tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33040514503359427282024-02-22T11:51:43.280-08:00Flour ChildWelcome to Flour Child! Ever since I got my turquoise Easy Bake Oven, I have loved baking and sharing with friends, family and new or budding acquaintances. This blog lets me share my ideas with you.Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-63866356688533197642014-01-21T07:04:00.001-08:002014-01-21T07:04:44.400-08:00Going Squirrelly!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So apparently January 21 is <a href="http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/outdoors/archives/2011/squirrel-day-activities.aspx" target="_blank">Squirrel Appreciation Day</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t mind squirrels – even
the grey one that sorta rules my backyard, stares my down when I come out with
the dogs, leaves me bread in the winter and pears in the summer…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it is nice that there is a day to
appreciate them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But January
21?!?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temperatures outside in
Toronto on this January 21, 2014 is -23<sup>o</sup> C (or -8<sup>o</sup> F) so
I’m thinking of renaming the today as Freeze Your Nuts Off <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay warm everyone – especially our furry squirrelly
friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-54576028800684701332014-01-17T09:16:00.000-08:002014-01-17T09:16:13.918-08:00I’m a Hermit (cookie) this Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Last week I asked
what kind of cookies I should be making to fill some time before Valentine’s
Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My cousin suggested Hermit
Cookies because we are all such hermits in the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awesome idea for so many reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">A hermit is a
person who lives in seclusion from society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between the ice storm in December and the arctic
temperatures of January, I (and many of my fellow Torontonians) have become a
bit of a hermit this winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">A hermit cookie is
a spice cookie full of dates, raisins and nuts (although I updated these and
used SKOR bites ).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
believed to have been called hermit cookies due to them keeping well and could
therefore be hidden away like a hermit. But the truth is there will be no
keeping these cookies because they are really really yummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Apparently they
are so good there is even a National Hermit Cookie Day on November 15. I will
have to remember that but I’m not going to wait until then to share the
recipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">So here is how I
made them…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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½<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cup unsalted
butter (bring to room temperature if you have time)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup brown sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 large eggs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 tsp vanilla <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 1/3 cups flour<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 tsp baking soda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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¼<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 tsp heaping
cinnamon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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½<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp allspice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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¼<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp cloves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup raisins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup dates,
pitted and coarsely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup SKOR bites
(or chopped walnuts)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Heat oven to 350<sup>0
</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and line two cookie sheets
with parchment paper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Combine flour,
baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and cloves in a bowl and set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Beat butter and
sugar until sugar is light and mixture is fluffy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add eggs and vanilla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I usually add eggs one at a time and scrape sides of the bowl in
between.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Add flour and
spices to the butter mixture until well combined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Fold in raisins,
dates and SKOR bites by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Drop by
tablespoon on to parchment lined cookie sheets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put 15 cookies on each sheet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Bake 12 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Sit down and have
a hermit with a cuppa tea and good book, by the fire and dream of warmer days. These cookies
will make your house smell really good and warm your heart through this crazy
winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Shortbread is a type
of cookie made from approximately one part icing sugar, two parts butter, and
three parts flour and baked at a low temperature to avoid browning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">I make these cookies
ALL YEAR ROUND but for some reason shortbread are often made and shared at
Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think these
shortbread are make even better because they are chocolate chip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously isn’t everything better with
chocolate chips?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Christmas is next week
so I thought I would share one of my all time favorite recipes and here is how
I make chocolate chip shortbread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">1 3/4 c pastry four (often this has salt but if not, add </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">¼</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> tsp.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">1 c <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mini </b>chocolate chips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">3/4 c unsalted butter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">1/2 c icing sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">2 tsp cold water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">2 tsp vanilla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">4 oz squares semi-sweet or bitter sweet chocolate (for dipping) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Preheat oven to 325. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Line 1 or 2 baking sheets with parchment paper (depending on the
