Bake or Break

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I happened upon this recipe as I was looking for something quick and easy for Sunday breakfast. I was wanting cinnamon rolls, but, alas, I couldn’t turn back time and prepare them Saturday night. Anyway, I was intrigued by making scones. I’m pretty sure this is my first foray into scone making.

I [...]

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Yes, brownies two posts in a row. In my defense, I was in one of those got-to-be-there-in-2-hours-with-dessert-and-haven’t-even-showered moments. I grabbed my relatively new cookbook, BH&G New Baking Book, which recently brought us Trilevel Brownies. On the adjacent page was the recipe I bring to you now. Well, sort of. I [...]

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For our 4th of July dessert, Quinn suggested brownies. I found this recipe in a bargain table cookbook entitled Better Homes and Gardens New Baking Book. It is also available on BH&G’s website.
First, a complaint. Who has an 11″x7″ baking pan? Certainly not me. I even checked online. Not [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, I turned on the television and became entranced by Food Network Caters Your Vegas Wedding. For those unfamiliar, engaged couples entered a contest in which the grand prize was a wedding reception catered by Food Network. One of the many desserts featured was this one by Giada De Laurentiis. These [...]

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