Recipe 80: Cashew Butter and Jam Thumbprints

Hiiiiiiii! I lied to you last time. It’s been a year. Do I even remember how to bake?

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Well, I’ll tell you right now…the answer is no! I have a friend, Lindy, who is not eating dairy right now. Fall is in the air (literally, with all my fall candles from Bath & Body Works #notsponsored #pleasesponsorme), so I thought it would be a good idea to make some vegan pumpkin bread! That recipe was not by Martha and it failed, miserably. But this blog is not about that bread, it’s about the dairy-free cookies I tried the next day:

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This recipe is in her A New Way to Bake cookbook. This “new way” excludes flour and dairy. This recipe is not on her website. Is this a sign of things to come? Continue reading

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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How sweet.  Continue reading

Recipe 76: Iced Sugar Cookie Cutouts

The holiday season might be gone, but this was a pre-Christmas baking event, so deal with it.

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We had my niece, Ava, over for an all-day baking extravaganza. We made peanut butter kiss cookies, glitter balls, peppermint bark (that failed), and these.  Continue reading

Recipe 75: Almond Fruit Bars

One of my most loyal (and cookie-excitable) followers from work had a birthday last week, so I obviously had to bake something for her.

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This are actually pretty similar to the super popular PB&J Bars, but read on anyway!  Continue reading

Recipe 71: Cinnamon Pecan Crescents

Oh, hi. Did you forget that I had a cookie blog? So did I. I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I baked cookies and posted a blog – ew!

Anyway, it’s my favorite time of year. Although these look Christmasy instead of Halloweeny, they’ve got cinnamon and that’s close enough.

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I thought these would be an easy way to get back into the groove of baking. I mean, there were only 7 ingredients and one of them was water.  Continue reading

Recipe 69: Coconut Bars

I wanted to bake something kind of easy this week, so I chose these.

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Boy, are you in for a treat.  Continue reading

Recipe 68: Hermit Bars

The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and it’s the perfect time for Springtime treats. Not today. hermitbars These look pretty normal and appropriate for this time of year. Well, visions are not always as they seemContinue reading

Recipe 67: Healthier Oatmeal Cookies

Queen B says, “You wanna hot body?…You betta work bitch.” She’s right. I have to get back to baking and blogging. To help with that whole hot body thing, I chose this for today:

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What makes these healthier than normal cookies? To start, there’s wheat germ. Don’t be afraid. Keep reading.

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Recipe 66: Matcha Tea Biscuits

Anyone who knows me (see: co-workers) knows how I feel about tea. It’s for the sickly and I’m not interested.

I’ve been delaying these for obvious reasons, but recently watched Alice in Wonderland and felt inspired. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, it will be fine in a cookie.

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What is matcha? This is starting well.  Continue reading

Recipe 65: Coconut Sandwich Cookies

My new friend Genoa went back and read every single blog I’ve written. When she asked if she could help me bake, the answer was simple: no.

OMG I’m kidding. Of course I said yes. I wanted to pick something relatively easy since Genoa says she doesn’t cook or bake. I thought she was exaggerating until I found an unopened, expired bag of flour in her cupboard.

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These were the winners! Little did I know that when I arrived at Genoa’s house, I was in for the shock of my life.  Continue reading