size of your cookie sheets – the recipe makes 30 cookies – they all fit on my 16x21”)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In a small bowl, stir flour with MINI chocolate chips (the cookies
are only about 1 1/2 “ so normal size chips are too big).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In a large bowl, sing an electric mixer, beat butter until smooth,
then gradually beat in icing sugar until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Beat in water, vanilla (and salt if your pastry flour does not
include).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Dip half of cooled cookies into melted chocolate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Refrigerate until chocolate is set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">If you make these
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I love going to
the movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On most Saturday
nights that is where you will find me and my husband at the movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we are just as happy going to a
drama or comedy or art film or documentary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So when the Toronto International Film Festival comes to
town we are so excited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then
getting to make movie themed cookies … well you can just imagine...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">TIFF is a big
event in the city so I made these cookies and here is how I did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- movie camera cookie cutter (I used the <a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/Movie-Camera-Cookie-Cutter-235p1698.htm" target="_blank">this one from Copper Gifts</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- gel paste to colour some of the royal icing (I
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- silver spray (I used <a href="http://www.goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=8278&step=4" target="_blank">PME Lustre Spray</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- royal icing – as always, I really like the Ateco
meringue powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut out
the movie camera cookies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Outline each
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Fill or flood the
cookies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like using the squeeze
bottles because it is so much cleaner then a piping bag when flooding cookies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Use a toothpick
or bamboo skewer to pull the icing to fill the cookie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you just use the squeeze bottle
there is a chance that you will overflood the cookie – it is always a fine line
between the perfectly flooded cookie and a cookie that is over flowing with
icing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The toothpick “pull” really
helps ensure an evenly flooded cookie.</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Let the cookies
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Spray the cookies
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Outline camera in
black. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can stop there or put a
movie expression like “Action” or “Take One” in the middle of the cookie in
yellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always like the way the
way yellow and silver look together but of course you can use whatever colour
you like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I was pleased
with the way these cookies turned out and now its off to the movies (which of course includes popcorn)!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I make Challah
almost every Friday but making Challah for the Jewish New Year is extra
sweet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of sugar, I use
honey and instead of a straight braid, I make a <a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/560778/jewish/Weaving-Round-Challah.htm" target="_blank">round challah</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">This recipe makes
2 medium challahs – I make one with raisins and one with chocolate chips (which
is always a big hit with the kids).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">This recipe (from my Cuisinart Bread Machine) is
great all year round but extra sweet for a sweet new year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">And, here is how
I make it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1/3 + 2 TBSP
canola oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 large eggs
(room temperature)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 </span>¼<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">4 TBSP honey
(buckwheat is the most flavourful)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">3 </span>¾<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cups flour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 </span>¼<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp yeast, active dry, instant or bread
machine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Place ingredients
in order listed, in bread machine pan fitted with the kneading paddle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Select the menu
on your bread machine for dough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Press start to
mix, knead, rise your dough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">When cycle is
complete, remove dough from machine and place on floured surface to rest – 10
minutes is good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I usually make 2
loaves from the large recipe above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Braid into loaves
and let rise again if you have time – 30 to 60 minutes is good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">[NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you wish you can braid the challah
and freeze it unbaked for future use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you do this take the challah out of the freezer and let sit on a
parchment covered cookie sheet for a few hours – they will rise again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then continue on the recipe as
directed. My sister taught me this trick and can be a real time saver depending on your week.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Egg wash and
cover with streusel topping.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Bake 30-40
minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mix Ins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Raisins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Craisins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Chocolate Chips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Sprinkles – for
fun I put on top of chocolate chip challah <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I put the mixins
in before I braid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Streusel
Topping<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup flour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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½<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cup margarine,
