Category Archives: cherry

White Chocolate and Cherry Shortbread Cookies

When I was home for winter break, I ate the most delicious cookies of all time. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But they were delicious. The delicious cookies came from a local restaurant/gift shop in Oshkosh called Caramel Crisp. Cherry shortbread — soft and covered in white chocolate and sprinkles. I may be biased, as I love...

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Door County Cherry Cookies

Have any of you ever been to Door County Wisconsin? Anyone? Well if you think of the state of Wisconsin as looking like a hand, Door County is the “thumb.” It’s a wonderful vacation spot – relaxing, slow-paced, full of cherries and all-things Scandinavia. My family has been visiting Door County for the past 30+...

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Cherry-Almond Vanilla Cupcakes

All I can think of when I see these cupcakes is the moment, during the process of making them, when I dropped an entire jar of maraschino cherries on the floor of my kitchen. Cherries… lost. Kitchen floor… forever sticky. I mean, really, do you know how are it is to un-stick maraschino cherry juice?!...

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Cherry Chocolate Kisses

Welcome to Kiss Cookie week! I noticed that I had 5 recipes for different variety of kiss cookies, so I thought I’d make them all! Today’s post is the first of many this week. I love cherries, especially those of the maraschino variety. This is likely because I have happy childhood memories attached to them...

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Spumoni Cookies

Spumoni! Spumoni is an Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors. Cherry and pistachio are common flavors — but chocolate can also be used. I love anything spumoni-related, because I love cherries and I love pistachios. Also, August 21st is National Spumoni Day in the United States — and August 21st...

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