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Cardamom Pistachio Shortbread

 What’s not to love about shortbread? Buttery, slightly crunchy, fully satisfying with coffee or tea, in a lunchbox, watching TV, late night treat — in

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Mini Gateaux Breton

Excerpted from THE BAKING BIBLE, © 2014 by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Gooey Brownies

This recipe is actually a classic recipe that I got off of the Baker’s unsweetened chocolate box. I use 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract

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Almond Bianchi

This is the most popular cookie at the new King Arthur Flour bakery. Intensely almond in flavor, I have adapted it slightly by adding vanilla

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Maple Vanilla Pecan Shortbread

My great aunt Oolie McGoogan, made a simple, delicious shortbread that she learned from her husband Angus’ family. Shortbread was always butter, flour, yellow sugar

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Mississippi Mud Bars

I found this recipe in the food section of our local newspaper and couldn’t resist sharing it. It sounds so completely, deliciously, sinful !!

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Almond-Oat Lace Cookies

These delicate, lacey cookies are so delicious that chocolate isn’t really necessary, but they are certainly delicious with chocolate as well.

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Almond Sables

Courtesy of Alice Medrich, Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies Alice Medrich is perhaps best known as the woman who introduced the mouth-melting traditional chocolate

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Almond Macaroons

 Courtesy of Beth Hensperger Macaroons, or amaretti, are a traditional Seder dessert usually bought from a bakery or in vacum-packed can. The homemade version is

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Sables

This is an adaption of Dorie Greenspan’s master recipe for Sables. A delicious, buttery cookie, this is the French version of shortbread.  It lends itself

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Caramel Apple Bars

Served warm, topped with ice-cream after dinner or for breakfast on a crisp fall day, Caramel Apple Bars are a comforting treat any way you

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Pecan Sandies

What’s not to like about freshly baked cookies!  Some cookies lose their edge fairly quickly, and are best devoured within a day or two. Anything

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Franco-American Macaroons

Courtesy of Didi Davis: www.dididavisfood.com These cookies are a combination of the French style macaroon, made with ground almonds, and the American style macaroon, made

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