You all know that recently I went home to Texas to be with my dad and family while he underwent open heart surgery.

I’ll tell you, nothing makes you want to bake for others more than (stress) and sheer gratitude for the care they’re giving your sick dad.

When I decided I’d bake a cake for the lovely nurses of Methodist Hospital’s ICU ward, I settled on coffee cake very quickly. When you’re baking for a group of folks you don’t know well, coffee cake is the sort of recipe you should go for; easy on the eyes and comforting in texture.
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There’s not much my husband likes better than tiramisu. I don’t know what it is… the silky mascarpone, the decadent coffee and rum (or wine), or the chocolate. Or maybe it’s how they all sing together in perfect dessert harmony.

One thing’s for sure, tiramisu is his favorite dessert, bar none. Even given a choice between carrot cake (his favorite cake!) and tiramisu, he’ll choose tiramisu every time.

It’s definitely up there on my scale too, and I think that scale just got tipped with these Tiramisu Brownies. This month, as part of the Keurig K-Cup Ambassador program, we were sent samples of Barista Prima Italian Roast coffee, plus a recipe for these luscious brownies, and most of the ingredients to make them.
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You may have noticed things going intermittently quiet around here for a while now. I promise you it was not because I lost a passion for food, or a passion for blogging, but rather because I had something incredibly important happening here at home.
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Do you love Hawaiian coffee? The hubs and I sure do. We go out of our way to visit the Kona Cafe when we’re at Disney World, just for one cup of that fabulous java.

Lately we’ve been enjoying that same balanced and bright flavor at home in Tully’s Hawaiian Blend K-Cup Packs. It’s like a quick trip to someplace warm and sunny in every cup. I imagine myself sitting on the patio of a hotel room, coffee in hand on a beautiful, breezy morning.
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Do you ever look through old recipe books and find a recipe that truly surprises you? That’s this recipe. Lemon Drop Cookies aren’t a reference to the cocktail, not at all. They’re named after that old-as-the-hills hard candy from Brachs that we all know and love.

When I was a kid, cough and throat drops made me sick to my stomach, so if I had a sore throat (and it was often – I perpetually had strep!), my mom would buy the sweet, tart Lemon Drops to soothe me. I still love them to this day, especially because they remind me of being cuddled up in my mom’s bed with control of the TV remote.

So when I stumbled across the recipe for Lemon Drop Cookies in River Road Recipes, I knew I just had to make them. You know I’m no stranger to stuffing chocolate in cookies, but hard candy? This I had to try.

And, perfect timing, because my sweet friend Ashton from Something Swanky is getting a new house, and our mutual friend Roxana decided we should throw Miss Ashton a virtual housewarming party!

I have to tell you, these Lemon Drop cookies are exactly the thing to take to a housewarming party. Bright and crisp, buttery and chewy too, with bits of crunch that will have people guessing what went in them. They’re just too good for words!

Ashton, there’s nothing like owning your first home. Enjoy picking out paint and visiting Home Depot a thousand times in one weekend, and mowing your own lawn. Really, I mean it. There’s just nothing like it!

Make sure you visit all of Ashton’s party guests!

 
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