to make fun weekend breakfasts. I’ve done this most weekends so far. One breakfasty thing I’ve missed has been scones, which I used to make all the time. So I knew that I had to make these Sprinkle…
I’ve never been a sprinkles person – at least, not since I was very young. I don’t choose something to eat solely based on decoration or appearance, not since I was 5 or 6 and chose the Pink Bubble Gum ice cream from Baskin Robbins…
I make a lot of desserts. In fact, as of January 2012, no fewer than 78 of my recipes have been desserts. And that doesn’t necessarily count the 15 posts I’ve tagged “brownies” or the 41 posts I’ve tagged “cookies.” Thus, I use a lot…
Tonight we are taking down our tree. Three days into 2012, I’m ready for all vestiges of Christmas decorations to be gone so that I can focus on all that I can accomplish in the new year. One thing I can accomplish? Telling you more…
After dinner last night, I wanted shortbread cookies. Part of this may have been the fact that my husband and I are celebrating Valentine’s Day today and I wanted to have something heart-shaped. For the longest time, I didn’t understand the appeal of shortbread cookies.…
While I baked the aforementioned Grapefruit Yogurt Cake, I decided that I had to make the Vanilla Bean Pudding that I came across on the same website. I’d been thinking about it for a whole week, and I had a full gallon of milk in…
I was enchanted with the idea of Vanilla Roasted Pears the first time I saw the recipe. I like pears, and for some reason I find the thought of roasted pears very sophisticated. I always want to make poached pears (generally in white wine), but…
I love chocolate, but I also love vanilla. Last summer I came into some vanilla beans, and since I hadn’t ever actually used vanilla beans, I wanted a recipe that would allow me to just taste the vanilla without anything else getting in the way.…