cut into pieces <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Mix sugar, flour,
and margarine with fork or in food processor to form a crumble. Sprinkle on top
of challah before baking. (You can double and just keep remainder in the
freezer to use week after week).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Have a Happy New
Year – full of health and peace and all sweet things!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Happy Father’s
Day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I made these doll
cookies – thinking they would be very cute and look like an American Girl doll
(even though I am a very Canadian girl;).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">When they were
done, I thought they looked like me and my friend S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When my husband saw the cookies (knowing I made <a href="http://flourchildbaking.blogspot.ca/2013/01/us-in-cookie.html" target="_blank">Us in Cookie</a>) he said “Cute, You and S. in Cookie” – this is funny because hubby does
not really notice stuff like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">S. and I have
been friends for over 30 years – yes yes we met long before we were born;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Today is S’s
birthday so I thought I would send this out with a big huge “Happy Birthday My
Friend My Friend!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-8414317576580293142013-02-14T09:07:00.002-08:002013-02-14T09:07:11.904-08:00Happy Valentine's Day
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I had so many
ideas for Valentine’s Day this year and I did not get to blog about all of
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure I did the <a href="http://flourchildbaking.blogspot.ca/2013/02/puppy-love-apple-cinnamon-dog-bones.html" target="_blank">apple cinnamon dog bones</a> and <a href="http://flourchildbaking.blogspot.ca/2013/02/blondies-with-all-kinds-of-kisses.html" target="_blank">blondies with kisses</a>, but I really had many many other
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of them came to
fruition and I did not get to write about them (like the ones below) but some
just did not happen and will have to be saved for next year or morphed into
another holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">And while hearts
are still the number one cookie for Valentine’s Day I did make a few fun new
ones that tuned out quite lovely for this day that is all about amore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Love Is In the
Air <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Bee Mine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Loves Me, Loves
Me Not Daisy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><o:p> Not sure if I will ever get though all the ideas in my head -- do you ever have that problem? Well I guess that it is better to have too many ideas than to run dry. </o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">In the meantime I hope today is a day full of love and kisses and hugs (and if some of those are chocolate kisses and hugs -- then it is sure to be a great).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><o:p>Happy Valentine's Day!</o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-2695793889612513902013-02-11T18:06:00.002-08:002013-02-11T18:09:15.885-08:00Blondies With All Kinds of Kisses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Blondies are
sorta like chocolate brownie, but are based on brown sugar instead of cocoa –
which makes them really carmely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I wanted to share
a recipe for Valentines Day that included <a href="http://www.hersheys.com/kisses.aspx#" target="_blank">Kisses</a> so I made blondies with all
kinds of Kisses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was trying to
base this entire blog around the idea of this blondie sending you lots of
kisses … but I’m starting to run out of time to get this up in time for you to
make for your Valentine’s Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">So I made these
and this is how I did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Ingredients</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 </span>½<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cups cake flour (not self-rising)<sup>*</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">¾</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cup (1 </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> sticks)
unsalted butter, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup firmly
packed brown sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 large eggs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 tsp vanilla
extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 cups of <a href="http://www.hersheys.com/kisses.aspx#" target="_blank">Hershey Kisses </a>(I used Hugs & Caramel Kisses)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">*</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> If you don’t have cake flour in your
pantry , measure out 1 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">
cups of all-purpose flour, remove three tablespoons of flour and replace with
three tablespoons of cornstarch. Sift flour and cornstarch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Preheat oven to
350<sup>0</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Grease and
lightly flour a 13”x9” baking pan – I always use Bakers Joy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Unwrap the Kisses
– and set aside -- you might have to test a few -- unwrapping Kisses and not eating ANY is almost impossible -- if you can do it, let me know your secret.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">In a small bowl,
combine flour, baking powder and salt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">In a large bowl,
cream the butter with the sugars until smooth, about 2 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Add the dry
ingredients and mix thoroughly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Stir in the
Kisses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spread the batter evenly
in the pan – it will look sorts thin but don’t worry it will fill out and rise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Bake 35 to 40
minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the pan comes out
with moist crumbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t over bake
– like brownies a little under baked is better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Allow to cool
before cutting – I used this <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=AF34FDF7-1E0B-C910-EAAAC1DA2BA4AEA7&killnav=1" target="_blank">Wilton Brownie Combo Heart Cutter</a> – which is great
because if cuts a fun shape and does not waste much of the blondies (and by
waste I mean corners that you can eat).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Sending you lots
of Hugs and Kisses in the form of really yummy blondies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Happy Valentine’s
Day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-32545546285929226692013-02-01T00:30:00.000-08:002013-02-01T00:30:06.661-08:00Puppy Love Apple Cinnamon Dog Bones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Today is one of
