Creamy Cashew Lemon Curd Cheesecake
Nov 20
Browned Butter Baby Potatoes & Chicken Sausage
Most people crave comfort foods in the way of pasta, mashed potatoes, casseroles, and often sweets.For me, my comfort is WARMTH in food. I crave veggies and some protein.I also have an affinity for chicken sausage. I’m not sure what it is about the product, but I just like it. And that’s that.Thus, after a…
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Nov 17
Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies
I take pride in my creativity of recipes, interesting amalgamations of flavors, and unique ability to derive pleasure from unexpected marriages of scents, textures, and tastes.I feel as though this is a gift – and a way to gift others with new and interesting gustatory experiences. Sometimes, though, friends, acquaintances, and spouses (well, JUST my…
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Nov 15
Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge “Crepe” Layer Cake
Is it a cake? Are they crepes? Is it a dessert?No. No. YES!Using gluten-free, grain-free almond flour tortillas, I slathered peanut butter and homemade dark chocolate fudge in between each layer and baked to perfection.Easy. Peasy. Delicious. C’mon! It’s peanut butter and chocolate!!! (BTW, as a small aside, my favorite after-school snack as a kid…
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Nov 13
Crème de Menthe Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Crème de menthe (French for “mint cream”) is a sweet, mint-flavored alcoholic beverage. It is available commercially in a colorless version (called “white”) and a green version (colored by the mint leaves or by added coloring if made from extract instead of leaves). Both varieties have a similar flavor and are interchangeable in recipes, except…
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Nov 10
Peanut Butter Cinnamon Dulce de Leche Oatmeal Cookies
The sweet and salty combination of dulce de leche and peanut butter, along with cinnamon and hearty oatmeal make these Peanut Butter Cinnamon Dulce de Leche Oatmeal Cookies totally irresistible. Of course, we are all familiar with the necessary virtue of peanut butter in our everyday lives.But, what is dulce de leche? In Spanish, the words “dulce…
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Nov 8
Birthday Buttercream Frosting Cupcakes
Birthdays are all about celebration.Buttercream is also all about celebration. Maybe YOU are one of the lucky ones who indulge in the decadent, delicious, dessert of homemade buttercream on a regular basis – but most of us save and savor this delight for super special occasions.BIRTHDAYS meet that category.In my life, I so enjoy going…
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Nov 6
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Sourdough Monkey Bread
Monkey bread 🙈🙉🙊🐵🐒 made with ancient sourdough starter and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal is a delightful twist on the classic recipe that already makes you swoon – and takes “extra” sweet crunch takes the breakfast dessert bread to a whole new level of greatness. The tangy and complex flavor of homemade sourdough bread adds a…
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Nov 3
Espresso Chocolate Walnut Raisin Date Cake Mix Cookies
A simple search of “cake mix cookies” equates to a trillion different easy 3-ingredient cookie recipes. These all purport to taste like bakery cookies – soft, chewy, delicious – AND to be super easy to bake at home; after all, the cookie recipes only use three ingredients. Well, I chose to use a chocolate cake…
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Nov 1
Nilla Chocolate Acorn Sweet Cookie Bites
THE CUTEST Fall or Thanksgiving treat, with just a few simple pantry ingredients, these Nilla Chocolate Acorn Sweet Cookie Bites could not be easier to make! Fall is my very favorite time of year. The air is crisp, the nights are COLD and the days are bright and cool.The sun shines differently – the vibration…
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Oct 31
Halloween 🎃👻Oreo Cookie Slims
Milk’s favorite cookie,” BUT BETTER! O.R.E.O. cookies, blended with tasty vanilla frosting for EXTRA creamy goodness, and folded into prepared chocolate cake mix make for the most amazing and EASY Chocolate Cookies & Cream Oreo Cookie “Slim” you could ever imagine. The cloudy, chewy texture is to die for! The only question would be…dunk for…
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