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Call for Chicago National Food Blogger Bake Sale Volunteers: [Recipe: Heath Bar Crunch Cookies]

March 2, 2012

The holiday season might be the most wonderful time of the year but my personal favorite is bake sale season. On Saturday, April 28, bloggers across the country will host the Third Annual National Food Blogger Bake Sale. Last year, I organized the sale in Chicago at The Poison Cup, which raised over $1,000 that contributed [...]

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S’Mores Cookie Bars + “Grand Theft Recipe” Thoughts

January 31, 2012

Blogging about blogging. I know, what could be more boring? However, I write about my life and blogging is something that I do in said life, so it makes sense that once in awhile, I’d have some thought to share about this crazy place we call the internet. A few weeks ago at a party [...]

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Really, Really Easy Peppermint Truffle Cookies

November 23, 2011

During the holidays, the internet is awash with complicated cookie recipes. If you read from one blog to the next it’s almost, almost as if each blogger is trying to outdo the next with the extravagance of their brand new favorite holiday cookie. I am not one of those bloggers. Several years ago I saw [...]

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A More Mature S’More: No Camp Fire Needed

August 23, 2011

By Gillian Nadel I recently got back from visiting my summer sleep away camp. So forgive me if I’m feeling nostalgic for the simpler days, when color war was my biggest source of stress and dip n’ dots ice cream was a novelty. (And also forgive me if I start cheering or singing mid post. [...]

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Too Many Cookies: Malted Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 7, 2011

You might have heard the silly saying  “you can never be too rich or too thin.” Well, I won’t editorialize on that statement because frankly, it would be a waste of everyone’s time. What I will do is modify it to add to the phrase “…or have too many cookies.” Yes, you can eat too [...]

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Crispy Pecan Cookies & Cook for the Cure KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway

July 19, 2011

Three of my favorite things in the world are cookies, dinner parties and kitchen appliances…and not in that order. I especially love it when all three things merge: using kitchen appliances to bake cookies for a dinner party. Recently I was contacted by Del Webb, a home building company that has partnered with KitchenAid to [...]

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Two-Bite Treats: Petite Madeleines

July 7, 2011

You know how when some girls eat cookies (or other desserts), they break off a just little piece of it, likely intending to stop there, but then end up going back and finishing off the entire thing, one tiny piece at a time? And then maybe they eat another whole one the same way? I’m [...]

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Seven Layer Magic Bars

June 23, 2011

I have a shelf in one of my kitchen cabinets devoted entirely to baking supplies. It’s a large shelf, big enough to accommodate multiple bags of flour, four or five kinds of sugar at any given time, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, chopped walnuts, sliced almonds, several types of oatmeal…you get the picture. It’s crowded in [...]

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Bait & Switch: Citrus Chocolate Chunk Cookies

April 4, 2011

Orange. Cranberry. Two flavors reminiscent of holiday desserts. No, this isn’t a belated April Fool’s Day joke, bear with me for a minute. I first posted about these cookies several URLs ago, when my blog was a mere infant. I started off with a recipe for orange cranberry cookies and before long, the cranberries had [...]

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

March 29, 2011

Let’s all just say it together. Wow. I know my photos don’t do these glorious little orbs of chocolate-chip cookie dough dipped in semi-sweet dark chocolate but trust me when I tell you that you need to make these. If you aren’t a big cook or baker, well, even you have no excuse because you [...]

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Raspberry Pecan Square Cookies

January 21, 2011

It's Friday. You should have a treat. You should, but I shouldn't. I have had plenty of treats over the past couple of weeks…or months. Semantics. So, with a package of sugar cookie dough then went unused over the holidays — but has not yet expired — and a jar of raspberry preserves that I [...]

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Sour Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies [Cuisinart Giveaway Winnner]

December 12, 2010

 No matter what kind of holiday entertaining you're planning, I can't think of one occasion where cookies are inappropriate. Holiday brunch? Absolutely. The office potluck? You'll be lucky if you have leftover crumbs. During the month of December, cookies also happen to be a perfectly acceptable breakfast or midnight snack and if there is any [...]

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Peppermint Mocha Brownie Cookies

December 9, 2010

 Even if you're not a big cook or baker I am going to go ahead and guess that the words "holiday” and “baking” will appear in your vocabulary at some point before you change your calendar page from December to January. No matter what holidays you celebrate, cookies bring a smile to anyone’s face – especially [...]

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Baking with Tea: Vanilla Rooibos Biscotti Recipe

August 10, 2010

One thing I love about cooking is when I set out to make a recipe thinking it’s going to be screeching-nails-on-a-chalkboard frustrating and it surprises me by being so intrinsically simple that I could probably duplicate with with my eyes closed and one hand tied behind my back. What can I say? I have a flair [...]

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A New Blog & A New Cookie: Healthier Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

February 3, 2010

There are a few things in life that I consider highly unpleasant. Problems that I know, deep inside, are first world problems but that I will complain about nonetheless. I dislike visiting the Apple store for computer repairs. I dislike being late, even though I’m never on time for anything in my life. I dislike [...]

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Writer’s Block: Low-Fat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Recipe

January 14, 2010

When I was in college there was a student in several of my creative writing classes who was, well, eccentric. Among several oddities that I won’t bother to list, he wore a Civil-War style confederate uniform jacket whenever he had writers block. You know what? Call me immature, but I mocked him with my friends [...]

