Chocolate Macadamia White Chip Cookies

When your husband volunteers to bake cookies you take him up on the offer. I love making cookies and it’s probably my favorite food to make.  I mean it’s cookies, hello?  Anyway, I didn’t mind at all when my husband said he’d like to whip up a batch (or two, hint hint).  If you’re familiar with my blog then you know that he’s not a stranger to the kitchen.  His specialty is making bread.  He’s made every yeast bread recipe on Tina’s Chic Corner (i.e. Dave’s Bread Corner).  That’s convenient since he enjoys making it and I’m afraid to. Forgive me for there being …

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S’more Cookie Bars

What’s the first dessert that comes to mind when you think of summer?  For me, it’s a s’more. Le’ts address the elephant in the room first.  For all my life I’ve called it a s’mores.  To be clear I thought it was like deer or moose.  I thought s’mores was both singular and plural.  Wikipedia has now corrected me.  It’s a s’more (no “s” at the end).  I learn something new everyday.  😉  If you’re my husband (the Pixar fan) then you may also refer to them as schmoes. Okay, back to your regularly scheduled program.  Desserts.  Summer desserts.  How …

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Sweet and Salty Cookies

Are you a fan of the Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel?  If yes, then get ready to be excited because they just announced their Christmas in July movie schedule! I’m a total sucker for Christmas movies, so rest assured that I’ll be catching most of them next month.  Who am I kidding?  I’m sure I’ll watch them all even if I’ve seen them ten times.  With Christmas on the brain, I thought I’d whip up some cookies.  You know, because cookies are THE thing to bake at Christmas time.  Yes, this is me trying to justify making cookies right now …

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Blueberry Crumb Bars

I’ve got a cheater’s way of making blueberry pie.  Interested? I know that baking a pie can be an intimidating task, especially the crust part.  I used to feel that way for a very long time.  I avoided making pies because I thought it was an impossible task for me.  Then one day I made a blueberry peach pie for my husband for his birthday.  I wish I could tell you that it was a happy ending, but in fact, the pie turned out kind of nasty.  In my defense, I picked the worst pie to try first because it’s extremely …

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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

Last week was a total bust on the blog front. We had eight straight days of clouds and/or rain which made me feel lazy and unmotivated. I did manage to push myself to try one new recipe but it was a flop so obviously I was not going to share it with you.  By the end of Wednesday I decided to write the week off. I was super productive over the weekend though.  My husband and I went car shopping.  (You know, test driving, sitting through salesman schpeals, etc.)  I hate car shopping but it didn’t turn out as bad …

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