the tart of a beautiful friendship

Sometimes you make lemon curd and then it is all you can think about. Your friends have probably heard more about this lemon curd than you realized you could share.

Also, you may love Pop-Tarts but that doesn't come up as much.

Eventually, there will come a time when your friends meet your current infatuation. It should probably include some pastry.

And, if you like it then you should put a sprinkle on it.

some kind of sugar and spice

Here's a fact about giving people cookies, they often respond with 'Ooooh, what kind are they?'. And in this case I legitimately didn't know.

I used a recipe for brown sugar cookies, but I didn't have brown sugar...then I added super dark chocolate to half of them.

Since these cookies are heavy on the cinnamon, I billed them as cinnamon [chocolate chip] cookies. Then the cookie receivers respond 'Ooooh, cinnamon.' And everything in the world seems right.

bake time for travel

Who doesn't love cookies on vacation?

happy feat

In the quaint Whoville of a village where I spend Thanksgiving, there is an annual gingerbread competition. Sometimes my family enters.

After taking a few years off, my uncle led the charge with a 'Happy Feet' inspired entry. My mother helped a lot. The rest of us consulted a little.

Check out their our awesome creation--

This is one tall and sturdy penguin. If you want to make a huge piece of gingerbread, and chip your teeth eating it, you should use the recipe (at the end of the post) that constructed this guy.

There were other super entries too. I took pictures of them--it will last longer.

so very savory

cheese in my fridge

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a need to make cookies when it snows outside

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parmesan pepper cookies

Picture if cheese and crackers had a baby.

Heartier, classier, party-presentable Cheez-It.

What I'm getting at is--it's about time I had a wine and cheese [cookie] gathering.

You should probably have one too.

recipe follows

all dolled up

I learned about Hello Dollies in one of my top five favorite movies. I have seen the movie more times than I can even ballpark but never made the featured baked good until this past weekend.

The first attempt was structurally semi-successful, but taste-wise quite excellent. And they made the perfect accompaniment for yet another viewing.

Hello Dolly

Hell o' Dollies

4x3x2

The Triple Double Oreo

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