{"id":2995,"date":"2017-04-14T14:47:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:47:17","slug":"springtime-baking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/springtime-baking\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime baking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I haven’t posted in a while, as I’ve been going through something\u00a0that hasn’t\u00a0left me much in the mood. Today, though, I decided to do some baking\u00a0to get my mind off of things.\u00a0A few months ago I’d purchased Dorie Greenspan’s newest book, Dorie’s Cookies<\/a>, which is crammed full of scrumptious-sounding cookies, both sweet and savory. Since lemon is one of my favorite flavors and seems\u00a0perfect in the spring, I made her Lemon Sugar Cookies.<\/p>\n

The recipe goes together just as well as anyone would expect from a recipe created by Dorie, and the cookies are all I’d hoped they’d be: crisp around the edges, softer in the middle, with a delicate and refreshing lemon flavor. Even better, some of my grandchildren popped over to taste-test them and take more home for the rest of the family, and the cookies passed with flying colors! This is a keeper!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t posted in a while, as I’ve been going through something\u00a0that hasn’t\u00a0left me much in the mood. Today, though, I decided to do some baking\u00a0to get my mind off of things.\u00a0A few months ago I’d purchased Dorie Greenspan’s newest book, Dorie’s Cookies, which is crammed full of scrumptious-sounding cookies, both sweet and savory. 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