Snacks

Fluffy Sugar Cookies & Vanilla Frosting

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Dear Santa, I’ve been very good this year.

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Holiday Pretzel Bites

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I love dessert.  And there’s only one thing that could make me not like dessert. It’s spending 3 hours in the kitchen melting, freezing, breaking knives, getting blisters, thawing, spilling, and refreezing the most high maintenance holiday toffee recipe in the world.  Yes, it happened, and there’s a bag of broken, messy toffee pieces to [...]

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Brown Sugar Cookies

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I just applied for my Masters program. Then I ate five cookies to dull the pain. But the pain is still there.   Ouchie. No matter how I feel about becoming a better reading teacher for K-12 (which happens to be awesome), I do not feel awesome about going back to school.  How did this happen?!  [...]

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Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies

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Friday.  Chocolate.  Choc.o.late. With sweet ribbons of peanut buttery cheesecake. Baked to ooey gooey perfection and eaten by the row.

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Baked Gingerbread Mini Donuts

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Hellooo mini donuts. Hellooo gingerbread scents. Hellooo Justin Beiber Christmas album.  What?

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Pumpkin Dip for Gingersnaps

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This post is the crossroads of my teacher self and my blogger self. You have some homework. You need to make this glorious trio of pumpkin, cream cheese, and heavy whipping cream and bring it to a party.  For me, a party is usually me and Bjork hanging out on a Tuesday night.  But you [...]

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Maple Vanilla Almond Clusters

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I’ve been thinking about a few things. First of all, her, and how I wish she was mine. 

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Crunchy Pecan Granola

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Completely unrelated to granola…It’s been a hard week.  Thanks for all your kind words.  And thanks for still checking in, even though things have been a bit unpredictable around here.Today, I’m thinking about my grandpa, but I’m writing about granola.  I guess the balance of remembering and moving on takes time.  If you’ve done this [...]

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Creamy Basil Dip

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Good news, bad news. Or should I say good news, good news?  Good news: Every year, my family takes some time during the summer to go up to a cabin in northern Wisconsin.  And that time is now!  Today!

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Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies

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  It rained, and I got desperate. So desperate that I’ll have you know I drove to the gas station across the street for some last-minute cookie ingredients.  Such as sugar and pretzels and Reeses Pieces. How could I seriously be out of white and brown sugar? Don’t ask.  Just thank the gas station employees [...]

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