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I can’t believe it’s been more than two years since I first joined the Tuesdays with Dorie baking group. You’d think that with that much time, I’d have thought way in advance about which recipe I’d want to pick when my turn came around. But no, I hemmed and hawed for weeks; the decision wasn’t [...]

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I love breakfast foods. I could eat them all day long…and in fact, I oftentimes do! On many Mondays, a group of coworkers and I head to a nearby cafe, and I always order an omelet with brunch potatoes. Many times for dinner, I’ll eat a big bowl of cereal with banana slices and chopped walnuts. [...]

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Happy New Year! What delicious little nuggets of chocolaty goodness these are. And easy to make, too! The best thing about these cookies was the addition of the cinnamon. I actually omitted the cloves, but the next time I bake these, I’ll actually replace the cloves with extra cinnamon. I bet the ginger variations are yummy [...]

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Dorie’s Translucent Maple Tuiles just may have been my biggest kitchen disaster to date, haha. Which is too bad, because the very few I was able to salvage were delicious, and it would have been nice to have had more. These tuiles were supposed to come out paper thin, lacey and pliable, so that you [...]

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Oh…life with a baby. Before she was born, I was planner. Always thinking ahead, always making to-do lists, always hitting goals. And my plan for Thanksgiving was to make Dorie’s Caramel Pumpkin Pie. Now I’m learning how to be more flexible. Case in point: I threw that plan out the window when my daughter decided [...]

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