Bake or Break

Gorilla Bread

Not much to add to this recipe from Paula Deen. Just make it. Yum!!! That woman has a way with a can of biscuits, doesn’t she? I only made half of the recipe because, well, 2 people can’t/shouldn’t eat 20 of these. If you’re making half, you can still use a Bundt pan. I used [...]

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Chunky Macadamia Bars

I bake with pecans more than any other nut. They are by far my favorite, but sometimes I get a craving for something else. That brings us to this recipe that I found in a clearance table cookbook called Hershey’s Chocolate for Every Season. A delicious combination of chocolate, vanilla, and macadamia nuts, these bars [...]

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins with Chocolate Streusel

A search through my “to try” list for a quick and easy breakfast recipe led me to this recipe from Quaker Oats. What I made was an adaptation of this recipe, based on what ingredients I had on hand. The ingredient list is a bit long for me to be saying that it’s quick and [...]

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Chunky Cream Cheese and Macadamia Nut Cookies

Still not over my cream cheese craving, I made these cookies from The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, which has been on my cookbook shelf for years. I had made cream cheese cookies before, but with chocolate chips. Everyone liked them, but they didn’t do much for me. Using macadamia nuts instead intrigued me. So, [...]

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Pecan Cheesecake Bars

I found this really simple recipe at Land O’Lakes’ website. There was nothing about it that didn’t sound good. After all, I’m a fool for cream cheese. The crust is baked first without the filling. The directions read to beat the crust ingredients together, but I found that a pastry blender worked much better. Be [...]

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Chocolate Chunk Pecan Crunch Cake

While staring at my cookbook collection hoping for inspiration to strike, I spied a cookbook on the top shelf that caught my eye. I probably have 100 or so cookbooks, so it’s easy for one to get lost. The one that I pulled down was Chocolate by Nick Malgieri. After looking through it for close [...]

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