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Scones Forever

Because breakfast wins best meal award*. (*Based on the dessert-as-a-meal-thing, obvz.) Because my countertops are covered with dishes and my bed is covered with laundry. Because my car seats are covered in sesame seeds from emergency bagel-ing on the regular. Because I’m good at running out of milk, cereal, bread for toasting, and general breakfast foods. Because I took a 2-hour nap Saturday and then ran out of daylight. Because my favorite cowboy boots are…

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Mom’s Melt-In-Your-Mouth Pantry Cookies

My mom totally came up with this dreamy cookie recipe. She told me about them before she made them, texted me pictures after she made them, and sent me the recipe that very night. The next day I bought the ingredients. The thought of a cookie with tons of mix-ins, plenty of crunch and a pecan sandie-esque melt-in-your-mouth quality sounded perfect. They were just what I needed to bump me out of the funk I…

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Black & White Brownies

I wouldn’t choose White Chocolate as my my rapper name. I mean, white chocolate’s ok. I like it on things like pretzels or in a pumpkin cookie, but I’d never just say, “Toss me that white chocolate bunny, I want to eat its ears.” It just wouldn’t happen. But these guys make me totally appreciate white chocolate in a new way. Because, you see, these are pretty much white chocolate brownies with milk/dark chocolate chips.…

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Honey Hearts

These cookies are crunchy. Turn the volume up on Law & Order, blare the The Kills. They might drown out people when they’re trying to talk to you. They’re rude like that. Their tastiness though, will make you embrace the crunch. And I haven’t tried it yet, but I know that if you dunk these in milk it’ll be a dreamy after-school-type snack. I had to eat one right out of the oven; I wanted…

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Truffle Pops

Oops. I forgot to have anybody take a picture of Jake and me at the brunch party. And Jake was looking super hip and I was wearing tights with hearts on them. And we forgot to get a picture of Jake’s charcuterie tray with garlic sausage and proscuitto and McClure’s pickles. And I forgot to take pictures of these mid-party. They were on the table, on my favorite pink cake stand, behind the daffodils.* These…

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Peppermint Bark Lollipops

I had a dream about these lollipops on Friday night. So, of course, I made them Saturday night. I made these the easy way. There are only two ingredients. White chocolate and peppermint crunch candies. Cake and candy supply stores are the place to get the ingredients AND the lollipop molds and such. I’ve had these lollipop molds since July and I’ve been trying to think of fun things to make in them. I guess…

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Candy Cane Oreos

I’ve got the winter blues. It has to do with the fact that every day I layer on sweaters, a scarf and a coat. And once all these layers are on I realize my bra strap is twisted. It’s twisted underneath layers of clothes. It’s the worst. So yeah, I’m getting frustrated with winter. Jake and Elliot help chase away the blues though. Jake makes me tasty burgers, chit-chats with me, and doesn’t judge me…

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Raspberry White Chocolate Scones

I’m wearing tennis shoes with my pajama dress right now. It has to do with me trying to kill a bug and instead having it fall somewhere shadowy and full of hiding spots and now I feel like it’s everywhere. I’ve failed at bug killing twice in the last week! It’s summer, don’t these bugs want to be outside? And once, Elliot licked a bug when I was hoping he’d take care of it for…

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