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Chocolate and peanut butter…is there really any flavor combination out there that’s better than this? I can really only think of a few (chocolate and caramel, anyone?). As far as sweets are concerned, the marriage of chocolate and peanut butter really tops the list. And these cookies showcase the union perfectly.
Soft pillows of chocolate cookie [...]

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Oh Dulce de Leche Duos, how I love you. You’re like the cousin of the alfajor, except unlike the crumbly, shortbread-y Spanish confection, your thick, gooey, caramelly filling is sandwiched between two soft, chewy cookies. You’re fabulously delicious…even without the dulce de leche, for those who think that’s too over-the-top (crazies!).
Can you tell I loved these? [...]

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Care for a giant chocolate chip cookie that’s flat and crispy on the edges, but soft, chewy and extremely chocolatey on the inside? I’d say go to Jacques Torres’ Chocolate shop in Brooklyn, but I won’t because, yay—you can make them yourself!

Until now, there were only two chocolate chip cookie recipes I’d ever made in [...]

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Hmm… what did I do wrong? I’m so sad that Dorie’s Espresso Cheesecake Brownies didn’t come out that great for me. While they were beautiful—quite possibly the most beautiful Dorie creation I’ve created to date—they just didn’t come out tasting good.

The brownie layer was fantastic, but the cheesecake layer tasted, well, eggy. And the weird [...]

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Why is the miniaturization of desserts and pastries so popular? I was visiting my sister in NYC this weekend, and mini cupcakes, mini cookies, mini anything, really, seem to be all the rage right now. We were walking in SoHo and passed by Baked by Melissa, a tiny storefront cupcake window selling baby cupcakes. We [...]

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