Luscious Lemon Loaf Cake

A few weeks ago we were heading over to a friend's house and wanted to bring something other than cookies for dessert.  I was focused on making something lemon because we had just bought two bags of lemons at the store.  Why two bags?  I'm not sure.
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Strawberry-Cranberry Compote

Let's just say that you bought several bags of cranberries at the end of the cranberry season and put them in the freezer for a later date.  You had big plans for those cranberries, but then, well, you forgot about them.  Now is the time to drag them out and enjoy them before they get swallowed by your freezer again...   
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Chocolate Cherry Ginger Cookies

The last of these little gems are currently hiding in our freezer.  I snuck one while I worked on this post.  You won't tell anyone, will you? 
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Lime Sugar Cookies

Spring is in full swing here.  We went away for the weekend to visit family and came back to the electric lime of newly emerging leaves.  I couldn't be more ready!  I'm tired of wearing two pairs of pants, two shirts, two jackets, and two mittens to bike to work.  Perhaps I just need to invest in warmer biking gear.  Or, perhaps spring arrived just in time for me to hold out on buying new gear for yet another year. 
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Sesame and Almond Squares

I recently bought Creative Candy Making at a used book store.  I have to admit, I bought the book specifically for this recipe.  Whenever I see sesame candies like these at the store, I immediately succumb to buying some, and start eating them the second the automatic doors whoosh shut behind me.  There is something about how they stick to my teeth like sap and then transition into crunchy, toasty seeds that just draws me in.

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