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Base: 28 chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies (recommended: Oreo or Newman-O's) 2 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate , chopped (or 1/4 cup chips) 3[...]

Whether you call them donuts or doughnuts or the extra inch on your waistline...donuts can't help but make you smile. Or, make ME smile, and I think we're[...]

Yep. I went there. See, the original plan was to make 7-layer cookie ice cream sandwiches. It was a good plan. ...a good plan for a giant. They were a *little*[...]

Sixteen years ago, we were married. Sixteen years ago, I made the best decision I've ever made. Sixteen years ago, I started a life with my love and my best[...]

Promise me you'll make this? Like tomorrow? Or maybe for New Year's Eve? Just promise, ok? If you don't do alcohol, you are excused, but the REST of you...you[...]

Cookbooks: I read them like novels. I even get teary. I love reading how recipes came about and the family stories that go along with them. I want to introduce[...]

Remember these from Maria's shower ? We talked about making the pea pods from fondant , but let me talk to you about the cake itself. The petits fours are[...]

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Have you heard of Baked ? The bakery in New York and South Carolina? Maybe you've heard of the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook. Maybe just maybe, if[...]

We're trying a little something new here at the blog. Once a month or so, kiddo is going to pick a recipe and I'll help him make it...or he'll help me...or[...]

9 Tbsp(about 125gms): Butter @ room temperature. 2/3 cup(about 75gms): confectioners’ sugar/powdered sugar(i added about 1Tbsp more since i felt it was a[...]

2 cups (1 pound) cottage cheese 2 tablespoons melted or softened butter 1 cup thin cream or milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tsp grated lemon rind, or 1[...]

Candied pecans: 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cup pecan halves, toasted Brownies: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate (54% to 60%[...]

    (This uses a 10" springform 1 stk lightly salted butter 2 x Chocolate macaroons finely grnd kosher for Pesach     Crumbs 1/4 c. Sugar. 2 lb Cream[...]

Alright, they're not exactly diet food, but if you have a hankerin' for chocolate cheesecake without too much guilt, you're going to LOVE these babies! These[...]