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Zesty Lemon Ricotta Cookies (Nordstrom Copycat) Who doesn’t love a treat from a fancy department store? I came across Nordstrom lemon ricotta cookies when doing research and discovered they were similar to my own recipe. With a zesty lemon flavor, light cake-like texture, and a tangy lemon glaze, these cookies …
St. Patrick’s Day or Any Day: Chocolate Whoopie Pies I’m starting to feel guilty posting so many dessert recipes but I have really been churning out some great things that I want to share. These chocolate whoopie pies with Baileys buttercream were something I threw …
Grandma’s Irish Soda Bread? Nope. I wish I could say this Irish soda bread recipe was handed down to me from my grandmothers, but they didn’t cook. Only one of my two grandmothers was Irish and that one really never cooked anything. I think she …
Old Fashioned Baking: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies I am often torn between wanting to bake “fancy” things and wanting to bake comfort foods from my childhood. Fancy things include macarons, French pastries, croissants. Comfort foods include brownies, layer cakes, and cookies – the old-fashioned kind like …
Cozy Up to Winter with Chewy Molasses Ginger Cookies I always think it’s kind of weird the way people put up their holiday decorations the day after Halloween and then take them down the day after Christmas. This is the hard part of the year, …
A Perfect Fall Treat: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Like a lot of people, autumn is my absolutely favorite season. I love the weather and the beautiful leaves. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Most of all, I love an excuse to be inside and be cozy. …
The Recipe I’m Saving for a Competition: Apple Cinnamon Rolls I guess it comes as no surprise that I like to watch cooking competition shows. Chopped is one of my favorites and I enjoy yelling what I would make at the television. There’s snake in …
Pumpkin and Spice and Everything Nice: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles I think the first time I ever heard of snickerdoodles was when I was out of chocolate chips and looking for a recipe that didn’t involve chocolate. I guess I didn’t like what I read, because that …
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins: An Invitation to Autumn Fall is in the air, friends! Well, not really. It is actually hot on Long Island this weekend. It is fall in spirit, however, and we must celebrate accordingly. These pumpkin streusel muffins are my first autumn bake …
Baking Emergency: Lemon Blueberry Loaf This week we packed up our stuff and headed from our normal house on Long Island to our house in the Catskills, the place we will eventually make our full time home. In getting ready, I packed up the electric …
