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February has been a crazy and wonderful month for us. Earlier in the month, my wife and I developed a strong desire to bake something new. My project was cake, and that’s the subject of another post. My wife’s project was chocolate chip cookies. There’s nothing better than a good chocolate chip cookie, but I [...]

I baked Christmas cookies to take to my parents’ traditional Christmas Eve party this year.
Allyson helped mix the dough two nights ago (we refrigerated it), and I rolled, cut, baked, and decorated the cookies this afternoon. I used the sugar cookie recipe I posted in the fall, and decorated the resultant cookies with melted dark [...]

I do not consider myself a baker. When I cook, I almost never use recipes. My best meals are usually whipped up impromptu, out of leftovers and whatever interesting things I can find. I do have a soft spot for (and a soft belly from) cookies. When I bake, however–which is rare–I have to hit [...]