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Candied Almond Bars

You know what I like about these bars? Everything. They were easy to make, very fast, tasty, they made the house smell delicious and they are a perfect fall treat for noshing on with a good sized mug of hot cocoa and whipped cream. They came about because I was sitting home alone, bored, getting [...]

The New Apple Dumpling Gang

One of the perks of living in Michigan is fall. I know, I know: I said in the plum tart post that I hate fall because it’s basically “pre-winter.” It is. It is pre-winter. However, like any good femme fatale, there are certain things about it that you can’t help but be seduced by even [...]

Tart it up

Well it’s happened again. The slow but inevitable progression of time has once again thrown us into the cruel and ignoble gladiator ring known as Fall, or as I like to call it, “The Pre-Winter.” I know, I know. Some of you like fall. The cooler, sweatshirt-y weather, the apple cider and donuts, the corn [...]

Silly scone. You’re not a cookie.

I can hear the battle raging on inside of Cookie Monster’s head already: “It look like a cookie. But it not a cookie. But it have chocolate chip like cookie. But it scone. But it round like cookie. How it not cookie? Cookie Monster like cookies. Cookie Monster not Scone Monster. To eat or not [...]

Double Chocolate Chip Almond Cookie Pie

I’ll say that one more time: double chocolate chip almond cookie pie. Cookie pie. Cookie pie. Cookie pie. This is a beautiful dessert, in so many ways. First of all, it contains some of the most important ingredients known to man: chocolate, double chocolate, almonds, butter, pie crust. All it’s missing is pork…and you could [...]

What this new year needs is biscuits and pie

Well, it’s New Year’s Eve. How exciting and yet terrifying. I mean, after midnight tonight, it will officially be 2011. And I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed. I mean, I love my Camry and all but I kind of thought by now I’d have a flying car, or at least a pegasus that [...]

Comfort Food: Rorschach Cookies

As I’ve probably mentioned before, I tend to bake when I get restless. Judging from most of my blog entries, I get restless a lot. But there’s also the fact that I like to have a little something sweet in the evenings and instead of opting for a couple cookies made by some questionable elven [...]

Chock Full o’ Cherries Coffee Cake

Or, “What to do with 14 pounds of canned cherries.” Josh likes cherries. Josh likes canning. Josh cans cherries. Lauren carries off two cans of cherries. Lauren cooks cherry cake. Cherry coffee cake. Cherry coffee cake with canned cherries. Josh is cheery. Josh likes cherry coffee cake with canned cherries. I was bored on Saturday [...]

Banaberry Streusel Muffins

Where do banaberries come from, you may ask? Well *pats seat* come here and sit down. We should talk. You see, when a banana and a blueberry love each other very much, they go out on a date. Sometimes drinking is involved and they end up doing some things they don’t remember in the morning, [...]

Are you ready for the coming aporkalypse?

This post is Not Safe For Vegetarians. I had a delicious dinner last night. “But, Lauren!” you say, “You have a delicious dinner most nights.” And you’re right, you crazy kid, you. But last night was especially delicious. I dunno, maybe it was the Lauren-friendly sunny, hot weather. Maybe it was the light, fresh romaine [...]