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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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Orange-Yogurt Muffins with Marmalade Glaze & Brunch
Recently, I was chosen by Foodbuzz and Dannon to review and blog about a new product: Dannon Activia Harvest Picks Yogurt. I hosted a small, light brunch for my sisters and we really enjoyed ourselves, and the food! Since spring has made an early arrival this year, I put together a little table outside so we could soak in the fabulous weather. The great thing about yogurt is that it is extremely versatile. You can eat it alone, of course, or add a topping, use it as…
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Honey Beer Bread
I’m kind of a beer snob. I have a very short list of beers that I’ll even drink. So, when I saw this recipe I wasn’t totally excited about it. I know that beer does wonderful things for chocolate cake and batters for deep frying, but bread? For some reason though, I kept coming back to this. After further consideration, I decided that beer would probably lend a great, malty flavor to this bread and that it was worth a try. Turns out I was…
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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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Ten Amazing Labor Day Recipes
Follow my blog with Bloglovin My family is celebrating Labor Day this year with a pot-luck, swimming and lots of good food and drink. The weather is expected to be sunny and hot, perfect for swimming, firing up the grill and enjoying the company of our enormous family. Over the years, my family has perfected the pot-luck – most everyone brings the recipe that they’re famous for – with names like “Mary Ann’s potato stuff,” or “Cathy’s cookies” or “Amanda’s cake balls,” “Holly’s pasta salad.”…
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Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
I feel like we are a couple of weeks behind everyone else, but it’s finally back-to-school week at my house. We’re getting back into the swing of things, painfully shedding our summertime schedules and trying to remember what it’s like to set alarm clocks and adhere to bedtime routines. Since I’m totally a creature of habit, I look forward to this time of year. I love having my daughter home with me all summer long, but I thrive on schedules and routines. Plus, do…
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Throwback Thursday: One Hour Maple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
Hi everyone! On Thursdays, I will be sharing some of my favorites from the archives of Lemon Sugar. These are still my very favorite cinnamon rolls, ever and are one of my most-pinned recipes! Wouldn’t these be great on a lazy daylight-saving morning? Enjoy! ♥ This is officially the third time I’ve used my One Hour Cinnamon Roll Dough on the blog. There was the original, the Cherry Sweet Rolls, and now these. I think these win. These are Maple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls, and they’re fabulous. Oh…
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Cookies for Kids’ Cancer & A Giveaway!
For me, there is little worse than being sick over the holidays – especially baking holidays like Thanksgiving. I started feeling like I was coming down with something the day before Thanksgiving, and by the weekend I was completely down and out with Bronchitis. Needless to say, I didn’t do nearly the amount of baking I wanted to over the holiday – and I certainly didn’t eat as much as I wanted to – although I suppose maybe that’s a good thing. Now that I’m feeling…
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Carrot Cake
I love a good carrot cake. My friend Kim who, up until a year ago I worked with every day, makes a really, really delicious carrot cake. She would bring it in upon request and for celebrations at work – and because hers was so good, I didn’t really have a reason to make it myself. But, then I left that job and Kim and I no longer work together. Sad face. That means I haven’t had carrot cake in over a year. Double sad face. Today, since…
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Vanilla Coconut Banana Cream Pie
I’m pretty sure that you aren’t supposed to make cream pies when it’s 100 degrees outside…I’m pretty sure that could probably get you in big trouble in some parts of the world. But when you catch a summer cold, are stuck inside in the air conditioning with a sore throat and a fever and really need to update your blog, that’s exactly what you do. You make a cream pie. You also dip extra bananas into the filling and eat them like a fruity-creamy fun…
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Chocolate Layer Cake
This is a variation of the very first layer cake I ever made. I got the itch to make it yesterday, after doing a little bit of maintenance on my site. I’m in the process of updating all of the recipes on all of Lemon Sugar to make them printable and more functional for everyone, and oh holy cow – I came across some cringe-worthy photos and blog posts from my early days. Case in point: This cake. I’m totally blushing right now. I’m so…
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Three Layer Oreo Bars
So my life goes like this: yesterday my husband was out with his buddies, so I had an evening to myself. The girls went to bed at 8pm, and I marched right now the stairs, made a big glass of iced tea, bought the girliest-chick-flick ever, and pulled out my big stack of neglected magazines. It was awesome…for about three minutes. Precisely three minutes into my chick-flick, my youngest daughter was calling from the top of the stairs. It was “fundering” and she was scared.…
