I pondered what to bake for Valentine’s Day for quite some time this year. I thought about a special steak sous vide dinner at home, with roasted Brussels sprouts and baked sweet potatoes – some of our favorite things, along with a gorgeous red wine.But, I also thought long and hard about dessert.I was determined…
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Over Christmas last year, my daughter-in-law gifted me with some homemade Dutch Apple Butter. Her family is from Michigan and every year they all get together in the fall and pick apples and make cinnamon spiced apple butter. YUM!She asked me if liked apple butter and if I’d enjoy having some. Umm..what do you think…
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How do we celebrate birthdays in my neck of the woods? With cake, champagne, sometimes cookies, and this time a Cinnamon White Chocolate Cheesecake. Back in October, we made a date to celebrate our one and only, Rachel, as she marked her 26th trip around the sun. She’s a lover of white chocolate, cinnamon, and…
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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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