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Cookies

Cookie Tacos

May 11, 2011
Pizzelle Cookie Tacos

Well, I finally did it! I made Pizzelles and I had so much fun. Well, actually I just mixed up the batter, the pizzelle maker actually baked the pizzelles. And since it has a green light that blinks when the baking is finished, most of the guess work is taken care of which is fine [...]

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Chocolate Brownie Peanut Butter Cups!

February 25, 2011
Chocolate Brownie Peanut Butter Cups!

I call my Mom almost every day, sometimes several times a day and our conversations are never about any one thing but they are always interesting. One of our conversation which was around Halloween last year was all about candy.  My Mom’s favorite candies are Chicken Bones and Butter Rum Lifesavers. On the other hand [...]

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Chocolate Fudge Monkey Cookies

February 7, 2011
Chocolate Fudge Monkey Cookies

I made the the Chocolate Fudge Monkeys to send to my nieces for Valentine’s Day. I used a rather odd monkey cookie cutter but don’t you think it looks more like a letter from the Hebrew alphabet? White Chocolate; A confection of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla with a pale yellow [...]

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2010′s Double Yums at Spend-a-Buck Farm!

December 31, 2010
Cheddar Cheese and Hot Pepper Thumbprint Cookies

It’s been quite a year here at Spend-A-Buck Farm! And there’s is one thing that is consistent and that’s good food! Yesterday I sat down with Mr. Tastebuds and we picked our favorite recipes for the year and he did surprise me with a few of his picks. If you’d like to copy the recipe [...]

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Merry Pepparkakor Christmas!

December 22, 2010
Pepparkakor or Ginger Thins

Well Christmas is right around the corner and this is my last Christmas cookie post for 2010. I am sort of happy that the cookie baking is over but I sure did have fun this year. This is the first Christmas I’ve enjoyed sans construction or surgery since 2005. And it’s been a long 5 [...]

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Alfajores a la Tattoo

December 20, 2010
Alfajores a la Tattoo

Well, it’s December 20th and I’m starting to run out of holiday steam. I think my Sunday afternoon of cookie baking took a little bit more out of me then I expected and I’m having a hard time waking up today. I need to a nap, a l.o.n.g, snuggled-under-warm-quilts kind of nap! I did have [...]

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Spiked Milkshakes and Speculaas

December 12, 2010
Spiked Milkshakes and Speculaas

When I was bartending, every once in a while we had a request for a beverage made with ice cream, usually a Golden Cadillac, Grasshopper, Pink Squirrel or maybe a Brandy Alexander. But any drink made with cream can be made with Ice Creaml! And they are very nice for an after dinner cocktail but [...]

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Blizzard Eggnog Cookies

December 8, 2010
Eggnog Cookies

Eggnog: Eggnog literally means eggs inside a small cup. In some areas of Great Britain it is known as Egg Flip. Nog is an old English dialect word of unknown origins that was used to describe a kind of strong ale. However Eggnog is first mentioned in the early nineteenth century but seems to have [...]

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