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Peanut Butter Bites: Not Just a Christmas Cookie

Peanut Butter Bites
Peanut Butter Bites

Every year I experiment with at least one new holiday baking recipe and I didn’t get around to this one until December 24th.  But for goodness sakes– I am so glad I did.  These peanut butter bites are not your typical peanut butter cookies; they have half a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup hidden inside. The result is a creamy puffy ball of wonder. Forget visions of sugarplums! 

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Sugar Cookie Gingerbread Men and Chocolate Crackles

Santa would love Double Chocolate Crackles
Santa would love Double Chocolate Crackles

Baking in Boston

I flew to Boston last weekend to visit my oldest daughter and my youngest grandchild, Jonah-now 20 months old. Abby and I decided to bake Christmas cookies but thought Jonah would like the taste of sugar cookies better than gingerbread. I mixed up the batter and he had his first taste of cookie dough right off the spatula.

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