my dog’s 14<sup>th</sup> birthday so I made these apple cinnamon dog
bones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I made them
because I just love him so SO much and although he is 14 I still think of him as
my puppy love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Then I realized
how very cinnamony these dog biscuits smell and thought of Valentine’s Day
because you know how I <a href="http://flourchildbaking.blogspot.ca/search/label/Cinnamon" target="_blank">associate Valentine’s with cinnamon</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">The dogs are important members of the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bake for all my loved
ones and so it only makes sense that I would bake for the pooches as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">The recipe is
pretty easy and the dogs seem to like them... at least they come and grab them
and run away with them gobble them down and come back for more – mind you they do that with any treat I give them so
perhaps this crowd is not the most discerning…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">But they seemed to enjoy these fresh baked, low fat treats which makes me happy. And, here is how
I made them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">4 cups whole
wheat flour – plus more for flouring work service<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1/2 cup cornmeal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 egg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 teaspoon
cinnamon (heaping)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 tablespoons
vegetable oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 large apple --
grated<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 1/3 cup water –
more if needed to moisten mixture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Preheat oven to
350<sup>o</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">In a mixing bowl,
combine all ingredients except for the apple and water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Mix grated apple
into mixture and add water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Mix until it
starts sticking together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Roll out on a
floured surface to about </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">¼</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">”thick and cut into whatever shapes you
like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a dog bone and heart
but other cute/fun shapes could be a gingerbread postman or a cat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Place cut cookies
on a parchment paper lined sheet and bake for 60 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Cool and share
with your best friend. I'm sure they will LOVE you for it because that is just the way dogs are and we are lucky to have them in our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Last week (or
maybe a bit longer than that) was our 7<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not think of what to make for
my husband that expressed how much I love him, how cute I think he is and how
happy I am to have him in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then I remembered our <a href="http://www.thestationerystudio.com/stick-figure/" target="_blank">Stationary Studio stick figure stickers </a>– which
pretty much sums it up…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">So I made these
cookies of us – I heart the heart mouth and my hair which is either blond with
brown lowlights or brown with blond highlights – I don’t really remember
anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><b>What I like</b> about
these CopperGift.com cookie cutters is that each can be personalized with different
hair, eyes, glasses and accessories -- they are great cookies for your loves on Valentines Day, birthday favours or for a family reunion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><b>What I really like</b> about my husband is his
sense of humor and his ability to see through my kookiness!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">XOXO Honey -- I LOVE you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">So in an effort to start the year
on a healthy note, I made granola.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This granola is a pretty healthy version – it is full of whole grain oats,
no salt nuts, a little healthy olive oil and does not have a ton of sugar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is great about this recipe is you
can add whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
need a no-nut version – add more seeds, coconut and dried fruit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you love nuts chock it full o’ nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">This granola is super fantastic
for breakfast with milk or yogurt (Greek yogurt is my favorite) or on it’s own
for a little afternoon pick-me-up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ve made it so many times since
the new year began and here is how I made it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats –
I used large flakes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup maple syrup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup light tasting olive oil <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1 tsp. vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1 tsp. cinnamon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Add In Ideas – use as many as you
wish or others that you can think of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup sliced almonds, coarsely
chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup cashews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup pistachio nuts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup shelled sunflower seeds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
– I like the big flakes (in fact I put some in that toasted and then added more
raw at the end – but I really love coconut)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup dried apricots, cut into
pieces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup dried cranberries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Mix first five ingredients in a
bowl with whatever add ins you choose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Place on foil lined baking sheet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Bake 350<sup>0</sup> for 15 to 20
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Remove from oven and let cool on a
wire rack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t forget if you
want to add more raw coconut now is the time to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">I think this recipe is a healthy
alternative BUT I provide this cautionary note -- it is quite addictive so if
you are someone who can’t control themselves and is trying to start the year on
a weight loss foot – don’t make it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">But if you do
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Trying to start
the new year off on a healthy foot?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Don’t forget to
