The kitchen is a laboratory. This is my lab notebook.

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Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookies have a simple taste with a broad appeal, but can become dry. Can the classic taste be converted to a moister cookie bar while maintaining some of the distinctive characteristics of the original?

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Chocolate Mint Brownies

What’s not to love about the combination of chocolate and mint? In this dessert, a fudgy, dense chocolate brownie is combined with a refreshing mint frosting and a rich chocolate ganache.

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Half-Moon Cookies

Half-moon cookies were a childhood favorite: oversized soft chocolate cookie topped with both vanilla and chocolate frosting. I had been unable to find them for decades and had no idea how to recreate them at home. Until now.

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