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North Shore to South Bay

A Jewish baking blog that combines my Midwestern upbringing with my newfound home in Southern California.

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Mar 21
2 min

Passover Coconut Bars

Last Sunday, we went over to Noah's grandma's house to make dinner with her and go through some old family photos. The first thing that...

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Hamentaschen

NorthShoreToSouthBay

Feb 22
2 min

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Hamentaschen

Sometimes when you go to order ice cream, you just want a simple and classics flavor. You can never go wrong with chocolate chip cookie...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Feb 9
3 min

Spumoni Hamentaschen

When I told my husband that my Purim theme this year was going to be ice cream, his first response was "you have to make spumoni...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Feb 3
2 min

Rocky Road Hamentaschen

This year's hamentaschen theme is...... ICE CREAM! This sweet treat comes in so many flavors that lend themselves so well to cookies! Our...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Jan 23
2 min

Sticky Toffee Cookies

These cookies have all of the deliciousness of sticky toffee pudding, without any of the mess or hassle!

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Jan 17
1 min

Seven Species Chocolate Bark

This is one of those recipes where there isn't really a recipe. Now, stick with me.... Why am I posting if it's not a "real" recipe? I...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Dec 14, 2022
2 min

Cookie Dough Stuffed Sufganiyot

Hannukah is alllllll about the fried foods and while I am more than happy to eat the occasional doughnut, I am much more of a cookie and...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Aug 15, 2022
2 min

Apples and Honey Bars

These apple and honey bars are a play on my grandmother's famous dream bars. Traditionally the dream bars have a crispy, buttery, crust...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Aug 3, 2022
3 min

Apples and Honey Cheesecake

New York cheesecake, the classic dessert that so many of us love, has always intimidated me. How is it possible to get that light and...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Jul 1, 2022
2 min

S'mores Babka

Summer is here! All of my friends know that my favorite way to spend time together is to gather in a backyard, light a fire in a fire...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

May 4, 2022
3 min

Rainbow Cookie Cake

Rainbow cookies grace almost every Shabbat Kiddush lunch dessert tray, but did you know that they actually have their origins in Italian...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Apr 26, 2022
2 min

PB&J Babka

One of the first "creative" challah flavors I ever created was a peanut butter and jelly challah. The dough had actual peanut butter in...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Apr 26, 2022
2 min

Black & White Cookie Cake

What is the one way that you can improve a black and white cookie? Stack three of them on top of each other, smother them in black and...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Mar 31, 2022
2 min

Black Forest Cake Jar for Passover

A couple of years ago one of my friends sent me cake in a jar for my birthday. I had never seen such a thing before and as someone who is...

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NorthShoreToSouthBay

Mar 29, 2022
2 min

Chocolate Orange Mini Sponge Cakes

Every year around the holidays I treat myself to one of those chocolate oranges. You know the ones that you crack open by whacking them...

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Marissa Wojcik

Growing up in the Midwest, I had a warm childhood centered around family and friends. Many of my first memories center around food and the traditions of family holidays. I was never someone who thought that they would live more than a few hours drive from their family....

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Mom's Sugar Cookies (Recipe Coming Soon!)