Chocolate Chip Blondies

Recipes, Sweet Treats

With Thanksgiving in the not-so-distant past, there is one thing on a lot of people’s minds: Christmas cookies. On my mind? Chocolate chip blondies. Even if you don’t actually celebrate on December 25, it’s hard not to like the various sweet treats that seem to erupt from kitchens as result of holiday baking endeavors. My two favorite baked goods are brownies and chocolate chip cookies. So, what could be better, I ask you, than a chocolate chip cookie dressed in…

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To Complement a Cheese Plate: Herbed Cheese Dip Recipe

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks
herbed cheese dip

Almost every year on Thanksgiving, without fail, I put out a spread – usually a cheese plate with crackers and a rotating dip or two – that my family eats, enjoys and fills up on before the turkey is even out of the oven. Of course, each year, without fail, we still load our plates with stuffing, sweet potatoes, whole wheat dinner rolls and butternut squash (I swear, we’re not all obese). So this year, I went a little lighter…

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