Why is it golden? Why is this White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie GOLDEN?Because peanut butter and chocolate are always the golden ticket to anyone’s heart. 🎫💖 If it’s Valerie’s heart – the key is WHITE chocolate. ( Reese’s Minis White Creme Peanut Butter Cups, specifically). White Chocolate Peanut Butter Golden Sugar Cookies Classic soft and…
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As the warm sun casts its golden glow over the kitchen, delightful aromas fill the air. The heavenly scent of freshly baked Blueberry Vanilla Meyer Lemon Zest Cookies drifts through the room, enticing everyone who catches a whiff. These cookies, bursting with vibrant flavors, are the perfect combination of sweet and tangy, making them a…
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Is that a fig?It’s not a banana, that’s for sure.While the slices of sun-dried figs appear to be slices of dried banana, in these super yummy Chocolate Berry Fig Cookies, don’t be fooled. They are FIG-TASTIC, not banana baked goods. Most people don’t understand how great the union of chocolate and fig are. In fact,…
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Soft. Tangy. Aromatic. Bursts of Bright Berry.COOKIES.All sounds good, right? I’m not sure if its the addition of cream cheese frosting to the cookie dough, the combination of the lemon and vanilla extracts, the dried berries, or all of it together that creates the gorgeous union of fragrance, flavor, and feel (super soft) for these…
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It’s STILL peach season!! 🍑Oh, how I adore fresh fruits and veggies – apples, all year long, and then I crave and salivate for berry and peach season. It’s the best! Juicy, messy, slippery, sweet peaches. Oh, Georgia on my mind. And so are these amazing cupcakes! Chunks of fresh peaches are baked inside vanilla…
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I actually made this cake for Mother’s Day. Brian asked me, “Is it a surprise cake?”I told him, “Not really, other than Mom will be surprised I made it!” Lemons are good for Mother’s Day, I think. Fresh, tart, tangy, unexpected, and utterly loved. Just like moms. I tried a new idea for the frosting…
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Dinner and then dessert.A VERY special dessert. Truffled White Chocolate Layered Carrot Cake Carrot Cake:2 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 cup white sugar1 cup light brown sugar1 1/2 tsp. baking soda1 tsp. baking powder1 tsp. sea salt2 tsp. ground cinnamon1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg1 cup oil1/2 cup butter, melted4 large eggs1 Tbs. vanilla extract3 cups grated…
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Fall is officially here. In fact, it’s more than here. It has ARRIVED and it’s almost winter! Thus, rather than dreading the impending cold and snow, I choose to celebrate. Let’s bake a cake! Filled with the spices of the season, the caramel cream cheese frosting is slightly savory to balance out the sweetness of…
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I recently touted that I’m “no cheater” when it comes to baking in the kitchen. Everything is from scratch…Well, I have to eat my words and backpedal just a tad. The Lemon Vanilla Fig Cheesecake Bars I made from last week were such a hit, and the creamy cheesecake filling called my name once again,…
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I must give a hint of credit ~ well, more like a brownie pan of credit ~ to my folks for the inspiration for this one. “Mom made Irish Cream Brownies for St. Patty’s Day this year!” We hail Irish in our household. We are all about green on that given day. “It was sooooo…
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