Chocolate Cake #1

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Pin It Well, I kicked the tires and lit the fires on my new mixer, she cut her teeth on my first homemade chocolate cake.  She still doesn’t have a name, it will come with time, she will let me know her personality and gain her name. Yes, you should commit me, I am talking [...]

Whipped Shortbread

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Light as air whipped shortbread that melts in your mouth. No hockey pucks here, just buttery perfection!

Grandma Marion’s Christmas Pudding

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The time to start your Christmas Pudding is now.Our family classic is less fruit and more vegetables.I kid you not.

My Butter Tarts. They’re Even Famous.

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Pin It Alright, the cat’s going to be let out of the bag, the chicken’s gonna flew the coop and all that jazz. Yes, I know that was horrible grammar, and the grammar police are coming as we speak. But not before I share my famous butter tart recipe, the one that is from my [...]

Minty Ritz Delights

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Salty Ritz crackers covered in mint chocolate with broken candy cane on top.Basically legal, less expensive crack.

Easy Chocolate Truffles

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The easiest truffles you’ll ever make. Psst. They’re even better frozen.Little frozen balls of happy.

Christmas Biscotti

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Pin It I have a fondness for biscotti of all flavors, and biscotti makes an excellent Christmas gift, because to be frank, anything dipped in chocolate makes a great gift. I also love candied fruit, and to make truly seasonal biscotti the addition of those is perfect! I know these were good because I took [...]

Pineapple Slice

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A delectable summertime treat that tastes like pineapple heaven. With whipped cream. ‘Nuff said.

Seven Layer Bars

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Pin It Thanks to my cookbook give away the other week, I discovered in the comments another kind of bar/dainty that I would like to try. And as per usual, I put my own twist on it, which is very easy to do with 7 layer bars, you can invent the layers as you go [...]

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

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Pin It Necessity is the mother of invention, so they say, and this mother had to make a banana muffin that her kids would eat! I have tried oatmeal banana ones, but they never seem to like them, banana loaf is always a hit but I really wanted to try my new teeny muffin liners [...]

Does This Make Me A Master Now?

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Pin It Finally, after many birthday cakes, I treated myself to the ultimate tip set. With, of course, my 50% off coupon which brought the cost down to a mere $35. Which still is a little bit of sticker shock, but that makes them less than a dollar apiece, so really, that is a pretty [...]

Space Ship/Rocket Birthday Cake

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Pin It This was supposed to be a space shuttle, this cake was not in any way, shape or form supposed to look like it did. It was supposed to look like the one on the Berry Crocker website. The bleepers at Betty Crocker though, sneakily used a white cake. My crumb layer failed so [...]

The Best Brownies AKA Chocolate Chewy Wonders

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Pin It Ever since I made delicious, chewy brownies and promptly lost the recipe for them, I have been searching for a recipe that creates the same chewy-riffic, chocolate bliss that I once experienced. In the searching I learned a few things, how not to mix the hell outta them when you put in the [...]

Lemon Cranberry Scones

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Nothing says winter like locking yourself in your warm house & baking up some scones. Lemon cranberry, to be exact.

Lemon Bars

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Pin It What the? How the? I am confused. How on earth did these end up being the tastiest squares that I have made in forever??? I only made them because a) I love lemon, b) I had all the ingredients  and c) they were fairly easy. They are amazing. The shortbread base melts in [...]

Butter Tart Bars

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Pin It Butter Tart bars are almost as easy as my homemade butter tarts. Almost. You do have to make a crust for these, but it is incredibly simple to whip up. These come from the 150 Delicious Squares Book, of which I have two copies to give away this week! Right in time for [...]

How To: Make Ganache

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Pin It I made ganache to go on top of some brownies that I made, and ending up not liking the brownies, but loving the ganache on top! Of course, what’s not to love….its’ chocolate and cream cooked together. There’s just no way to go wrong with ingredients like that! Ganache can be used instead [...]

Lemon Sugar Cookies

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Lemon sugar cookies are perfect for Halloween creating. If you can resist eating them all before the kids get a chance. I personally have no willpower.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe: Pecan Bar Version

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  Pin It The Tollhouse Chocolate cookie recipe is the best basic chocolate chip cookie recipe there is to be had, bar none. They perfected the perfect base for them and it has been around forever. My copy is from a newspaper, and either my grandma or my mom cut and taped the recipe into [...]

Pumpkin Bread

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Pin It Now it’s time to get on to a Pumpkin Loaf, or bread, because what kind of Pumpkin Week would it be if I didn’t have a great pumpkin loaf as well? This recipe makes two loaves, which was perfect for my picky-pants husband, one was plain and the other was loaded with raisins [...]

Pumpkin Scones

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Even tastier than that famous coffee shop’s pumpkin scones. You know the one. Homemade is better, cheaper and healthier for you.

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