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From the Archives: Chocolate Chip Biscotti Recipe

January 5, 2010

This is one of those recipes that you can bring to a party and people will be all, “Wow! You made biscotti! Amazing!” when it actually took you ten minutes to throw together in a bowl and bake for half an hour. Fine, I lied. You actually bake it for about fifty minutes overall, but [...]

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Last Minute Cookie Panic: Top 10 Holiday Cookie Recipes

December 23, 2009

Chocolate Chip Blondies from In Good Taste Christmas is in two days and in all likelihood, you will eat cookies over the next two days. And if for some crazy, freakish reason you don’t eat cookies, you’ll probably at least see cookies somewhere. Just maybe, you’ll need to make cookies because your boss gave you [...]

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First Kisses: Mint Chocolate Kiss Crinkles

December 22, 2009

When was your first kiss? If you Google “first kiss” the first link returned is a wiki about how to have a first kiss. As engaged as I am in the Internet and social media it never occurred to me that while my friends and I spent our early teen years sneaking peeks at Sex [...]

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Expectations: Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

December 10, 2009

December is the most notorious month on the calendar. It’s both cheerful and stressful: full of parties, shopping, tree-lighting ceremonies . The television blah-blahs about kisses beginning with K and finding meaning inside (wherever that is), and if you read magazines, well, then you feel like you should be baking Christmas cookies, no matter what you celebrate. [...]

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Getting Ready for the Holidays: Chocolate Chip Blondie Recipe

November 28, 2009

With Thanksgiving in the not-so-distant past, there is one thing on a lot of people’s minds: Christmas cookies. Even if you don’t actually celebrate on December 25, it’s hard not to like the various sweet treats that seem to erupt from kitchens as result of holiday baking endeavors. My two favorite baked goods are brownies [...]

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Doing it For The Kids: Rocky Road Shortbread Cookies

November 18, 2009

When I was in college I had a classmate named Ben who used to show up at parties wearing an adult-sized Batman costume. It was originally a Halloween purchase but for those who knew him, it wasn’t unusual to see him out at the bar, say, in February masquerading as the caped crusader. He also [...]

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World Series Cookies for Drop In & Decorate

November 4, 2009

They taste better than they look. I’m not a big baseball fan – in fact, I’m not a big sports fan in general – but I will take any excuse to bake cookies. I like watching an exciting baseball or football game and though I generally tend to root for New York teams by virtue [...]

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Ellie Krieger’s Kitchen Sink Cookies

June 30, 2009

If dried fruit is a healthy snack, oatmeal a nutritious breakfast and canola oil rich in omega-3 fatty acids than any recipe that combines the three must be a super-power food, right? Even when that something is a cookie.  Especially when that something is a cookie.

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The Cranberry Bait and Switch: Citrus Chocolate Chunk Cookies

June 16, 2009

Orange. Cranberry. Two flavors reminiscent of holiday desserts. Christmas in June? Just bear with me for a minute, and you won’t be disappointed. When browsing a new-to-me food blog , I stumbled across these orange cranberry cookies. It seemed like a good idea to make a cookie that isn’t chocolate chip, since we know I [...]

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Lightened Up Cowboy Cookies

April 9, 2009

Admit it with me. You’ve vowed that you’ll start your diet tomorrow and gorged on chocolate chip cookie dough, (well, except for Joey). You bought your salted kettle chips from the gourmet grocery because, well, someone else might want to eat them. But you live alone. You’ve sworn that after this sandwich, you’ll give up [...]

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When You Care Enough To Send Your Very Best….Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 31, 2009

I know, I know what you’re thinking. Did she seriously bake cookies again? There’s a point here. Stick with me. And it has nothing to do with the fact these cookies are soft and chewy, everything that the perfect cookie should be. When I was in college there was nothing I liked better than getting [...]

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Winging it with Puff Pastry: Brown Sugar Pinwheels

March 22, 2009

I don’t always cook with recipes, but when I do, I like to adhere to them. Of course, sometimes substitutions and additions can make a great recipe even better so I’m not opposed to subtle changes that cater to your personal taste. What I am against is saying “I don’t want to buy a whole [...]

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The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

January 29, 2009

In college, I had a friend who we’ll call Cate. Our friendship ended recently on less-than-amicable terms, as some friendships unfortunately do. No matter what happened, there is one fact that her eventual unkindness towards me will never erase: her mother made The. Best.Cookies. Ever. Soft in the center, crispy on the outside with a [...]

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Gooey Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares Recipe

October 9, 2008

A lot of holidays are prime time for familial drama. In my extended family, holidays and special occasions have caused significant tension in the past: forgotten birthdays, refusal to travel for Thanksgiving dinners, heated debates over what time we’d sit down to eat on Christmas Day. Yet, if you ask most people what their favorite [...]

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Festive Cookies: Rustic Cherry Shortbread

February 5, 2008

When the weather is cold, there is something about a homemade cookie and a big, fat mug of something hot that just feels right. And Martha Stewart obviously agrees with me, because I was browsing her site today and found this recipe that practically called my name. The first thing that appealed to me was [...]

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