Browned Butter Bites

Hi there, stranger!  I've missed you!  Can you forgive me for taking a little hiatus?  You see, Scott and I have been busy lately.  We packed up our apartment and moved across town to our first house.  It has a yard, a basement, and most importantly, a very swanky-looking oven.  Can you fall in love at first sight with an oven?  Apparently so. 
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Almond Apricot Bars

These cookies are tart and tangy, and to put it simply, I love them.  The apricot filling is nice and thick, and the crust gives just the right amount of resistance when you bite into it.  I was pretty excited when I first got the cookbook I adapted this recipe from at a used book store outside of Albany. 
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Blanched Almonds

Blanched almonds are so easy to make, you'll wonder why you spend time searching the grocery store aisles looking for them!  They are useful in Almond Apricot Bars, among other things.  I always make more than the recipe calls for to snack on.  Watch these carefully towards the end of toasting them to ensure that you don't burn them. 
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Individual Peach Crumbles

Several weeks ago, I received a piece of very important kitchen equipment from my mom: a nut chopper.  Scott and I were visiting my parents, and for some reason my mom and I were chatting about a few things I was still looking to include in our kitchen.  In particular, I told her that I had been on the prowl for a nut chopper like hers.
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Lime Whip Pie

Several weeks ago, my friend Beth and I had a conversation about our love of key lime pie. At the time, I was freshly returned from a trip to Maine, and was still thinking about the blueberry cream pie I had made while there. I decided the blueberry pie was a prime candidate for a lime flavor intervention.
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Lime Curd

I first tried to make lime curd several weeks ago.  I had 3 egg yolks (from another cookie experiment) and was determined to make a small batch of curd with them.  It was a miserable experiment!  I learned that lime curd is just one of those things that you need to make a little more of to get it just right. 
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

I first made these cookies to take to Scott's Peace Corps reunion. They are rich, chocolaty, and laced with veins of dark chocolate chips. If you let them sit in the sun for a few minutes, the chips are sure to melt, and it will only intensify your cookie eating experience.
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