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My 12 Favorite Holiday Cookie Recipes
I’m knee-deep in my holiday baking right now. Every year, I do a ton of baking in December, then box everything up for gifts for my friends and fam. It’s great — everyone gets to enjoy some delish cookies, and who needs more stuff, anyway? As I was baking the other day, I thought it was high time I put together a post with all my faves. There are so many great cookie recipes to choose from on this site, but these are my top 12 favorite holiday cookie recipes. See if you can’t find something to add to your cookie tray this year! 1. Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies From my…
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Rocky Road Rice Krispie Bars (Small Batch)
Back this week with another no-bake treat for you…and another rice krispie bar recipe! (If you missed my last recipe, check it out here.) If you’re not a rice krispie treat fan, sorry — I’ll have something different for you next month. But for now, let’s dig into these chocolatey, marshmallowy, nutty, ooey, gooey, bars. Give a warm welcome to Rocky Road Rice Krispie Bars! A No-Bake Treat for Chocolate Lovers Are you a fan of rocky road ice cream? I love it — SO much. Chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, almonds…I mean really, what’s not to love?? So when I was thinking about making another version of my favorite rice…
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Strawberries and Cream Rice Krispie Bars (Small Batch)
Summer is alllllmost here. The days are long, the sun is shining, the grass is green, and the flowers are starting to bloom. I wouldn’t say it’s exactly warm, but considering I live in the frozen north, it’s pretty darn close. Anyway, with the summer sun comes the need for no-bake recipes (which is convenient, because the oven in my new house kind of sucks…but I digress). So for those days when it’s too hot to turn on the oven (or when your oven doesn’t work the way it should), I’ve got a few new no-bake recipes coming for you over the next couple of months. First up: these Strawberries…
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Top 10 Northern Ginger Recipes of 2023
There’s nothing I love more than looking back at the recipes you all have made the most throughout the year. It’s fascinating to me to see which recipes you liked the most vs the ones I thought would be the most popular (I’m often wrong, though I’m getting better at guessing!) This list has decidedly more chocolate than last year’s, and I couldn’t be happier about that. Anyway, without further ado, here are the 10 most popular Northern Ginger recipes from the past year. #10: Mud Pie Cake Coming in at #10 is Mud Pie Cake. This chocolate-lover’s dessert has layers of deeply chocolatey cake (adapted from Ina Garten’s famous Beatty’s Chocolate…
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Homemade Dark Chocolate Marshmallows
Happy almost-Christmas everyone! It’s been a weird holiday season, with no snow in sight here in Northern Minnesnowta. But there’s nothing like a pile of delicious seasonal treats to get you in the holiday spirit, right? I know marshmallows might not be on your list of typical holiday treats, but, honestly, they should be. Especially these homemade Dark Chocolate Marshmallows. Marshmallows Are the New Cookies If you’ve been following along on this blog for a while, you may have noticed I’ve become a little obsessed with homemade marshmallows. Case in point, the three other marshmallow recipes I’ve already created: Some would call this a “problem;” I prefer to call it…
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Peanut Butter S’mores Bars
Getting this one in just under the wire (before summer is over). Summer is traditionally the high season for s’mores, though I think fall, with its campfire-y vibes, is just as good a time to enjoy this iconic treat. However, I propose we make s’mores a year-long affair. These Peanut Butter S’mores Bars will help us do just that. Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Grahams, and Marshmallows = Heaven in a Bar These bars have all the elements of the campfire treat we all love: graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate. But they have one more thing that really takes them over the top: peanut butter! If you’ve never had peanut butter on…
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Rosewater Marshmallows
Ok, I can already hear you thinking, “flowery marshmallows? Really??” And I get it — it’s a little unorthodox. But I love floral scents and flavors in baked goods. Plus, I’ve enjoyed rosewater in meringues before, so I thought, “why not put it in marshmallows?” And boy, am I glad I did! If you’ve ever had Turkish delight, you’ll have a general understanding of the flavor profile of these ‘mallows. They don’t have the pistachios you often find in Turkish delight, however (though sprinkling some chopped pistachios on top is a great idea). But their pink hue and the hint of rosewater in them is definitely reminiscent of that tasty…
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Homemade Cinnamon Marshmallows
It’s spooky season, my friends. Halloween is just days away, which means costumes, trick-or-treating, and, most importantly, CANDY. I have so many memories from childhood running through the streets of my hometown with my friends, gathering treats from the neighbors like an adorable little bandit (back then we trick-or-treated without adults…in the dark…gotta love the ’80s!). But since I’m now too old to go door-to-door collecting peanut butter cups and kit kats (who makes these rules anyway?), these days I make my own candy. (Yes, I know I can just go to the store and buy myself all the kit kats I can eat, but this is more fun.) This…
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Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Bars
Boy have I got a treat for you, my friends. I’ve been working on this one for a few weeks, and in that time I have eaten a LOT of Rice Krispie Bars! (I have to say, it wasn’t the worst thing in the world.) If you’re a fan of soft, marshmallowy Rice Krispie bars, nutty brown butter, and sea salt, you’ll love this recipe. Let’s make Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Bars! If At First You Don’t Succeed… For the longest time, I couldn’t make a decent Rice Krispie bar to save my life. I made damn good cookies, great cakes, and amazing pies. But Rice Krispie bars had…
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Peppermint Swirl Marshmallows
Happy Christmas week! (And Happy Saturday to those who don’t celebrate!) This weekend I’m finishing up my holiday baking, picking up a few last-minute gifts, and wrapping presents. Even though everything else is different this year, the one thing that hasn’t changed is that I’ve still managed to give myself way too much to do! There are just so many delicious holiday treats I want to make that I can’t bring myself to pare down my list. These peppermint swirl marshmallows, for instance, are so delicious that I’ve already made them twice. They are the perfect thing to add to your Christmas morning cup of cocoa or coffee, roast in…
Recipes and Musings from the Zenith City
