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Category Archives: baked goods

Chipless Chocolate Chip Cookies

Accidents happen, and sometimes they are a good thing. I inadvertantly created these while making a different recipe – but they turned out well, so I thought I’d share. These cookies have the nutty taste of browned butter, and the swirly look of marbled brownies. When they cool, there is a little layer of chocolate in […]

Posted 26 October 2010 | baked goods   cookies   dessert   vegetarian | Comments (3) Tagged: , ,

Pumpkin Rolls

Soup season is here, and there is nothing lovelier than a bowl of hot, homemade soup–unless it is a bowl of soup with a hot, homemade roll. These pumpkin rolls are dense (in a good way, not in a heavy way), chewy, with a hint of sweetness and a pretty orange tinge. It is a […]

Posted 14 October 2010 | baked goods   bread   pumpkin   vegetarian | Comments (3) Tagged: , ,

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Note: If you found your way here from www.babble.com, welcome! If you didn’t, then please visit and read my essay about, you guessed it, cookies! If you haven’t figured it out already, I adore cookies. They are my favorite treat (and occasional breakfast.) They’re the perfect food (if nutritional value is not a consideration). You […]

Posted 06 October 2010 | baked goods   comfort food   cookies   dessert   kid stuff | Comments (3)

Favorite Date Cookies

My son, Cookie Monster, and I all have something in common (along with a large percentage of the US): our favorite cookie, hands down, is a chocolate chip cookie (Best recipe ever here.) My husband isn’t a cookie fanatic, but if he had to choose, it would be a simple date cookie that is a […]

Posted 27 September 2010 | baked goods   cookies   dessert   kid stuff | Comments (9) Tagged: , ,

Zucchini Cherry Muffins

I enjoy a nice muffin – not the oversize, oversweet muffins that you’d buy at the store or a coffeehouse, but a good home-baked muffin – made in a regular-sized muffin tin. My grandmother would often serve a blueberry muffin with dinner, in lieu of a dinner roll. My mom continued this tradition. As a […]

Posted 15 August 2010 | baked goods   bread   breakfast   cherries   dessert   seasonal   vegetarian   zucchini | Comments (4) Tagged: , ,