For the longest time I thought I didn’t care for cheesecake. In fact, I was convinced that cheesecake was on “my list” of items I would forever avoid. I’m not quite sure why I had convinced myself of this ~ but as life moved on and I graduated from college, I discovered (on my graduation…
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I will forewarn you, the first part of my little romance below has nothing to do with Lemon Vanilla Fig Cheesecake Bars. Not a thing. You were warned. I typically make all my recipes from scratch. Of course, there is the occasion, here and there, when I’ll “cheat” for the sake of time, convenience, or…
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It seems to me, everything about summer screams “tropical,” and everything tropical indicates coconut and macadamia nut. Or, at least, that’s the way it should be. Now that summer has wrapped up and I skipped a whole season of tropical eating (I live no where near the tropics, of course), I’m craving the sweet creamy…
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I’ve said this many times before: I don’t necessarily need an excuse to cook or bake anything. I do because I can. And, I certainly needed no special occasion to create a Lemon Salted Caramel Cheesecake. But this time, in fact, I did have a reason. For some reason we got this CRAZY idea with…
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The night I pulled together the Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars, I was asked to make something just as special for a work function the following Monday. Of course, I obliged. We brainstormed for a few moments – actually, I thought out loud. And then, this happened. Orange Vanilla Clove Cheesecake Bars 1 cup shortbread…
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A tempting treat – full of the flavors and aromas of Christmas. Are you ready? Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars 1 pkg. Pepperidge Farms Bordeaux cookies 8 Tbs. butter, melted 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 6 oz. mascarpone cheese, room temperature 2/3 cup powdered sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract…
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July is long gone, as are the celebratory fireworks of red, white, and blue. However, by no means does that indicate an inability to celebrate with color – and a little bit of sweet! This sweet treat, however, is a little different. It’s unique. It adds a little bit of stink…a little bit of funk…blue…
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I had great intentions of gifting beautifully sweet mini lavender rose cheesecakes to a dear friend and his daughter. However, sometimes things in life don’t go quite as planned. This was one of those times. But I made it work. And it worked out quite well. Instead of little cheesecakes, these babies became little lavender…
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I’ve been absolutely dying to make this recipe ever since I whipped up a batch of my Easy Blackcurrant Jam. The idea has been spilling out of my head ~ literally ~ I’ve been spouting about it non-stop. Originally the idea was to make this into a cheesecake pie of sorts. I could see the…
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I do pride myself on coming up with the most imaginative flavor combinations I can in the kitchen. I love to dream, fantasize, and envision the amalgamation of flavors never dreamed before to be united. This time, however, I owe the stargazing credit and prideful concoction to another being of brilliance in both the kitchen…
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