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It’s been almost a month since my last post. Once again I’m saying “Wherever does the time go?” Between new baby grandson who, by the way, is the cutest little peanut you could imagine, and several trips to the Oregon coast the month of February just slid by and here we are in March . I’ve been doing lots of baking but just haven’t had time to blog about it. The cookies I last posted, Molded Chocolate Shortbread Cookies, were a pain to make, but they were a BIG hit with my family, so I made them again with a different cookie dough recipe and filled the molds with melted white chocolate instead of the dark.
For some reason the white chocolate I used was easier to work with than the blend of dark chocolates in my previous attempt…
View Full Recipe at Wives with Knives
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