Crowd Pleasing Holiday Cookies: Almond Butter Blossoms

Recipes, Sweet Treats

As with most fattening, sugar-laden calorie bombs, people love peanut butter with a cultish enthusiasm. I prefer almond butter. Because for one, almond butter can produce these almond butter blossoms. Though I imagine that the sandwich staple flies from the shelves during the holiday cookie-baking season, I am personally not fan. Though I’ve been known to put away an occasional peanut butter English muffin, I could just as easily put all the peanut butter in the world on a raft…

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Sandwich King Jeff Mauro’s Crunchy Cherry-Pepper Burger

Chicago, Cities
Crispy Pepper Burger

Inspired by a Chicago Gourmet event, Sandwich King Jeff Mauro has partnered with Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse to create the “Crunchy Cherry-Pepper Burger with Creamy Havarti & Engine Sauce.” The much-abuzz burger received the “People’s Choice Award” at Chicago Gourmet and due to its popularity, is now a permanent fixture on Gibson’s lunch menu. The Crunchy Cherry-Pepper Burger with Creamy Havarti and Engine Sauce ($14.00) is a 10-ounce USDA Gibsons Prime Angus burger on a house made bun topped with fried cherry peppers, engine…

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