Pecan Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

“Be content with your lot. One cannot be first in everything.” That was the message I found in my fortune cookie after eating dinner with my parents in August 2007. I’ll never forget it because that August was my first break after my first set of law school exams.

I don’t usually talk about law [...]

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Chocolate Chunk Cookies

There was a period of time that I thought I would never enjoy chocolate chip cookies again. The vegan chocolate chips contained sugar. The sugar-free chips contained dairy. The grain sweetened chips contained gluten and just about every chocolate bar contained sugar or was sweetened with something that hurt my stomach. So I gave [...]

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Chocolate Espresso Cookies with Banana and Walnut

I’m off to Puerto Rico this weekend for a wedding, so this will be my last post for a few days (I know, poor me). Unfortunately, I haven’t done my bikini body any favors by deciding to test several batches of cookies prior to leaving. I’m pretty darn sure it was all worth it, [...]

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Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

In my ongoing quest to incorporate more gluten free grains into my diet, I decided to experiment with Teff Flour for these delightfully crisp, slightly salty gluten free cookies. All along my idea was to do a peanut butter cookie — something I never understood the appeal of as a kid, but which seem to have [...]

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Cranberry, Walnut and Chocolate Morsels

What is it about fresh baked cookies and a glass of milk — or soy milk — that is so enticingly comforting? I’m willing to bet that no other smell quite matches that of fresh baked cookies in eliciting warm, nostalgic memories from children and adults alike. To tell you the truth, I don’t particularly remember [...]

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Gluten-Free, Agave-Sweetened Chocolate Covered “Sugar” Cookies

Back when I was a junior in high school, my mom, grandpa and myself visited the University of Wisconsin as part of a small series of college tours. While I didn’t choose the school, I fell in love with Madison; it was charming and friendly. And at the end of our long, cold days taking in the [...]

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