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Chocolate Mint Wafer Cookies

Chocolate Mint Wafer Cookies

Wafer cookies – you know those types. The cookies that are thin and crisp and layer perfectly with ice cream for perfect little ice cream sandwiches or crumble up nicely over pudding. I didn’t realize this until I actually looked it up but July 3rd 

Girl Scout Cookie Mini Oven – For Those That Want Thin Mints, Trefoils and More Year Round

Girl Scout Cookie Mini Oven – For Those That Want Thin Mints, Trefoils and More Year Round

Photo courtesy Wicked Cool Toys, wickedcooltoys.com. Looking for the perfect toy for a Girl Scout this fall, or perhaps the little baker of the house? Wicked Cool Toys is coming out with a Girl Scouts Cookie Oven this Fall, 2015. Wicked Cool Toys – Girl 

S’mores! Plus All About Campire Safety (1927)

S’mores! Plus All About Campire Safety (1927)

I recently posted on the Old School Pastry blog the original recipe for “Some More” (S’mores) from the 1927 Girl Scout handbook Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. It also has a wealth of info on starting, maintaining, and extinguishing campfires. Enjoy. 🙂

Hotel del Coronado’s Version of S’mores

Hotel del Coronado’s Version of S’mores

Okay, I know National S’mores Day was a couple of days ago, but I’m a big s’more fan. We celebrate by eating s’mores every time we go camping. And with Girl Scouts in the house, well, the dessert is part of the household now. 🙂 

Spiced Dutch Apple Pie with Savannah Smiles Streusel Topping and Hot Water Pie Crust

Spiced Dutch Apple Pie with Savannah Smiles Streusel Topping and Hot Water Pie Crust

Spiced Dutch Apple Pie with Savannah Smiles Girl Scout CookieOatmeal Steusel Topping and Hot Water Pie Crust Here’s another entry in the Girl Scout Cookie dessert recipes list. I used Savannah Smiles which are a crisp, shortbread-like cookie lightly coated in lemony powdered sugar. If 

Samoas Chocolate Mousse Cake with Biscuit Flourless Chocolate Cake and Toasted Coconut

Samoas Chocolate Mousse Cake with Biscuit Flourless Chocolate Cake and Toasted Coconut

There is something about toasted coconut, chocolate, and caramel that make it an irresistible combination. Girl Scouts have picked up the combo with their top selling cookie, Somaos, which are also Caramel deLites depending on where you live. This cookie was next on my list for ‘Girl Scout 

National Girl Scout Cookie Day! And Thin Mint Brownies

National Girl Scout Cookie Day! And Thin Mint Brownies

Thin Mint Brownies – Recipe Below. National Girl Scout Cookie Day. Image courtesy Girl Scouts of Orange County. Today is the day – February 8th is National Girl Scout Cookie Day. And I know that makes you smile. 🙂 I have two girl scouts and