Chocolate Espresso Mousse | #ChristmasSweetsWeek

Chocolate espresso mousse with bittersweet chocolate, espresso, cream, and topped with a dark chocolate-covered coffee bean. 

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These chocolate espresso mousse (or is it mousses?) take very little effort to make, yet they are an elegant, dinner party worthy dessert.

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Peppermint Stick Cookies | #ChristmasSweetsWeek

These peppermint stick cookies are fun to make, fun to eat, and so Christmasy.

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These peppermint stick cookies begin with a vanilla butter cookie which is dipped in a vanilla glaze and then sprinkled with crushed peppermint candies.

Apricot Sour Cream Bread | #BreadBakers

This Apricot Sour Cream Bread is wonderful with coffee for breakfast or with afternoon tea.

This bread is studded with dried apricots and sweetened with freshly squeezed orange juice and turbinado cane sugar.

Easy One-Pan Roasted Peppers with Sausage and Rice Dinner

This roasted peppers with sausage and rice dish is easy to make with just five ingredients, and it takes just a few minutes to cook.

All you need is roasted red bell peppers, Italian sausage, cooked rice, plus a little fresh oregano and Parmesan cheese for garnish.

Eggnog Cookies #ChristmasSweetsWeek

These eggnog cookies capture the rum and the spices of eggnog in a cookie.

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These cookies are loaded with flavors of an eggnog cocktail.

Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies

These Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies are spiced with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, and filled with apricot jam. 

The tops of these gingerbread sandwich cookies have a little cutout in the top that you can bake to make little pop-able cookies.