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Shortbread cookies aka Mexican Wedding cookies

Shortbread cookies aka Mexican Wedding cookies

How can a cookie with only four ingredients taste SO good? All I had the energy to do on last Friday was bake a batch of shortbread. It was definitely a sick day! But shortbread is a wonderful starting point for all kinds of sweet adventures: one part sugar, two parts butter, three parts flour, no leavening. Oh, flavor it with pecans or hazelnut and a little powdered sugar to top it off. Simplicity never tasted so good.

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Dump Cake

Dump Cake

Please don’t hate me. Because I’m here to tell you one thing: there is nothing—nothing—good about this dessert. It’s loaded with sugar. It’s packed with fat…I don’t even know what to say. But guess what? This dump cake is sooo delicious and easy and did I mention EASY? I reckon most dump cake recipes are easy, but there is only 5 ingredients in this dump cake. No need for eggs, oil, or water!!!! And Why reinvent the wheel, really? Did it taste good? Sure…
Just dig in !

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