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Classic almond wreath cookies.
I took Friday off and went home to bake cookies with Mom and Grandma. I’d had a jones to make an old Christmas cookie recipe that the three of us have been making for decades, but that we hadn’t done...
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Raspberry-almond bars.
You might wonder why there isn’t a beautiful photograph of a whole pan of these delicious raspberry bars accompanying this recipe. Here’s the thing: We ate them. All of them. Well, except for the one...
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Almond-oat-buttermilk scones.
I made butter this week, which meant that [pity] I had buttermilk, which meant that [pity] a batch of scones was in order. I dug out a very old cookbook from the Four Sisters Inns and found a recipe...
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White gazpacho.
If it’s as hot where you are as it is here, then we’re both in no mind for soup. In fact, I recently turned one of my favorite soup recipes into a summer-friendly salad, with great results. Soup-wise,...
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Almond-flax granola.
Of the nearly 300 recipes I’ve posted here on writes4food, one thing I’ve returned to several times is granola. I love granola with milk or Greek yogurt and fruit for breakfast or lunch, and it’s the...
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Scandinavian almond bar cookies.
Holiday cookie-baking has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember, and I have a notebook of old recipes that I return to year after year. Recently as I was thumbing through this...
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Beautiful fresh fig tart.
A few intrepid home gardeners here in the Midwest are growing fig trees — but largely, figs aren’t a super local ingredient around here. Still, I always grin when I spot California Black Mission or...
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Christmas Cookie-Palooza: Spritz cookies.
I think of the Spritz cookie as the quintessential Christmas cookie. After all, when are you going to break out the cookie press if not during December? Buttery, with a light kiss of almond and a...
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Christmas Cookie-Palooza: Scandinavian almond bars.
Christmas cookie-baking has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember, and I have a notebook of old recipes that I return to year after year. Recently as I was thumbing through this...
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Crunchy almond-butter cookies.
My love of peanut butter runs deep, twined in the double-helixes of my DNA. I know this because my beloved grandfather never turned down a handfulorthree of peanuts. Family lore has it that he favored...
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Christmas Cookie Palooza: dark chocolate almond blossoms.
This time of year, I turn into a real tradition freak. I adore the Christmas ornaments that I’ve had since I was a child. I break out the same wintery faux garland for over the mantel that I’ve used...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie-palooza: Hazel’s vanilla bean cookies.
The first recipe in my Christmas Cookie-palooza comes from my great-grandmother's recipe box and was given to her by her daughter Hazel (my Grandma Dorothy's sister). They're pretty enough to feel...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie-palooza: Hazel’s vanilla bean cookies.
The first recipe in my Christmas Cookie-palooza comes from my great-grandmother's recipe box and was given to her by her daughter Hazel (my Grandma Dorothy's sister). They're pretty enough to feel...
View ArticleChristmas cookie palooza: Salty Marcona almond cookies.
These easy almond cookies are big on flavor, thanks to a salty Marcona almond decorating each one. This is one of my Grandma Dorothy's old recipes, and its light texture and buttery-almond flavor is...
View Article4-ingredient almond shortbread cookies.
These 4-Ingredient Almond Shortbread Cookies are stupid easy and ridiculously delicious. Not too sweet and perfect with coffee. Old-fashioned and totally modern. You probably have all the ingredients...
View ArticleDark chocolate sea salt energy bites.
Midmorning, I'll grab a mini Lara bar to stave off the hungries, especially if I'm heading to the gym for a lunchtime workout class. I thought: Could I make these little date-nut energy bars myself?...
View ArticleHomemade almond granola, perfected.
You guys!!!!! I've done it! Finally refined my favorite homemade granola recipe until it's absolutely perfect: Toasty brown, not too sweet, with a kick of sea salt, and clumpy enough to eat out of...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie-Palooza: Spritz cookies.
The classic Spritz cookie is a Christmas tradition with German roots: the buttery dough is squeezed through a cookie press to make light, delicate, almond-y cookies. Read More › The post Christmas...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie-Palooza: Scandinavian almond bars.
A rich and flavorful bar cookie that's perfect for Christmas cookie swaps: Scandinavian Almond Bars. This recipe dates back many years to Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Read More › The post...
View ArticleCrunchy almond-butter cookies.
I love peanut butter cookies, but I'm having a fling with this recipe made with almond butter. Get the recipe on the blog. Read More › The post Crunchy almond-butter cookies. appeared first on...
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