strap on your running shoes and eat your veggies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Wishing you a
year of health and peace, kindness and cookies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I hope 2013 is
overflowing with all your dreams come true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Are you depressed
about the hockey strike?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling
bored watching curling – and please don’t get me wrong I really love
watching curling but understand that not everyone shares this pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There is a small ray of sunshine because the world juniors are on and according to news headlines there are some sparks of hope in the NHL talks this weekend. But if you n</span>eed something to occupy your time...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">No worries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a great project to keep you
occupied until the strike is over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I have made these
sport jerseys for baseball, soccer and hockey.</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I have made these with different names and numbers for a team party, the ones above were individually wrapped for table place cards at a Bar Mitzvah. </span>It is time consuming cookie but with no hockey to watch, you most probably have plenty of time on your hands I’m sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are such a great cookie idea for the sports fans in
your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will love all the
time you took to make them something unique and fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Maybe they will forget about the whole NHL strike.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">They are really
fun to make and here is how I did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Materials
Needed for Decorating:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- jersey or tshirt cookie cutter (I used the
large <a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/T-shirt-Cookie-Cutter-182p1286.htm" target="_blank">Tshirt from Copper Gifts</a> – one of my favorite and versatile cookie
cutters)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- <a href="https://www.atecousa.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=7802&Category_Code=csets&Product_Count=34" target="_blank">small number cookie cutters </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- gel past to colour some of the royal icing (I
used royal blue)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- royal icing – as always, I really like the Ateco meringue
powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- piping bags<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut out
the t-shirts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Outline each
cookie -- I used #2 tip and royal blue icing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">While the outline is drying, get your numbers cut and organized. Colour the fondant if you need to, roll out and cut the numbers. Set aside for use after the cookie is flooded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">NOTE: I like the Satin Ice fondant and because I don't use often I usually use white and colour as I require but if you have coloured fondant so you can skip this step. You might also have a shirt that is coloured so white numbers would look great. One thing I should mention is that if you are want black or red numbers, buy the coloured fondant because it is not so easy to get a good red or black unless it is pre-made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Fill or flood the
cookies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like using the squeeze
bottles because it is so much cleaner then a piping bag when flooding cookies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Use a toothpick
or bamboo skewer to pull the icing to fill the cookie.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">If you just use the squeeze bottle
there is a chance that you will overflood the cookie – it is always a fine line
between the perfectly flooded cookie and a cookie that is over flowing with
icing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">The toothpick “pull” really
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trick?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use a Silpat when
decorating cookies so they don’t slip around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Using a slightly thiner royal icing than the outline, add details on the sleeve and bottom of the Tshirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><o:p>Carefully place the fondant numbers on the Tshirt. I sometimes use tweezers to put these kind of things on my cookies -- and, yes, they are tweezers I use <u><b>only</b></u> for cookies;)</o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Hockey strike or just for fun, if you make these cookies for the sport lover in your life, please let me know how they turn out.</span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-81270991397379507452012-12-23T17:57:00.002-08:002012-12-23T17:57:42.882-08:00“Nice” Reindeer or “Naughty” Coal Chocolate Brownie Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I’m not sure if I
really like the whole “nice” and “naughty” list thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a little creepy thinking anyone is
being spied on and I don’t particularly like idle threats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REALLY you are going to leave anyone a
lump of coal?!?! I think that is not very nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">That is why these
super yummy, KID FRIENDLY quick & easy cookies work well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can make cute reindeer or lumps of
coal and either way they are a delish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">And here is how I
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Ingredients:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup butter</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/2 cup brown sugar</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1 tablespoon milk</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1 teaspoon vanilla</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">1/4 teaspoon baking soda</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">2/3 cup all-purpose flour</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">- candy eyes –
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">- pretzel twists
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">- brown M&M’s
for the noses</span> <span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner & Blitzen (that is EIGHT reindeer so you don't have to count;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">- red candies for
Rudolph’s nose – I used Maynard Swedish Berries, but red Smarties, M&M’s or Jelly Tots
will look super cute too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Preheat oven to 375.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Divide dough into 9 pieces.</span><br />
