Almond Joy: Chewy Amaretto Cookies (Amaretti Morbidi) Recipe
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Almond Joy: Chewy Amaretto Cookies (Amaretti Morbidi)
April 18, 2016 By Isabelle Boucher 1 Comment | Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, bars and cookies
I might be jinxing myself right now, but it looks like spring is finally here… though for a while there I was starting to wonder if we were in for a years-long Westeros style winter.
Anyone who’s spent a couple of years in Toronto will tell you that our springs are notoriously fickle, but this might be the first April in my 30-odd years here that within a two-week span we went from this…
…to this…
Thankfully, if the forecast is to be believed, balmy spring weather is finally here to stay.
I’m hoping that the change in the air extends to more than just…
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