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Italian Christmas Cookies

Let me check a few things here. It’s after Halloween- check! It’s cold out- check! Okay, all done, those are my only two requirements to start the 2021 holiday baking season! Heck, it doesn’t even really have to be cold, does it? After Halloween, we holiday with a brief one-day time out for Thanksgiving, am I right? I decided to start out with someone easy and family friendly this year. My…

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Award-Winning Apple Crisp

Hi everyone! It’s been just a little while since I’ve gotten around to blogging, hasn’t it? The lost Covid year got me just as hard as anyone else, but now that the kids are back in school and I can bake (and blog!) without little fingers poking into everything, I’m hopeful that I can get back into a more regular posting rhythm again. I hope that this post find you safe, happy, and healthy. It’s…

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Andes Mint Chocolate Truffles

Happy mid-December, bakers and decorators! How’s your month going? Are you getting through it, holiday shopping online and waiting for the end of 2020 to finally arrive? Do you have snow or sunshine? Here in my corner of the Mid-Atlantic, it’s been getting cold but there’s still no snow to be seen. It doesn’t seem quite like the holidays to me until we get that snowstorm, but a lack of snow can’t…

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Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookies (Two Ways!)

It’s that time of year! Did you feel something in the air change while you were putting your leftover turkey in the fridge last week? That Christmas spirit came sneaking in like a ninja in the night at our house, and my kiddos woke up to Elf on the Shelf, snowmen figurines, and holiday lights everywhere! And best of all, they woke up to Christmas cookies! There’s no such thing as too early a…

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Rustic Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

Happy November, bakers and decorators! (And while we’re at it, happy belated October and September too!) I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by the challenges of the fall quarantine, so I haven’t been around here blogging like I would have liked to have been normally. I hope you’re all safe and well and felt a lot more summer and early fall motivation than I did. If you’ve been traveling the rough road…

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Hawaiian Shirt and Surfboard Sugar Cookies

Aloha, bakers and decorators! Did you miss me? June was crazy in my world and I didn’t get many posts done for you guys, which makes me sad! I was all ready to get restarted on July 1st, but then our air conditioning went out and my kitchen was way too hot to bake for over a week. Long story short, everything’s fixed and I’m back on schedule. No matter what happens in my little world, the summer…

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Shells and Starfish Sugar Cookies

Hello to all my favorite bakers and decorators out there! Are you all still sane, healthy, and in one piece? I’m still committed to pretending that spring is already over and we’re having the summer of our lives. As the quarantine drags on, outside recreation has never been more popular! Last week, I showed you how to make fun beach sugar cookies. But what is a beach without some fun little…

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Summer Beach Sugar Cookies

How are you doing, bakers? What’s been going on in the last month where you are? I don’t know where April went, but it took the first half of May with it, too. It’s been hard to find motivation while the quarantine drags on and on and we all get overwhelmed with cabin fever, right? Like a lot of you, I’d like to pretend that the last couple months didn’t happen the way that they did. But we…

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Orange and Dark Chocolate Sugar Cookies

How’s your April going, bakers? Mine is just about 100% the same as my last post- I might even still be wearing the same clothes, who knows? When it’s quarantine and we’re all off our schedules, there are no rules! I’ve been busy baking up a storm and I think my family is about to burst from all the treats, but I’m not about to stop anytime soon. Having an enjoyable diversion is crucial during…

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Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Tartlets

Welcome to the end of March, bakers! How is your social distancing going- are you a master of maintaining a 6 foot distance from everyone else yet? It’s a strange new world out there right now, with emptier-than-usual grocery store shelves and abandoned strip malls. I hope you’re all staying safe and sane while we wait to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Thank you to all the essential workers out…

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Overstocked Pantry Pound Cake

Hello to all my bakers out there! How are you all holding up in the era of social distancing and home quarantine? I hope you’re safe and healthy and maintaining your sanity while the world works through this new and strange time for all of us. Have you been able to find the supplies you need without getting up at 3am to hit Walmart for toilet paper? It’s hard to keep your purchases rational when…

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Soft & Decadent Chocolate Lava Cookies

We interrupt this St. Patrick’s Day baking series for this important bulletin: I have made the best chocolate cookies on the planet and now you need to do the same! This was sort of an accident of fate, when I was dying for molten chocolate lava cakebut had zero of the motivation needed to make them. Neither did I feel like slamming together a mug cake. I needed something… different. And from the…

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Green Beer Sugar Cookies

Goooood morning, bakers and decorators! How is the end of February treating you? I hope you’re all making good use of that extra day and spending the time doing something fun! Everyones definition of fun is different… but I think that I’ve found some common ground here in this cookie. It celebrates a holiday, it celebrates alcohol, and it celebrates sugar. There’s gotta be something in there for…

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Leprechaun Pot o' Gold Sugar Cookies

Leprechaun Pot o’ Gold Sugar Cookies

Did you know that 2020 is a leap year? It means we have 29 days in February this year- which is great news for bakers like us, because it means one more day to decorate St. Patrick’s Day cookies, am I right? No one? Just me? Well, that’s okay. With Valentine’s Day in the rear-view mirror, there’s a lot to look forward to as the weather warms up and all the spring holidays get people excited for…

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Cinnamon & Sugar Mardi Gras King Cake

It’s the end of January, which means that we’ve all made it through the month that always seems like it will never end. It’s always feels like a slog after the holidays, doesn’t it? All the excitement of jumping from holiday to holiday is over, and the days just drag on and on. I really feel like we all deserve a reward for making it through (relatively) unscathed. Something sugary, comforting,…

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Valentine's Day Heartstrings Sugar Cookies

Valentine’s Day Heartstrings Sugar Cookies

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed a week or so off from the holidays, because we’re gonna get back to it with a purpose today! And that purpose is… Valentine’s Day! I know, I know… we’ve still got a bit over a month until the big day, but there’s nothing wrong with being prepared! And these cookies are great for a work or social event because they’re a bit more laid back- they don’t scream “I love…

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Baby Yoda Sugar Cookies

Was your house visited by a tiny little mischief maker last November and December? Dressed up all cute, getting into hijinks, being generally adorable and all anyone seemed to want to talk about? No, I’m not talking about that Elf on the Shelf… I’m talking about Baby Yoda! If your household was anything like mine, there was at least one person that melted every time Baby Yoda showed up on the…

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