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Marguerite Yeo
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Peanut butter or almond butter
My friend Michael, who lives in Colorado, sent me his peanut butter chocolate swirl cookie recipe. The ingredients were few and simple,...
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Marguerite Yeo
Dec 31, 20211 min read
German spice cookies
The proper name for these cookies is Pfeffernusse. I’m sure I’m not pronouncing it right and I definitely can’t spell it without double...
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Marguerite Yeo
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Festive baking
I can’t believe Christmas is five days away! It’s my favorite holiday. I’m in a festive mood and decided to bake these chocolate crinkle...
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Marguerite Yeo
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Honolulu on my mind
When I was at Liliha bakery in Honolulu last week, a very tempting bag of Mexican wedding cookies were calling out to me. I have become...
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Marguerite Yeo
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Sand dollars
I’m headed to Oahu tomorrow and I’m looking forward to soaking in some sun and being on the beach. Although I’ve not found sand dollars...
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Marguerite Yeo
Oct 24, 20211 min read
It’s the butter
Shortbread cookies isn’t something I crave for. The commercially available ones seem to be overloaded with cheap butter and tastes of...
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Marguerite Yeo
Oct 16, 20211 min read
Missing Turkey
I miss international travel. Seeing beautiful pictures of Turkey, Morocco, and Greece on my Facebook feed doesn’t help. I visited Turkey...
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Marguerite Yeo
Oct 9, 20211 min read
Two types of cookies
Because it’s nice to have a choice, I thought these two chocolate-based cookies would be a nice treat to have around the house over the...
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Marguerite Yeo
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Seahawks inspired
I wasn’t planning to bake today. I was however watching the Seahawks and I was getting bored. As the commentator said, the Seahawks were...
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Marguerite Yeo
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Don’t be lame
Palmiers are so simple to bake. Give yourself a little baking challenge by making your own puff pastry. Don’t be lame. Because anyone can...
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Marguerite Yeo
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Italian treat
Trecce, Intorcinati, and Intorchiate - all names refer to the braid-like shape of these biscuits from Puglia, Italy. The ingredient list...
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Marguerite Yeo
Jun 25, 20211 min read
Bracing for the heatwave
Since I won’t be able to tolerate the pending heatwave this weekend, here’s bake number two. It’s been awhile since I baked these cookies...
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Marguerite Yeo
May 23, 20211 min read
Meringue to the rescue
Some of you know I don’t like leftovers. I made a chocolate cream pie (it’s still cooling in the fridge so I’ll blog about it later)...
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Marguerite Yeo
May 9, 20211 min read
Leftover egg whites
I‘m not a fan of leftovers lying around in my fridge so when I had leftover egg whites from the cranberry-lime tart I made, I decided to...
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Marguerite Yeo
Apr 25, 20211 min read
Meringue or Pavlova - your choice
It’s amazing how egg whites when whipped with sugar produces a stiff mixture and after 90 minutes of low temperature baking produces...
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Marguerite Yeo
Mar 27, 20211 min read
This muddles with your head
Mini Arlettes is puff pastry based, but instead of the dough encasing the butter, the butter sheet encases the dough. It’s super...
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Marguerite Yeo
Mar 20, 20211 min read
Only five basic ingredients
Punitions - based on a cookie from Normandy. They can be eaten as is, topped with jam, or dunked into a hot drink. It’s a simple cookie...
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Marguerite Yeo
Mar 20, 20211 min read
Thumb printing
Would you like to make your mark on a cookie? You can have fun with this - just press your thumb into the dough - please wash your hands...
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Marguerite Yeo
Mar 20, 20211 min read
When you need a chocolate fix
Rich dark chocolate espresso cookies are the best. Use good Dutch cocoa. If you’re going to consume the calories, make it good and worth...
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Marguerite Yeo
Mar 20, 20211 min read
Can you tell I love chocolate?
I’ll take chocolate in any form. Cookies is one - with cocoa, chocolate chips and almonds. Modified receipe: https://www.epicurious.com/r...
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