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Larimer Toffee Squares

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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Christmas Meringue Cookies with White Chocolate Decorations

Have you tried macarons? You know…they are ALL the rage. I have and I’m left nonplussed. I thought maybe it was me, you know, a novice at the craft. The French cookie that requires seemingly perfect ingredients, perfect proportions and I’m sure, perfect altitude. I tried, I really did but even if I mastered the [...]

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Crash-O-Cookies from Dorie Greenspan

Dorie Greenspan lives in the realm of super hero for me. She’s shown not just great talent but also longevity as a recipe developer and cookbook author. Where I once ‘just’ knew her as a contributor to Bon Appétit magazine (I have been a subscriber for 35 years!) and a cookbook author, now through the [...]

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The Best Sugar Cookies

For many years I would spend days each holiday season making decorated sugar cookies. I started the tradition in my twenties with a girlfriend and we made hundreds of cookies that we rolled, cut out, decorated and gave to friends. I continued on with that tradition for many years when my kids where small and [...]

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Pecan Butter Balls, Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies?

These cookies were made for our family by my Grandma Lizette every year that I can remember. I continued the tradition growing up and have made them with my children and for holiday gifts every year. No matter how busy the holiday season, not one has gone by that this cookie isn’t at the top [...]

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Potato Chip Cookies

I started a recipe website in 1995; it was the very first web project I decided to do after classes in html and programming so that I could develop websites for the cable company where I worked; eventually leading to the start of my own web business. I kid that I created the Internet along [...]

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Herbs and Shortbread…Rosemary and Lavender – Really?

I’ve grown rosemary and lavender for several years but until recently have only used the rosemary in culinary ways. The lavender plant is so beautiful when it’s in bloom and though I’ve always wanted to cut some for use in making sachets for holiday gifts or just bunches to hang in the house; it never [...]

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Espresso-Shortbread Brownie Bars

The second of two desserts I made yesterday from the May edition of Food and Wine magazine. If you missed the first treat, do be sure to check out the Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate Drizzle if you want to know why two…in one day! This was my first choice and also that of most of [...]

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Molasses Cookies

I love these cookies! Someone might call them Gingersnaps but they aren’t…the molasses is distinct in their flavor and does compliment the ginger perfectly. They are something we make in the fall and serve with apples but also a stable of our Christmas cookie jar. They are best if they aren’t allowed to completely dry [...]

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