Lordy. It’s been FIVE months since my last post? I am surprised I get any hits at all, and thank goodness for search engines! Continue reading
Category Archives: Cookies and Bars
August 4, 2016 · 12:35 pm
Too Hot for A Campfire? Try S’mores Bars!
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Tagged as baking, chocolate, dessert, friendship, graham crackers, marshmallow fluff, Snacks
March 9, 2016 · 8:48 am
Train Treats for the Orchesquad: Dulce de Leche Cookies
My son Ken attends a parochial Catholic high school after eight years in our county public school system. The biggest adjustment for him was not academics, but his school orchestra program. Continue reading →
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Tagged as baking, cookie tray ideas, dessert, dulce de leche, friendship, high school, Snacks, strings orchestra
December 17, 2015 · 4:33 pm
Christmas Dinner 2015 and Grace’s Favorite Cookie
Yes, the annual Christmas dinner debate is over. The only discussions were minor because I announced I was going “back to basics”: Continue reading →
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Tagged as baking, Christmas 101 book, Christmas cookies, Christmas dinner menu, dessert, friendship, Holiday baking, pecans
December 11, 2015 · 11:34 pm
Our Roanoke Rock Star and Woodford Reserve Bourbon Balls
In our neck of Northern Virgina, there’s a cool cozy venue hidden in a tiny strip mall in Vienna. Named Jammin’ Java, it’s more likely to bring to mind a coffee shop. Continue reading →
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Tagged as 80s, bourbon, chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, dessert, friendship, Holiday, Roanoke, Rock n roll, Salvage Dogs, Southern cooking, Woodford Reserve
December 10, 2015 · 9:21 pm
Christmas Is Calling…With Cranberry Oat Bars!
It is a shame you can’t buy fresh cranberries year-round. My BFF Grace likes to buy extra bags around Thanksgiving and freeze them to make coffee cake. Me, Continue reading →
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Tagged as baking, bar cookies, Christmas cookies, cranberry, dessert, oatmeal, pecans, Snacks
June 3, 2013 · 9:29 pm
Coconut Cream Pie Bars from Foodie (and Wine) Friend Lee!
I met my friend Lee through her best friend Andy whom I met decades ago when my hospital was installing his company’s software. Andy once organized a wine trip through Napa for eight of us which involved multiple wine tour stops per day and traveling around in a big white van– but that’s another blog post… Continue reading →
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