cookie of the month: pumpkin sage cookies

I read somewhere recently that proclaimed pumpkin is the new bacon.

I don't know if I buy that.

First off, I don't really crave pumpkin in the middle of July - it lends itself more to fall spices than summer fruits. And second, if pumpkin became the new bacon it could run the risk of being overdone, of people becoming tired of it. Personally, I don't want to become tired of pumpkin. Pumpkin is many traditional things - pumpkin pie anyone? But it can also be made new, like these cookies. Pumpkin and sage go surprisingly well together. Add a little browned butter and spices to amp up the fall-ness, and these cookies are old and new all rolled into one.

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cookie of the month: Oktoberfest cookies

In my household, October is not about pumpkin. No, October is about beer. Who am I kidding? The whole year is about beer, thanks to my husband. I never considered myself a beer person but after six years of marriage and a beer weekend up in Healdsburg, he has changed me. I now often surprise myself with my knowledge of beer. Have you tried the latest barrel-aged sour Belgian collaboration ale from Lagunitas and Russian River? Did I get that right? No. Ok, I'll stick with cookies then. Cookies I can do.

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Bake Your Heart Out cookies now at Steak Out!

This is actually happening. And is most of the reason I've been absent from here lately.

If you are a Mountain View local, you can now get Bake Your Heart Out cookies at Steak Out on Castro Street.

Please ignore my horrible picture and my even more horrible chalk writing. It was done after four hours in the kitchen on a 90 degree day.

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cookie of the month: brown sugar sugar cookies

I like to think of this cookie as the sultry sibling of the regular sugar cookie. Their deeply golden brown exterior lets you know that these are not your average sugar cookie.

And don’t be fooled by their glittery exterior. The coating of turbinado sugar only adds to their mystery. A sweet, crunchy exterior with a deep butterscotch center. Try one and these will quickly become your new guilty pleasure.

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cookie of the month: blueberry macadamia shortbread

Insipired lives inspire me.

I've alway wished I tlived a more inspired life. You know the types -- there are people who are actually doing the thing you wish you were doing with your life, and then there are people doing something so completely different than your own life that it makes you wonder how they got there. Often I find myself wanting those lives because, honestly, it just looks so dang cool. And it's pretty easy to get caught up in wanting something else. The grass is always greener, they say.

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