Recipe 77: Dark Chocolate Heart Cutouts

Miss me? We’ll just pretend that 21 month gap didn’t exist. Let’s just call this season 4 of Nate Makes Cookies.

In today’s episode, Nate finds himself in his first house and beautiful new kitchen. Guest star: Brittany (sister).

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Recipe 30: Chocolate Mint Wafers

Happy 30th recipe to me! It’s crazy, considering before I started this blog, I’d probably only baked 30 times in my entire life.

This time I made Chocolate Mint Wafers. Although this is in Martha’s “Holiday Cookies” section, I wanted them now.

Why? Well, these are basically Thin Mints and those snotty little Girl Scouts aren’t selling cookies this time of year!

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Recipe 28: Chocolate Thumbprints

There was some drama this week while I tried to prep to make these cookies. I drove all over town looking for a whole vanilla bean and finally found one at Fred Meyer. $12! TWELVE DOLLARS. These better be worth it.

Last week I made the lime bars and that wasn’t enough to feed everyone at work. I’m making up for it this time. This recipe is supposed to make 7.5 dozen! Continue reading

Recipe 16: Hugs and Kisses Cookies

Valentine’s Day is approaching and there are a few related cookies in the app. I decided to start with Hugs and Kisses Sugar (and chocolate) Cookies.

2 separate recipes in 1? Martha, you crazy! Or is it me that’s crazy for going for it?

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Recipe 10: Double Chocolate Mint Cookies

It’s been DAYS since I last baked cookies. I felt empty inside before today. I’m sorry if I let any of you down. Please jump back on my train.

This satisfies my every desire:

EXCEPT for the walnuts. I decided to kick them out of this recipe because nobody likes fucking walnuts.  Continue reading