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    Oatmeal Cookies with Sea Salt Caramel Chips

    March 21, 2018 /

    I don’t know what genius decided to make Sea Salt Caramel Baking chips….wait, yes I do….it’s Hershey’s!!!  I couldn’t be more happy about that little discovery the other day in the baking aisle.  So, what to do with them?  Eat them straight out of the bag?  Okay, what about the next bag?  I got it!  Oatmeal Cookies!!!! It didn’t take me long to make these delicious things, and even less time to gobble them up like I was headed off to war and didn’t know when I would get another good meal…or cookie.

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    Is it a Torte or a Cake?

    March 13, 2018 /

    To answer the age old question….Is it a Torte or a Cake?  Who cares!!!!!!  It’s dessert and it’s delicious and that’s all that really matters.  But, for those of you who may want to distinguish…..tortes ARE pretty much cakes that are generally made with less flour than a traditional cake and many have ground nuts to replace some of that flour.  We’ll save the great Torte vs. Cake debate for another time, and just get to the good stuff.   Today, March 13 is National Coconut Torte Day….who knew?   So in preparation for the big celebration I wanted to make a semi-easy version that screamed classy dessert, but didn’t…

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