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Is It Summer Yet?
Sometimes, when it rains, it pours. Sometimes, when it pours, it doesn’t stop. Even if you’re hosting a barbecue for your family. Even when the linens are pressed, groceries are bought, cupcakes are made and the twinkle lights are hung. We have had an unseasonably warm spring in my part of the world. Our trees bloomed early, tulips and daffodils poked out of the ground weeks ahead of schedule and people are just itching to get their gardens started. Mother Nature, though – she’s got…
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Homemade Crescent Rolls
I come from a family of nappers. Well, I should rephrase that a bit. My Mom and sisters could win a napping competition against the best nappers in the whole wide universe. I guess I wouldn’t call my Dad a napper, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen my brothers nap. But whatever. I come from half a family of nappers. I, though, am not a napper. Napping makes me feel worse than if I didn’t take a nap at all. I know there…
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Cherry Sweet Rolls
Ok, let me break this down for you. One-hour sweet roll dough. Sweet cherry filling. Easy-peasy powdered sugar glaze. Start to finish, cherry sweet rolls, in about an hour. Boom. This is what Sunday afternoons are made for. Know why? Because tomorrow I get to have a cherry sweet roll with my morning coffee. It’s funny because every single time I make this recipe, I think, “Why in the world did I not halve the recipe? Why do I need 30 sweet rolls?” Let me…
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Waffles. Really Delicious Waffles.
See the updated post, here! Waffles are one of those things that we never really had growing up. We had our fair share of pancakes and french toast, but I can only remember having waffles a couple of times in my childhood. They seemed to be more of a restaurant treat, usually topped with strawberries and whipped cream. After trying a number of recipes at home, I determined what I DON’T like in a waffle – a heavy, egg-y taste. These waffles were the result…
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Beer & Pretzel Cupcakes
After a pretty darn stressful week (few weeks, actually), I had a pretty amazing day. My parents kept the girls for us this morning, and the hubs and I spent a few hours together, just the two of us. We had some fun in downtown KC, and grabbed a quiet lunch. It was nice to have some adult time. Some QUIET adult time. After a quiet morning, we came home and just kind of hung out. The girls went swimming, I took a nap (A…
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Blueberry Breakfast Cake
This blueberry breakfast cake is reminiscent of a shortcake, slightly sweet and bursting with fresh blueberries and undertones of crisp lemon. The crunch from the turbinado sugar lends a satisfying crackle, and reminds you that breakfast is meant to be delicious. Hi everyone! I’m back! Not that I was really gone, but I took a bit of a self-prescribed break from the blog last week. My kids were sick, I was sick, my kids were sick again – it was just a really crummy week.…
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Mini Apple Crumb Sundaes
I’m not sure that ANYTHING screams summertime dessert more than apple pie. But even more, apple pie with ice cream? Not much better than that. And while I love a good pie, they can really be a major undertaking – from the crust to the filling to crossing your fingers that they set up like they’re supposed to – that’s a lot of dessert-stress that sometimes I just don’t want to deal with. I hosted my extended family gathering for the 4th of July this…
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Almond Joy Cupcakes
I’m pretty sure I told you in a recent post that we’ve cleaned up our eating habits in our household since the beginning of the year. Nothing crazy, but just a renewed focus on eating healthy, real food and avoiding processed, chemical-ly food. We don’t do diets, because we’ve learned over the years that they just don’t work. I really don’t have much trouble passing up all of the goodies that I bake anyway, a taste or two will usually suit me just fine. But…
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Champagne Cupcakes
There’s something wrong with this picture. Right now, I’m hanging out in my living room while my kids are napping. For some reason, the movie Twister is playing on my television. I’m wearing my oldest, most comfortable yoga pants and my hair is in a ponytail. There’s a basket of freshly laundered kitchen towels staring at me, begging to be folded before they become a wrinkly mess. And I’m writing about champagne cupcakes. Such is my life, I suppose. Here’s the thing, though. These look fancy,…
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Pumpkin Donuts with Maple Buttermilk Glaze
It seems like the minute the calendar turns from August to September I start craving fall flavors like pumpkin, apple, maple and sweet potato. And since before we know it there will be snow on the ground and pumpkin will be replaced with peppermint, I feel like it’s my duty to cram as many of these flavors into September and October as possible. About a year ago I found a recipe for pumpkin donuts but never got around to making them. I was not going…
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Rigatoni with Creamy Marsala Sauce
I know, it’s surprising. Another pasta dish! This is a new one for us, but it sounded good tonight and we had all of the ingredients so we decided to try it out. This pasta is actually called “Rigatoni di Gregorio” but since I changed it a little, I’m not sure that it really qualifies as such anymore. We grilled the chicken instead of pan-frying it, and I added green olives in lieu of parsley, mostly because my girls won’t eat “green stuff” on their…
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Irish Apple Cake with Irish Whiskey Caramel Sauce
The weather was gorgeous outside today. Sunny, nearly 70 degrees, no wind – and my kids played outside. We went for a walk. We didn’t wear jackets, and we didn’t come in until almost bedtime. These things, along with the fact that college basketball tournaments are on TV and St. Patrick’s Day is a mere three days away can really only mean one thing – SPRING IS HERE! Well, almost. Still a week or so away but whatever.
