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12 Days of Christmas: Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

These cookies remind me of cherry cordial candies — you know, the red boxes of Queen Annes that come to store shelves every year at Christmastime. My mom hates nothing more than cherry cordial candies. One year we wrapped a box and gave it to…

12 Days of Christmas: Homemade Peppermint Oreos

We’re over halfway through the marathon of Christmas posting! Are you getting tired of all of these posts yet? ;) These cookies, oh my god. Homemade Oreos, much like regular Oreos, are one of my favorite things. Throw in a mint flavor? YES! And you…

12 Days of Christmas: Ho-Ho Cake

I think Christmastime is the most nostalgic time of the year. The big snowflakes. The music. The cozy little lights. The food. The family get-togethers. It all just makes my heart ache, in a good way. My grandma, who died a few years ago, used…

12 Days of Christmas: Grasshopper Cookies

You want to know what these cookies taught me? To bow down to the GREATNESS that is my double boiler. I was short on time and didn’t use my double boiler. As a result, these cookies are missing a chocolate ganache. The crushed Andes mints…

Candy Corn Surprise Cupcakes

I am a big, big believer in showing failures as well as successes. Well here’s a failure for you. Kind of. I wanted to make these beautiful cupcakes. I followed directions, cut into them, and, well, they just didn’t look great. *sad trombone* The inside…