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December 14, 2009 By Nicole 2 Comments
Oatmeal Lace Cookies & Dining at Vezzo
WOW! We baked A LOT this weekend! Danny’s parents came on Saturday and we went into the city for lunch. We met my mom and Tony and has really good thin pizza at an Italian restaurant around 30th and Lexington called Vezzo. After Danny’s parents left we went into baking mode.
We tackled:
– Chocolate Walnut Biscotti
– Peppermint Bark
– Espresso Brownies
We were quite busy! Actually, we did it in really good time (about 2.5 hours) and I attribute it to two things…..1. my favorite appliance (My cherry red KitchenAid mixer) and my human dishwasher/pan cleaner/floor sweeper. If you have those two things you are…
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