Homemade cranberry jam.
Candy for the kids.
Wedding cakes (they were actually good!)
Flowers
Rob getting a glass of the beer he made.
Billy & Ging during dinner.
Killian & Liz during dinner.
After the wedding ceremony and some posed photos we all walked or took a ride in a golf cart down the road to a property that was rented for [...]
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Laura’s Cranberry Streusel Shortbread Bars won top honors at my cookie party. Lots of people emailed or commented to request the recipe. Sorry it took so long for me to provide it, I was in California on business for much of this past week.
For the crust & struesel
10 1/2 oz. (1 cup plus [...]
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On Saturday I hosted a cookie party. My mom, sister-in-law, cousin, nieces, Dallas’ aunts, and some of my girlfriends all came over. Each brought several dozen cookies, which we laid out and sampled over the course of a few hours.
I served some baba ganoush (Dallas and I love the Whole Foods brand of it [...]
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