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Recipe: Candy Cane Cookies

Adapted from Betty Crocker original recipe for Candy Cane Cookies  I make these every year. They’re SO good. Almond and vanilla. A soft-snappy bite. Dusted with sugar and crushed candy cane. And, they freeze nicely to fit into holiday prep. One of my fav cookie recipes! Ingredients - Cookie Dough 300g (~ 2 ½ cups) all-purpose flour, sifted 3/4 tsp table salt 226g (1 cup) of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature 113g (~1 cup) of powdered sugar, sifted 1 egg, room temperature 1 ½ tsp almond extract 1 tsp vanilla extract 1-2 drops of red food coloring (gel preferred) Ingredients - Candy Cane Topping ¼ cup finely crushed candy canes ¼ cup granulated sugar Directions Preheat the oven to...

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Appearance on Hello, Rose City!

I had a great time demonstrating how to make apple roses for magical fall bakes with Lacey on KGW's Hello, Rose City! Check out the full demo and learn more about my experiences baking through Great British Bake-Off signatures below.

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Recipe: Suspiros (Meringue Cookies)

Recipe by Elizebett Rocha Bento Eslinger My mom grew up on Terceira Island without electricity. So, whenever egg whites needed to be transformed to stiff peaks, she used a wooden spoon to beat the egg whites by hand (!!!). When I was a kid, my mom didn’t care much for baking. But, she would make suspiros from scratch for my siblings and me (by this point, she was living in the U.S. and used an electric hand mixer, not a wooden spoon!). It was always such a treat, especially on holidays.  In Portuguese, suspiros translates to mean “sighs,” a fitting name for these light and sweet meringue cookies. This recipe makes about 36 cookies, depending on how large you make...

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