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It is possible to have too much of a good thing. Its true, I proved it this weekend. After a couple of weeks of baking cookies and other goodies and letting the kids taste test this and that, my 3 year old hit her wall. The picture above is exactly what it looks like...

As part of our holiday baking, we had to make gingerbread cookies. The holidays are not the same without that spicy aroma and their cheery little faces! I didnt make up a recipe for this, I figured that this sort of thing had been optimized over the millenia of cookie baking. I used this...

I set out to make some cute little thumbprint cookies and take a few pics. What happened was, well what happens when you dont follow recipes. As I was making the dough, I remembered that I had some guava paste in the refrigerator. I had also found some sweetened coconut earlier when I was...

Yes, we already made our first christmas cookies.I think the most gratifying part of the year in terms of baking and especially making cookies is around Christmas. I mean, when else can you make WAY too many cookies and send them to friends and relatives. If you made “July” cookies and sent them out, people...

This is my latest article on The Spirit World blog, part of The WellFed Network. Sparkling Cadaver Cider Cocktails (Drink with Witch Finger cookies © 2006 Nika)What wiggles, jiggles, and tickles the nose? Without exploring all THAT could describe (this IS a site rated for all audiences), here I am talking about a gruesome cadaveric drink, floating jello...