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into a triangular reindeer head and push pretzel "antlers" firmly into dough. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">This recipe is perfect for one set of the eight reindeer plus one Rudolph but because I love the Swedish Berries I only made red nosed reindeer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">The cookies really do taste like brownies -- so naughty or nice -- everyone should have a happy holiday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Merry Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I’m quite sure
that Santa is a foodie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I truly
believe that “between season” he spends lots of time sipping on ice wine while cooking
and baking with Mrs. Claus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want to spread rumors but I’ve heard he is into trendy venison burgers
and cool maple bacon snowcones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And I know for a fact that he would never turn down anything that
incorporates the latest salted caramel craze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">You know I love
that salty sweet thang – ala the Sweet & Salty Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
– and so does Santa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">So I made him these
sorta salted caramel chocolate chip cookies and here is how I made them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Ingredients:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cups flour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp
baking soda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">¼</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp
kosher salt (heaping) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 cup butter,
room temperature is best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cup
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> tsp vanilla <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">1 large egg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">2 cups chocolate
chips – milk or dark chocolate whatever you love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">½</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"> cup Hershey’s
Skor Toffee Bits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Directions:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Preheat oven to
350<sup>0</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Combine flour,
baking soda, salt, chocolate chips & skor bits in a bowl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Cream butter,
brown sugar, egg & vanilla until fluffy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Add flour,
chocolate chips and skor bits on a low speed until flour mixes in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Use a small ice
cream scoop to make cookie balls about </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">¼</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">
cup. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Place on
parchment lined (always!) cookie sheets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NOTE: The cookies spread quite a lot. I have large (16”x21.5”) sheets
and I put 15 on each sheet (the recipe makes 30 large cookies) – so judge
accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Bake for 12-15
minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Remove from oven,
let cool and place on plate for the big guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a “fancy” glass for his milk but these would also go
very nicely with a glass of scotch (which Santa may really enjoy as he works so
hard one day a year;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">My only fear with
these cookies is that Santa may not leave to make it around the world
delivering gifts, but make them anyways because they are so good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Ho Ho Ho!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I love
snowmen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They say winter in that fresh,
fluffy snow way – not the cold, mushy, slippery way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So these cookies just make me smile, want to pull out my
skates, grab a hot chocolate and embrace the winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Last year I made
gingerbread boys, girls and snowmen inspired by <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/gingerbreads-heads/" target="_blank">Bakerella</a>, one of my favorite
bloggers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week I was making
cookies for a baby naming similar to ones made by <a href="http://bakeat350.blogspot.ca/2009/11/little-pumpkin.html" target="_blank">Bridgette from Bake at 350.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I thought I think I can
combine the two styles to come up with my new favorite cookie ever – and it’s
very Flour Child. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">You can be as
simple snowmen or fancy pants as you want with these cookies and here is how I
did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- large square cookie cutter (I used the l<a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/Square-Cookie-Cutter-Scalloped-Edge-p3907.htm" target="_blank">arge square scalloped one from Copper Gifts</a>) – it is such a great cookie cutter that can be
used in a kazillion different ways)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">- gel past to colour some of the royal icing (I
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- royal icing – as always, I really like the Ateco
meringue powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- piping bags<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">- sprinkles, coloured Tic Tacs and food writing pens</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Instructions
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: 13pt;">To make the snowmen heads. Draw circles on a
piece of parchment paper. I used a
Sharpie and drew circles around 1</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">¾</span><span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: 13pt;">” or 3</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">½</span><span style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: 13pt;"> cm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Use a food writer to draw on the eyes and mouth.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Add sprinkles to embellish cheeks and facinators. Tic Tacs are the perfect ear muffs. I used white royal icing to add the sprinkles</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Orange royal icing is the perfect carrot nose.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle'; font-size: 17px;">Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut out
the squares.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Outline each
cookie with white royal icing<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Fill or flood the
cookies.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">I like using the squeeze
bottles because it is so much cleaner then a piping bag when flooding cookies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Use a toothpick or
