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TWD ~ Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

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As I type this I don't think there are any cookies left because we might have eaten them all. These were a very simple and easy recipe to make. I didn't use bittersweet chocolate, but substituted that for Heath Chocolate pieces. It was so simple to roll these out while in a gallon zip lock bag. It kept everything nice and in place . I almost didn't refrigerate them, but I'm glad I did because these will definitely crumble on you if you don't. We tried them warm from the oven and thought they were pretty darn good.

To Market To Market

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Almost every Saturday I head over to the local farmer's market. Some days I go for zucchini, some days, like the day before my wedding, I go for the flowers. This weekend i went to get all the ingredients i needed to make fresh salsa! Fiesta! I picked up tomatoes, onions, peppers and cilantro. Plus some freshly made cookies, hot pickled green beans and flowers. I made two different salsas and some guacamole. All fresh from local farmers. mmmmm

TWD ~ Crunchy & Custardy Peach Tart

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Whoo Whee! This was a fun one to make! I had my new assistant helping me out. A.K.A. Husband Extraordinaire. His job was to make the streusel and the cream. Ladies & Gentlemen I think we have ourselves a chef. We had fun make the "spokes" on the pie. I would typically put the peach slices haphazardly all over the pie. Where my mathematician hubby insisted that the peaches should go in a symmetrical form... he was right! It looked way prettier. I usually make substitutions when I bake, but this tart was very strait forward. I had made the sweet dough many times when I made Dorie's French Pear Tart. So i could practically make that one in my sleep. Everything went really well with the tart, but I put the streusel on too soon. So I covered it with tin foil and then took it off after 20 minutes, and then baked it for another 20 minutes. Every time I peered into the oven I would see it bubbling and crisping and I couldn't wait to take a bite. Dorie said that you could

TWD ~ Oatmeal Breakfast Bread

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Hello! I'm baking again! It's been awhile because I've been a bit busy planning... a Wedding! Last Sunday I got married (see previous post). So I have put Tuesdays with Dorie on the back burner. But I am officially back and ready to bake. My hubby is pretty happy about that too. This week's recipe is Oatmeal Breakfast Bread. Not sure why the recipe signals out the oatmeal, when I think the star of the show is the dried fruit. (I just used dried apples, someone who I love very much detests raisins). I also left the walnuts off the topping too. So really this was more like an apple cinnamon breakfast bread. Either way the whole house smells delicious! I took it out of the oven when the bread turned a golden brown. Dorie says you should wait until the bread is room temperature to cut it and eat it. But we couldn't wait! Complete success... it might now even make it to breakfast!

8\8\10

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The wedding day is here and gone. It's hard to believe that all that time and work and now it's just a memory. The wedding weekend was a blur, but it was also so much fun. I had all my favorite people by my side. We jammed packed a lot of events in 3 days, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Friday night was a night out for my bachelorette. Let me tell you that having a bachelorette two days before your wedding is crazy! You want to have a lot of fun, but all you can think about is what needs to get done. Nonetheless, I really had a wonderful time with all my favorite ladies! Saturday was a day of picking out flowers at the Farmer's Market, Pedicures with my girls and a really wonderful rehearsal dinner in my backyard. I had so much fun just hanging out and chatting with all the people we love so much. We had the food catered by Famous Dave's and I think people all had fun munchin' on the corn bread! And that brings us to the wedding day. HOTTEST DAY IN ALMOST

I Do!

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