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White Chocolate Cheesecake

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White. Chocolate. Cheesecake.  MMMMMmmmmm.

I was  in the grocery store picking up the last minute Christmas dinner items that I always forget.  Usually how it works is that I don’t realize that I forgot something until Christmas day when everything is closed.  But anyway, I was in the dairy aisle picking up some eggs when I saw that Philadelphia Cream Cheese was on sale.  The good shit.   So I add three packets to my cart and finished checking the things off my list.  (I ended up forgetting the aluminum foil, if you’re curious)…

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Peppermint Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

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A few of you know that this blog isn’t really new.  It started back in 2011 during the gap period after law school when I was desperately looking for a job.  I didn’t plan much in the beginning.  My only goal was to do something else during the day besides the soul-crushing process that is job-hunting in a terrible legal market. I was a girl with a small apartment kitchen, an iPhone 4 and a couple of kitchen towels from Target for “props”….

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Double Biscoff Cookies

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I had my first Double Biscoff cookie two years ago. My coworkers and I started hosting semi-regular baking events.  Okay, so I think I might have been the ring leader, but no one was complaining 🙂   The idea was simple, everyone brings in their favorite dessert based on a theme.  Think pies on Pi Day.  That kind of thing.  It was a fun office.

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How to Create a Christmas Cookie Box

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Have you seen those beautiful cookie boxes that are popping up all over Instagram lately? I am smitten with the cookie box trend.  Since “cookie baking season” is my second favorite baking season (first place is obviously Pie week at Thanksgiving) I whipped up a few cookie boxes to mail to friends and family that we won’t get to see this Holiday Season.

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