bamboo skewer to pull the icing to fill the cookie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you just use the squeeze bottle there is a chance that
you will overflood the cookie – it is always a fine line between the perfectly
flooded cookie and a cookie that is over flowing with icing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The toothpick “pull” really helps
ensure an evenly flooded cookie.</span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Want another
trick?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use a Silpat when
decorating cookies so they don’t slip around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Place the snowman head in the centre of the flooded cookie. I also used a few little snowflake sprinkles that I found at the local bulk food store.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Let the cookies
dry overnight.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">PME 1.5 is my favorite writing tip so I used it to write "Let It Snow" on each cookie.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">I love the way these cookies turned out.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Now I'm just waiting for it to snow (sorta).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I am always torn between the simple beauty of white lights and festive
fun or multi-colour lights on a Christmas Tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The g</span>reat
thing about these cookies is that it is pretty simple to change it up and the
light bulbs never go out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">What colour lights do you put on your Christmas Tree?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I do love
Christmas lights – they way they sparkle and twinkle and light up the streets
in the winter. I used disco dust on the white highlights of these cookies so they actually sparkle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">It’s December 1<sup>st</sup>
so I think it is totally acceptable to pull out the Christmas lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will give you plenty of time if
you need to untangle strings and replace burned out bulbs and get set for the holidays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Also if you start
decorating now, it will give you plenty of time to enjoy the magic of the
season before you need to take it all down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">When do you start
decorating for Christmas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When do
you take it down?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Shelly Shaperohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02771073026623619279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304051450335942728.post-34449076647049340712012-11-29T06:38:00.002-08:002012-11-29T06:38:19.401-08:00Keep Calm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">The “festive holiday season”
can be stressful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the cooking,
baking, shopping, anticipation … can make it difficult to sit back and remember
that the holidays are about family and friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">I do some things to try and
“keep calm” which include preparing stuff in advance (<a href="http://flourchildbaking.blogspot.ca/2011/11/pecan-puffs-or-snow-balls.html" target="_blank">like my husband’s snowball cookies</a>), shopping in October (yes I’m done) and using ingredients
like <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/peppermint-snow/?pkey=e%7Csnow%7C80%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C9&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-Feature_Recipe_Rule%7CTop%20Wide%20Gift%20of%20the%20Day%20-%20copy-_-" target="_blank">William-Sonoma’s Handmade Peppermint Snow</a> because the snow is so much easier
than crushing your own candy canes and for whatever reason, don’t ask me why,
hand crushed candy canes are simply not as perfect as this product. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">I love the way these
cookies came out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are keeping
me calm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">What do you do to stay calm
during the holidays?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Do you have to go
to a corporate holiday party? Do ya wanna go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you wearing black or red?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you wearing anything as tasteful as these cookies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I originally got this cookie cutter to make a classic LBD for a 1962 party -- but realized it would be perfect for holiday party dresses. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Now I'm thinking of a job in fashion design -- now I'm thinking I wish I could sew.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Minya Nouvelle';">Let the festive holiday season begin!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">When anyone says
“Just SAY IT!” it is usually followed by something you don’t really want to
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">In this case
though, it is followed in cookie – so it is just want you want to hear –
something sweet (even if it says something not so nice;). I have made these <a href="http://www.frostingforthecause.com/2011/02/shellys-chocolate-brownie-breathe-yoga-cookies/" target="_blank">Thought Bubble cookies</a> before but I could not resist sharing these because I just loved the way they turned out. I can't help notice the difference in the quality of the cookies -- not sure if it because I'm getting a little better at decorating OR if it is my favorite PME 1.5 tip that makes lettering WAY easier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">These cookies were for my sister-in-law’s <s>50<sup>th</sup></s> 35<sup>th</sup>
birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">We really did want to
wish her all the best so came up with all kinds of fun birthday greetings like:</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">You
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">I keep thinking
of more and more ideas for this <a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/Thought-Bubble-Cookie-Cutter-227p4720.htm" target="_blank">CopperGifts.com thought bubble cookie cutter</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m thinking they would be
great saying Thank You, Love You, Will You Marry Me?, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to make these cookies as
placecards for a fun party – “You’re At Table #1” or “Shelly, Sit Here!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">What would you
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& SAFE Halloween!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">Halloween is
three weeks today. One of my favorite Halloween treats is candy corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I love it because it has a creamy
caramel and marshmallowy flavour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s also pretty cute – orange & yellow & white and in the case
of these cookies, polka dotted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";">What is your favorite Halloween treat?</span></div>
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