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Marshmallow Creme Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cornflake Cookies

Cooking Time: 1 hour + 1 hour to chill

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Do you ever find yourself at 10:30pm – having already made two batches of cookies, personally addressed nearly a hundred Christmas cards, wrapped close to 30 presents, and run about a dozen last minute errands – thinking, “maybe I should make just one more batch of cookies.” No? That’s because...

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My First Bake-O-lution! Momofuku Milkbar Cornflake Cookie Sandwiches Filled with Cereal Milk Buttercream

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On my first day at my new job, the whole office gathered for an afternoon break featuring more than half a dozen cakes. While I’d like to say this was all to welcome me to the office, it was actually a fun monthly tradition we have at Share Our Strength: Bake-O-lution....

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Ugly But Delicious: Flourless Double Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies

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Have you ever made something that you intended to share with a group and had it come out so unpresentable that you decided to hold off, but then when you tasted it discovered that it’s actually really delicious and you’re kind of glad you didn’t have to share it anyways?...

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Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies filled with Pumpkin Cashew Butter and Drizzled with Dark Chocolate

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Before I share with you some of the BEST COOKIES THAT EVER WERE you’re going to listen to me rant about something for a moment. Can we please talk about the use of the word “slutty” as an adjective describing food? I mean, let’s back things up for a minute…...

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Caramel Apple Cider Cookies and Pumpkin Irony

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My big news for the weekend is that I appear to have overcome my pumpkin allergy! It’s probably been fifteen years since I last carved a pumpkin. Frankly it wasn’t worth the hives and swollen eyes. But when I got an invite to a pumpkin carving party, I decided it...

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Tahini Thumbprint Cookies with Fig Preserves {Leftovers Club}

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The tahini kick continues! Seriously, I can’t get enough of the stuff. When I discovered the cookbook I acquired for the month from my Cook Book Book Club had an entire page dedicated to the fascination with Tahini, I was beyond stoked! Since I only have this beautiful book for a...

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Homemade Fig Newtons {Leftovers Club!}

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When I was little, I would have felt a bit ripped off if you offered me a cookie and then handed me a Fig Newton. There were enough Oreos and Chips Ahoy in my life that I knew a cookie when I saw one! Of course fruit or no fruit,...

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From Turkey with Love: Cardamom Oatmeal Fig Cookies

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This poor recipe has been put on the back burner for a while. You see I made these back in January but didn’t get around to posting them before starting the Whole30. And then, well, I didn’t want you to get the wrong idea! But these cookies deserve not be...

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Coconut Chai Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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On snow days you’ll usually find me baking, and the most recent one was no exception. I’d been to the gym, I’d written a blog post, I’d watched a full news cycle… what else was there to do but messy up the kitchen!? God knows I’ll do anything to avoid...

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Potpourri Cookies and The Leftovers Club

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Ever since my days at sleep away camp, getting mail has been one of the highlights of my day. Especially packages. I’ll never forget one of my first weeks at college when I went down to the student center and found that I had two packages: chocolate chip cookies from...

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