Valentine Rolled Cookies These were absolutely delicious. Chilling the dough is definitely necessary, as the large quantity of butter can make it stick to the counter relatively easily, even when floured. Once you chill it in the fridge, it's actually helpful to put the dough you're not using into the freezer while you work with small portions at a time. It was also extremely helpful to have two people, as it let us work with the dough faster before it warmed up. These taste great. Sweet, but not cloyingly so. Soft and chewy - definitely check these at 4.5 to 5 minutes. Decorating icing is a really nice touch - not only for a cute personal flare, but also to add a little bit of moisture and a different flavor. Oh, and one last tip - making them a little thicker makes them easier to handle. We still wound up with over 75 cookies, even though we rolled them out thicker than 1/8 inch.

Decadent Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce Made this the other night for a special occasion. Came out delicious! I accidentally picked up milk chocolate chips instead of semisweet, so it was a lot brighter than in the picture, but was otherwise delicious. Will try with semisweet next time. The idea of a meringue cake was definitely new to me, but everyone raved about it. Definitely need the raspberry sauce, though! Cake is rather dry without it. I did struggle a little with the chocolate topping. I wound up adding more butter and some unsweetened chocolate I had on hand and finally got the consistency right, but then I needed to add sugar to restore the sweetness. I found that adding milk by the teaspoon helped me adjust the consistency until it was just right and the whole thing was smooth and glossy. Also poked some holes with a toothpick to help some of it seep into the cake itself.

Lemon-Raspberry Cream Bars I'd probably give these only a 4/5 myself, but I made them nearly six months ago and I'm still getting compliments! They weren't hard to make at all and they were gone in no time.

Lemon Dream Tassies These were amazing, they got such rave reviews. They look really classy, but aren't all that difficult to make. You really need to watch your cookie cups, though. I did mine one pan at a time, in case I ruined them, and they were done in about 9 minutes or so. They're still fantastic and crumbly even if a little darker than shown in the picture. Also, I used more curd than the recipe calls for (I went through 2 10-oz jars for one recipe, lime and lemon) but it felt like just the right amount.