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Quick and Easy Doughnuts
I’ve never posted this recipe, but only because it isn’t really a recipe. You don’t have to mix anything. You don’t have to knead, proof or tip-toe around rising dough. These are totally no-sweat, easy-peasy doughnuts. You buy a can of biscuits. You pour some oil into a pan. You drop the biscuits into the oil, and watch them sizzle for a couple of minutes. Then you burn your tongue because you can’t wait 2 blessed minutes for them to cool. And then, you feel guilty for…
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Cherry Almond Sour Cream Cake
Today has been a bit traumatic for me. I cleaned out the sippy-cup drawer. I threw them all away. My nearly-four-year-old has stopped using them, so into the trash they went.
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Marshmallow Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Cloud Frosting
Look at the frosting on these cupcakes. Look at it. See how smooth and creamy it looks? I’m here to tell you that it tastes about ten times smoother and creamier. Rosie over at Sweetapolita aptly named this frosting Nutella Cloud Frosting, and I’m not sure there has been a more fitting name in the history of the universe. If you were to eat a chocolate cloud, I’m pretty positive this is exactly what it would taste like. Maybe better. It’s been a while since…
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Tuna & Noodles from Scratch
So, I don’t eat seafood. I’ve tried. I’ve really, really tried. There are a few swimming-things that I’ve taste-tested over the years that I didn’t absolutely detest, but I’d never order them for myself. Well, maybe, possibly a crab cake. But honestly, I’ll only eat it if my husband orders it – if it’s up to me, I can always find a more appetizing appetizer on the menu. I have done everything I can to ensure that my girls don’t have the same aversions to…
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Mini Doughnuts with Honey Vanilla Glaze
When it comes to doughnuts, I might be the pickiest person out there. I don’t like Krispy Kreme, grocery store, convenience store, pre-packaged or even most bakery doughnuts. To be a good doughnut, they have to be fried, glazed doughnuts. You know, the old fashioned kind with the light batter and the flaky glaze that gets all over everything when you eat them. The kind I like are super hard to find…there are only a handful of doughnut shops that I’ve ever found that still make them…
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Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
I have to say that I had very low expectations for this recipe. It just didn’t really appeal to me at all for some reason. It wasn’t until my brother requested these for this birthday dessert that I finally broke down and made them. They are actually quite delicious. The chocolate chip cookie is firm but soft, and even the Oreo cookie softens up a little bit in the middle of the cookie. I will now humbly admit that I should’ve tried these years ago.…
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Wedding Cupcakes
I made two versions of this cupcake – the plain, unfilled cupcake with buttercream, and the same cake with a whipped lemon filling. The plain cakes are for my mom, who LOVES wedding cake. The filled cakes are for me, because I like to fill cupcakes. =) This cake actually uses a box mix as the base for the ingredient list – I wasn’t a big fan of that idea and I could really taste the “boxed cake taste” when they first came out of the…
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Last night, I took my girls trick-or-treating. Our community hosts a safe trick-or-treat and Halloween event in our downtown district. It’s awesome, because all of the businesses open their doors to the kids and pass out candy & treats – the city closes the streets to traffic, some of the storefronts create little haunted houses, the high-school kids dress up and pass out candy at the elementary school, and there are little kids EVERYWHERE. My sister owns one of those downtown shops, so my whole…
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Brownie Bites
Last week I was fortunate enough to be asked to participate in the studio launch party for Melissa Rieke Photography and Melissa & Beth at their fabulous new facility, RStudio. I provided a smattering of desserts for the event and have been eager to share the recipes with you all. The Whoopie Pies from my last post were one of the many items on the menu, and I’ll have another three or four coming soon. You’ll notice that the photos in these upcoming posts are courtesy…
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Cream Cheese Lemon Bars
I have been eyeing* this recipe on Pinterest for a couple of months now. I think it called to me because it reminds me of a bakery-type lemon bar, which I love. Well, I usually love them. I don’t like the ones that taste like egg yolk. Have you had those before? Ugh. They almost give lemon bars a bad name, but if you have a really good one, you’ll forever be in search of another really good one. Or maybe that’s just me… So,…
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Whoopie Pies
I did a lot of baking this past week. I think I made eight different recipes in five days. In fact, right now I’m working on this blog post in an effort to ignore the mess I made in my kitchen. It’s not pretty. I even promised my family that I would host Sunday dinner this week to force myself to get it cleaned up…so far it’s not working. Sigh. Since I had so much baking to do, I had to make sure that some…
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Baby Shower Cupcakes
I’m making cupcakes tomorrow for my dear sister-in-law, who’s hosting a baby shower on Friday night. I still haven’t decided what I want to make yet, so tonight I thought I’d play around with some fondant and try to get some good ideas. Instead, I came up with these. I also discovered that fondant and I don’t play well together. I think I’m going to need a lot more practice before I am good enough to make anything fancy. Plus, I totally hate the taste…
