Polvorones

Baking

Today is the day when I get in touch with my Puerto Rican roots. This cookie, this breathtaking, delicious, mouthwatering cookie is called Mantecaditos or Polvorones in Spanish. Polvorones are my favorite cookies, no question about it, and I’ll tell you why. This cookie tastes like friggin’ ice cream. It practically melts in your mouth …

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Butter Cookies

Baking

One of my favorite things about the holidays are butter cookies. Especially those festive butter cookies that come in the blue metal container with the bits of sugar on top? I love them. I love them with every fiber of my being! On that note, I ran into the kitchen and tried to make my …

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Baking

Guys, guys, omg. Today, today was one of those days where I woke up feeling like I wanted to just crawl into a ball and not move, ever. Sadly, my homemaker duties did not allow me to remain bitter and neither did my ever present conscious. As I toiled away angrily, I did the dishes …

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Peanut Butter Cookies

Baking

Cooking With Stuff I Found Around the House   I’d like to begin my very first post with this statement, “I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING”. But let’s not pay attention to that; what I would like to make clear is that most of these recipes I’ve tried only once or not at all. …

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