Bake or Break

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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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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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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My sister gave me this recipe a while back, but I had put it in my ever-growing stack and managed not to make it for, well… years. I’ve never had much luck with lemon bars. Today, though, it’s briefness and simplicity beckoned me. And am I ever glad it did! [...]

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When I saw this recipe, I knew I couldn’t resist. Three chocolate layers? Come on. Plus, it has two of my absolute favorite things: chocolate and cream cheese. So, I dove right in and tried them out.
The filing was very easy. I do wish that I’d had some really good chocolate, though. I settled for [...]

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