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Christmas Cheer in a Cup: Nutella Hot Cocoa

With a scarf wrapped snugly around my raw and swollen throat (because, yes, even this crunchy, natural, herbal mama catches the crud from time to time), we embarked on our annual tree hunt.  Two...

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Soft & Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies

Somewhere along the lines in my adulthood, I have become the chief cookie maker for my extended family.  Funny, being as that I am prefer savory fare and would pass up dessert for a cheese tray almost...

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Festive Snickerdoodle Cookie

  I would love to know what the etymology of the Snickerdoodle is.  What a comical name for a cookie that, with the slightest error, can snub you and leave you completely crest fallen.  So simple in...

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Double Dark Chocolate Cookies

Last but certainly not least in my veritable Christmas Cookie Compendium series are the seriously sumptuous Double Dark Chocolate Cookies. What?!  You still think that compendium is too much word for...

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Perfect Spiced Pumpkin Bread

I have never really been on the “pumpkin spice” bandwagon.  Most “pumpkin spice” food items are insipidly sweet and taste little if any of actually pumpkin.  And is the “spice” even made from real...

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Magical Douglas Fir Shortbread Cookies

As luck or Mother Nature would have it, the unprecedented hot dry summer has spiraled into a seriously wet and stormy fall and winter.  The kind were the ground gets so saturated that it seeps in...

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Frothy Douglas Fir Infused Eggnog

Frothy, lightly spiced, and delightfully balsamic, this Douglas fir infused eggnog is a forage-y spin on this classic holiday drink! I gave my husband a sample of this Douglas fir infused eggnog.  He...

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Oh, Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding

This figgy pudding, steeped in tradition, is sure to excite even the Ebenezer Scrooge types with its fruity sweetness & spectacular flaming presentation. Create new Christmas traditions with this...

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Foraged Douglas Fir Poached Pears & Frangipane Tart

This Douglas Fir Poached Pear & Frangipane Tart is foraged treasure. Sweet, spiced, with the subtle balsamic of evergreen, this tart is stupendous! I must admit that I am a few cups of good cheer...

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