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Chocolate Peppermint Kisses Cookies

This chocolate peppermint kisses cookies have a holiday flair with the peppermint kiss and sprinkles and they’re super easy to make!

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Chocolate peppermint cookies rolled in sprinkles with a peppermint kisses on top of each cookie sitting on a wire cooling rack. A hand is reaching for one of them.

Though my secret ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms are a classic holiday cookie in our household, they’re also a year-round treat for us. The classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate make them something that we can enjoy all the time. But peppermint kisses are a seasonal item, only popping up at the store during the holiday season. And when I see them, I can’t help but grab a bag! And that means I make these chocolate peppermint kisses cookies!

Like the peanut butter blossoms, these cookies have a chocolate kiss in the center of them, but with a festive red and white striped peppermint white kiss instead of the original chocolate! And since the kisses are peppermint flavored and the combination of mint and chocolate is a classic one (which I adore as evident by my peppermint striped cookie, mint chocolate chip cookie, white chocolate peppermint cookies with sea salt, and peppermint Texas sheet cake) I added a touch of peppermint extract in the chocolate cookie dough, as well as a roll in red and green sprinkles before you bake them, make these holiday cookies even more joyful to make and serve.

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One-Bowl Maple Pumpkin Bread

This one-bowl easy-to-make maple pumpkin bread uses both maple syrup and maple extract to give an amazing autumnal flavor.

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A slice of maple pumpkin bread on a plate, with a mug of tea and the rest of the loaf behind it.

It’s true that I have a number of pumpkin bread recipes here on the blog, including my sugar-encrusted pumpkin bread, my not-so-basic pumpkin spice latte bread, my banana pumpkin bread, and my marbled chocolate pumpkin bread. But there’s always room for one more pumpkin bread recipe right? And there’s nothing more autumnal than the smell of pumpkin something baking in the kitchen. Unless that something is the combination of maple and pumpkin! This maple pumpkin bread might just be my new Fall go-to pumpkin recipe.

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Cranberry Orange Muffins

These cranberry orange muffins are bursting with tart sweet fresh cranberries and zippy citrus orange flavor.

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A cranberry orange muffin broken open on a plate, with a mug of tea next to it and more muffins on a wire cooling rack. The text on the image says "Cranberry Orange muffins".

It typically takes a little bit of time for the weather to cool down here in San Francisco. While the rest of the country is enjoying the fall weather, we tend to get bright sunny days and warmth. It’s a nice shift from the cool fogginess of the summertime. But the indicator of autumn for me isn’t sweater weather. It’s the arrival of the fall produce, like apples, pears, figs and grapes.

And though I already to miss the sweet berries and stone fruit from the summertime, I can’t wait for the cranberries that start to pop up. From cranberry spiral bread, apple and cranberry pie, and homemade cranberry sauce I’m always excited to find the tart, bright-red berries at the store. My current favorite thing to do with them? Make these cranberry orange muffins! They’re super easy to make and are always an awesome treat for the morning or coffee time.

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Oreo Brownies

These Oreo brownies have a layer of classic chocolate sandwich cookie in the middle and are as easy-to-make as they are fun-to-eat!

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A stack of Oreo brownies on a ceramic plate, with a glass of milk and more brownies on a wire cooling rack behind the stack.

Though I don’t talk about it much, I have a total nostalgic soft spot for Oreos and cookies and cream cookies. Cookies and cream ice cream is often my first choice at a scoop shop. And I’ve made the inception of cookies, the cookies and cream cookie which is one of my favorite cookies at my local cookie bakery Anthony’s. So, it’s no surprise that when I was tinkering around with ideas for new brownie recipes I came up with these oreo brownies. And though I love my easy fudgy brownies and my cakey brownies, nothing feels more like my childhood than these cookies and cream packed brownies.

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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This cream cheese pound cake has just the right rich butter flavor and the ideal velvety tight crumb for a poundcake.

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A slice of cream cheese pound cake on a plate with a strawberry garnish. There is a mug of tea next to the plate, along with a wooden serving board with the rest of the cream cheese pound cake loaf with some of it sliced up.

I’m constantly tinkering with “classic” recipes, trying to improve them by making the texture or flavor more robust. This is evident in my secret ingredient peanut butter blossom cookies where I add a touch of miso paste to boost the peanut butter flavor, my bakery-style chocolate chip cookies where I give tips and tricks on making the best looking (and tasting) cookies, my tarte tatin apple upside down tart where I give instructions on how to make it with two different pans because it will look better, my oatmeal raisin cookies that use brown butter for extra flavor, and my dark chocolate Texas sheet cake which has espresso powder in it to boost the dark chocolate.

A while ago I had to test stand mixers for Serious Eats and that had me baking up pound cake! After baking over a dozen pound cakes, this cream cheese pound cake became my go-to recipe. Everyone who I gave a loaf to (I had a lot of loaves) agreed that it was the absolutely best texture and flavor for a poundcake.

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