love, philly
A couple weeks ago, we decided to have an impromptu trip down to Philly. We’ve been hearing great things about the food and drinks, and boy did we eat and drink. This trip was one big ole’ food adventure. We ended up coming back to New York with the biggest raw oyster obsession AND a new love for Philly.
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and so it grows…
Its been far longer than it should have been since we’ve posted anything. Even beyond that, its been more than unforgivable that we haven’t updated you with the progress of our garden! For SHAME!
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it’s cookie time!
It’s true, Girl Scout cookie time is officially over. Major sad face! Even when Girl Scout Season (i know, i know, its Girl Scout Cookie season but its like hunting those girls down just to get those cookies) comes around, I’ve got my eagle eye out for the khaki and green but alas they were hard to find here in New York City. Luckily, there are some highly innovative bakers out there that have created homemade recipes of delightful thin mints, do-si-dos, and the melt in your mouth samoas! Thanks to Baking Bites, we can enjoy the pleasures of Girl Scout Cookies whenever we want!
Some tips before you venture into making these delicious Samoas, these little suckers are time consuming so plan on spending a couple hours making these cookies. It may be key to get good quality caramels like the recipe calls for, instead we used cheap-os which we think might have made them less stickier. Its important to have sticky caramel-y, coconut toppings so that it sticks to the butter cookies.
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