Denver Junior League Cookbook Recipes

Larimer Toffee Squares

Larimer Toffee Squares - a rich, buttery and nutty treat drizzled with chocolate

Larimer Square is a bustling street in downtown Denver, one of those chi chi one block streets that harken to days when cities had main streets and you could go there to find a gathering of merchants. It was in fact the first main street in Denver, born during the gold rush of the mid [...]

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French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust, Espresso and Kahlua

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If pies were wishes then I would wish this French Silk Pie for everyone! Hands down my most favortist (damn you spell check that so is a word; MY word!) pie ever. While I’ve seen several versions of this pie over the years, they’ve always been made with a regular pie crust or a regular [...]

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Salted Chocolate Toffee Squares

toffee squares

If there is one thing I’ve been in love with forever, it’s toffee. I think a Heath Bar resulted in my first need to have a cavity filled when I was a girl and nothing has changed. I love a brand of toffee made locally called Enstrom’s (though miss the days before they become so [...]

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Bisteca ala Panzano’s via Junior League of Denver; A Cookbook & A Contest!

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First or Fifteenth? This is a first. First contest I’ve ever done and depending on your way of thinking…1st anniversary of this blog. But REALLY? I’ve been putting recipes online since 1995 at www.creative-culinary.com; the first website I created after taking a course in HTML (not the last…that exercise and others led to my starting [...]

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