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Fruitcake Cookies {Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting}

December 19, 2015 by Lindsey 5 Comments

Fruitcake Cookies {Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting}

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Fruitcake Cookies are chewy sugar cookies stuffed full of candied fruits, raisins and toasted pecans for a unique twist on the classic Christmas fruitcake! Topped with a brandy cream cheese frosting, these little cookies are irresistible! And we’re back with Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! This… 

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Orange Pecan Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 16, 2015 by Lindsey 10 Comments

Orange Pecan Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Soft, chewy cinnamon milk chocolate chip cookies with toasted pecans and candied orange peel. These cookies will have you reaching for another before you realize what you’re doing! Y’all know how I feel about chocolate chip cookies. They are my ride-or-die favorites. It just didn’t feel right not having one… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: brown sugar, candied orange, chewy, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cinnamon, cookies, cream cheese, dessert, easy, epicurious, Holiday, milk chocolate, orange zest, pecan

Moravian Christmas Cookies

December 15, 2015 by Lindsey 10 Comments

Moravian Christmas Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Moravian Christmas Cookies are paper-thin, crispy, spiced molasses cookies. Sweet and gingery, they taste a bit like gingerbread but are waaaay more addicting! Let me boil down my college experience for you. At Wake Forest I learned a lot about math and French, a little about everything else including keg… 

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Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

December 14, 2015 by Lindsey 6 Comments

Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

 12 Days of Christmas Cookies Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are sweet and chewy with the perfect ratio of raisins and oatmeal to cookie dough!  Flashback to Thanksgiving: I had baked and photographed 8 cookies (in addition to my regular job) in three days and, as I sat on the train to my grandparent’s house in… 

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Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies

December 12, 2015 by Lindsey 3 Comments

Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies These Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies are a buttery shortbread cookie dough filled with a Moscato cranberry jam and baked to soft, tender perfection. The dough tastes like Walker’s shortbread but is chewy and soft instead of crumbly.  I got this recipe on a family vacation in Napa! During the wine tasting at… 

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Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels

December 11, 2015 by Lindsey 11 Comments

Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels

12 Days of Christmas Cookies These Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels are soft, chewy cinnamon brown sugar cookies with a pecan date filling! They may be old fashioned but they are absolutely sensational!  These cookies are delicious and I don’t even like dates! The brown sugar cookie dough is something that legends are made out of…. 

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Spiced Crinkle Cookies

December 9, 2015 by Lindsey 4 Comments

Spiced Crinkle Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies These Spiced Crinkle Cookies are soft pillows of molasses and spice. They are rolled in sugar like all good cookies are… It wouldn’t be Christmas without a molasses spice cookie and that is a fact. Bonus points for rolling that cookie in granulated sugar. These cookies are softer and more… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Good Housekeeping Cookbook 1955, Heritage Cookbooks Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, dessert, easy, epicurious, heritage, Holiday, molasses

Cardamom Walnut Snowballs

December 8, 2015 by Lindsey 5 Comments

Cardamom Walnut Snowballs

12 Days of Christmas Cookies I love cardamom. Love it. I seriously considered putting a sachet of cardamom pods under my pillow at night, but then I decided that was kind of weird. Don’t tell anyone else. It’s our secret. Plus is there anything better than eating a cookie absolutely coated in powdered sugar? It… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, baking, cardamom, Christmas, Christmas Cookie, easy, epicurious, Holiday, snowballs, walnut, Winter

Rum Refrigerator Cookies

December 7, 2015 by Lindsey 7 Comments

Rum Refrigerator Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Rum Refrigerator Cookies! Soft, chewy and moist – these cookies’ cardamom and citrus notes will positively brighten your holidays. A little nuttiness from the almonds rounds out these absolutely sensational cookies. I mean come on? Nuts, lemon, cardamom, and rum? What could possibly go wrong with that?! Nada. Sometimes you… 

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Ice Cream Cookie Stacks {And a Giveaway!}

August 10, 2015 by Lindsey 41 Comments

Ice Cream Cookie Stacks {And a Giveaway!}

Layers of ice cream stacked on top of chewy cookies make the perfect Summer dessert!  Ice cream. Summer. Parties. (Preferably with a grill or a rooftop…maybe both, but beggars can’t be choosers.) Ice cream. It’s become my mission. Now that culinary school is over (tear), there is a huge void in my life where all… 

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I’m overjoyed that you have stopped by! This blog combines my passions for cooking, baking, recipe development, cookbooks, and American history. I post a smorgasbord of heirloom and heritage recipes, my personal creations, and modern recipes that are just too good not to share!

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It’s Summer!!

You will love this Coconut Mango Tart! It is fresh and perfect for Summer!

Coconut Mango Tart {Giveaway!}

In these Lemon Coconut Cupcakes a moist coconut cupcake that is made with both dried coconut and coconut milk is filled with lemon curd and then topped with a coconut Italian Meringue Buttercream. And then topped off with some more toasted coconut.

Lemon Coconut Cupcakes {Italian Meringue Buttercream}

This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.

Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl

Peach Crisp Cupcakes filled with peach compote and topped with Swiss meringue buttercream

Peach Crisp Cupcakes with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

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These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast.

Cherry Preserves Ricotta Toast

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There is nothing better than taking all of Summer’s bounty and throwing it into an easy, no-oven salad! This Stonefruit Caprese Panzanella Salad is at once familiar and comforting with a hint of the unexpected!

Stone Fruit Caprese Panzanella Salad

In these TWO video tutorials for how to make salted caramel sauce you will learn the dry caramel method and the wet caramel method! They both have same perfect result, so you can choose your favorite!

Salted Caramel Sauce: Two Methods {VIDEOS}

This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.

Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl

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These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast.
There is nothing better than taking all of Summer’s bounty and throwing it into an easy, no-oven salad! This Stonefruit Caprese Panzanella Salad is at once familiar and comforting with a hint of the unexpected!
In these TWO video tutorials for how to make salted caramel sauce you will learn the dry caramel method and the wet caramel method! They both have same perfect result, so you can choose your favorite!
This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.
This Bourbon Cherry Caramel Ice Cream is a smooth, rich caramel ice cream with a homemade cherry jam swirl and Bourbon soaked cherries!
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