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Loaded Candy Blondies
Have Ester candy hanging around? Let’s make blondies!!! Load them up! I am blondie fan… especially loaded ones like these cookies & cream blondies and these pistachio white chocolate blondies. Today I was craving something sweet and starting looking around and realized I had a ton of Easter candy that I had not sued so I decided to throw a lot of it into a blondie. Let me tell you… I am obsessed with these… OBSESSED!! Use what candy you have… So I threw in mini cadbury chocolate eggs, peanut butter eggs, M&M’s and sprinkles. You could just use one kind of candy or more, if you have more… just…
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Gluten Free Pistachio Blondies
Pistachio Blondies are so, so good but when they are Gluten Free almost everyone can enjoy them making them even better! Hello (toasted) Pistachio I am going to be fully transparent with you, it took me a couple of tries to get these blondies right. To get them to that perfect, slightly ooey gooey goodness. As with most gluten free recipes, the blondies were a little too dry the first go around, and then the 2nd one wouldn’t set up enough and then finally on the 3rd try we finally got there. These blondies have a beautiful golden crust, each bite is filled with tons of pistachios and hints of…
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Lucky Charm Cookies
Lucky Charm Cookies are the perfect last minute St Patricks Day treat! They are not only super fun they are SUPER YUMMY!! Are you a Lucky Charm? I was strolling down eh cereal aisle the other day, remembering all the kid cereal I ate growing up. Everything from Coco Puffs to Captain Crunch (I liked the one with berries) to Cookie Crunch… and then I saw Lucky Charms. I LOVED the marshmallows in Lucky Charms so much. The unicorn was my favorite one, but I was also a big rainbow fan as well. As I was standing there reminiscing for a second it hit me… let’s put them into…
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Iced Sugar Cookies
These Classic Iced Sugar Cookies are a MUST MAKE. They are super tender, topped with a delicious icing with hints of vanilla bean in each bite and fun sprinkles. A perfect cookie for any Holiday or Special Occassion. No rolling here One of the things that annoys me about sugar cookies is having to roll them out. Rolling pins and I don’t have the best relationship. I tend to roll things too thin, or not thin enough…it just never seems to be right. With these cookies though there is no rolling…that is one of the reasons why I love these cookies. I also love how tender they are. Not so…
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Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookies have never been better than these Gluten Free Sugar Cookies! Yes… Gluten Free and they are AMAZING! The Great Sugar Cookie Debate… Are you a thin & crispy sugar cookie person or a fluffy and chewy sugar cookie person? For me I like both. My MeeMaw would make me her sugar cookies every time I would come see her (you can find the recipe here), and they were thin & crispy and SO GOOD! Like super yummy, I would eat all of them and not share with anyone. On the other hand we had a family friend who would make more of a lofthouse kinda cookie with…
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Mary’s Flourless Chocolate Cake
Flourless Chocolate Cake is a must in my family and this recipe is the only one I use now. It started with a flourless birthday party… This past year my sis-in-love found out that she feels best when she does not consume gluten. Now I am not going to lie this kinda freaked me out when it all first happened, but eventually I decided to embrace it. My first challenge was finding a delicious, decadent cake for her family birthday dinner and that is when I started working on a recipe for a Flourless Chocolate Cake. After several tries and several taste tests we finally found the RIGHT recipe… and…
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Cookie Butter Blondies
Cookie Butter is all you need to take blondies to the NEXT level! LIKE NEXT, NEXT LEVEL! Cookie Butter Love! Have you had cookie butter? Are you a fan? If you are not, I am not sure we can be best friends, but we can be friends… but be warned I will probably try to make you fall in love with cookie butter. Not sure what I am talking about… no problem. It is basically speculous cookies (think mild gingersnaps) whipped into a delicious peanut butter/nutella type spread. There is just something so delicious about the slightly spicy, creamy, gingery, warm yumminess of cookie butter. I use it on…
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Monster Brownies – A Boooo-rific Sweet Treat
Halloween is just a round the corner and that means it is time for Monster themed treats… and these Monster Brownies are just what this Halloween needs. A Monster Brownie with Options The beauty of these brownies are all the options. First – you can use a box brownie mix if you would like. If you have a favorite one use it…I would recommend one that bakes up a bit on the darker chocolate side just so the marshmallow web stands out more, but whatever you have on hand will work. Second – you can make this gluten and dairy free. Just replace the flour and butter with your diet…
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is pumpkin season and these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect Fall treat. Pumpkin + Chocolate = Must Make I am all about pumpkin anytime but when you throw chocolate to the mix… well I am ALL IN. I love pumpkin pie spice (especially this Trader Joe’s version) and chocolate together. I first fell in love with spiced chocolate when I made these Mexican Spiced Brownies several years back. I love how the spices really mesh with the bitterness of the chocolate and enhance each other. I know that sounds very foodie but try it… you will see what I am talking about. Extra Chocolate… Please Can there…
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Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies are everything the end of the summer needs… and MORE! It starts with the curd! There is lemon in each bite, starting with the dough, but the star is really the curd. I love a good lemon curd, and just so you know it is really easy to make. If you have about 10-15 minutes you can have homemade lemon curd that will impress anyone. Here are my little secrets to making the best curd. Patience and a wooden spoon. First, know that you are going to stir quite a bit and that the time will vary each and every time you make it. Second, your…
