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Powdered Sugar Cookies

While I love to decorate cookies for any occasion, I must say that creating baby shower cookies is one of my favorite baking projects. The pastel palette is incredibly appealing and the colors look lovely in any combination. Plus, it

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Added by Ann Clark on September 1, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Cream Cheese Cookies

The other day, I was in a craft store picking up some supplies and, near the jars of food coloring, some small tubes of shiny decorating dust caught my eye. I must confess, although I’ve been baking and dec… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on August 18, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Graham Crackers

It’s hard to believe, but school is starting in just a few weeks. If you’ve got school-age children, you know you can never have too many ideas in your “healthy lunch” file. This week’s recipe fits the bill perfectl… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on August 10, 2010 at 10:50am — No Comments

Peach Shortcake

Added by Ann Clark on August 4, 2010 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Cowboy Cookies

This week’s recipe is a rolled-cookie take on the chocolate chip-oatmeal cookies known as cowboy cookies. Though the recipe’s origins and the reasons for its name are unknown, it has been around for at least half a century, and even has a small role in ou… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on July 27, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Ann's Pecan Sandies

Added by Ann Clark on July 20, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Carrot Cookies- Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter

On July 28, 1866, the creator of one of the most endearing, and enduring, children’s book characters, was born. Beatrix Potter originally wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit as a letter to the young son of her former governess and was told… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on July 13, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Honey Wheat Cookies

I love a decadent dessert as much as the next person, but I’ve been trying to bake more with whole grains, for the added fiber and other good nutrients that only come from the bran and germ… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on July 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

Are you getting enough ice cream in your diet? As a country, our love affair with ice cream dates back to colonial times, and supposedly we each eat 19 quarts per year. It may have been a challenge to work toward that quota over the winter mon… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on June 29, 2010 at 8:34am — No Comments

Ice Cream Brownies

Cookies aren’t the only dessert you can make with cookie cutters—here’s a really simple and fun idea for a hot-weather dessert. This desse… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on June 22, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

European Chocolate Butter Cookies

With Bastille Day coming up on July 14, this week’s recipe is a tribute to two French classics: the Eiffel Tower and sablés.

Gustav Eiffel’s tower is arguably the best-known landmark in Pa

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Added by Ann Clark on June 15, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Starry Fruit Salad

Along with fireworks, parades, and cookouts, watermelon is a mainstay of Fourth of July celebrations. Cool and refreshing, it’s also appealingly easy to serve; just slice and eat. But watermelon also takes well to fan… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on June 8, 2010 at 9:28am — 1 Comment

Berry Linzer Cookies

It’s berry season and while there aren’t too many cookies that feature fresh berries, there’s one berry-flavored cookie you can make any time of the year—… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on June 2, 2010 at 11:56am — 1 Comment

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Father’s Day

In 1910, inspired by the recently established Mother’s Day, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father had raised her and her five siblings as a single par

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Added by Ann Clark on May 25, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Coffee Bean Cookies

You probably think nothing of eating cookies with your coffee, but what about eating coffee in your cookies? It’s less strange--and a lot mo… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on May 19, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Congo Bars

In the weeks ahead, as spring segues into summer, millions of kids will be celebrating transitions of their own with graduation and confirmation parties. If you’re hosting or helping with one of these gatherings, you’ll want s… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on May 11, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Who am I?

Added by Marjorie Bledsoe on May 5, 2010 at 8:52am — No Comments

Heart Healthy Lemon Cookies

The weather’s warming up, the crabapple trees and forsythia are in full bloom, and it’s about time to trade the turtlenecks for T-shirts. For many people, this is the time of year when hearty comfort food gives way to lighter fare. But that doesn’t mean… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on May 4, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Mint Chocolate Cookies

Here’s something to think about as you do your spring cleaning: this May 1st marks the fortieth year of Vermont’s annual statewide spring cleanup, known as Green Up Day.

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Added by Ann Clark on April 27, 2010 at 10:46am — No Comments

Granola Cookies

Although our all-too-brief summers can make it seem that there are only three seasons in Vermont, we are, in fact, “blessed” with five. The interlude where winter reluctantly gives way to spring is known as mud season.… Continue

Added by Ann Clark on April 21, 2010 at 8:48am — 1 Comment

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