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12 Days of Christmas: Italian Rainbow Cookie Cake

Two winters ago, I featured one of my all-time favorite cookies — the 7 Layer Cookie (aka, the Italian Rainbow Cookie). I know what you may be thinking. It looks more like a bar than a cookie. I can’t figure out why they’re called “cookies”…

I Want Candy: Almond Joy Cupcakes

I don’t like coconut [as I have mentioned 3,409 times on this blog so far – ha!]. So let’s jump right into learning a bit about the Almond Joy! Almond Joy is produced by Hershey and its sister product is the Mounds bar (dark chocolate,…

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…

7 Layer Cookies

This recipe has been on my to-bake list for, no joke, TWO YEARS. It was one of those recipes that I longed to make.. I knew I would love the results.. but I was intimidated. These cookies (sidenote: why does everyone call them cookies? they’re…

Rainbow & Cloud Cookies

I will admit: sometimes I just want to bake cute things. I got this cloud and rainbow cookie cutter for Christmas and couldn’t wait to use it! Usually I find cutout cookies to be incredibly tedious — a task that should be reserved only for…