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Lemon Cupcakes & Strawberry Cupcakes
I love baking cupcakes because they’re easy and the perfect size to eat! Plus, if you want to make a few different versions it’s easy to create a variety pack of sorts to pass out to family members or friends. Since my cookbooks were still packed I took to the internet to try and find…
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Banana Nut Bread
Moving day approaches and while trying to clean out the freezer I found 6 bananas I’d thrown in there to make banana bread with later. [Tip: once bananas get a little too rip put them in the freezer and then thaw them out to use in banana bread.] My tried and true banana bread recipe…
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Orange Cranberry Bread
In an effort to clean out items in our pantry/freezer I decided to make orange cranberry bread. With all of our cookbooks packed I scoured the internet for a recipe to try and found one from Sally’s Baking Addiction and having all of the ingredients on hand I decided to give it a go. Normally…
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Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This dish is one of my favorites and was a staple at our house during various holiday meals. Before we dig into the particulars for this recipe let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room… As its name implies, it is a salad; therefore, it’s okay to eat during the meal and it…
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Perfect Blueberry Muffins
Tonight’s ingredient: blueberries. I purchased these last week and knew if I didn’t do something they’d end up going bad before I could use them. I love blueberries muffins and decided this was a great time to try a new recipe. After a little research I found the Perfect Blueberry Muffin recipe from Smitten Kitchen.…
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Homemade Vanilla Extract
Several years ago my cousin Kacey gave me a bottle of homemade vanilla. It was delicious, and considering how much I like to bake I thought this would be a great project for me. That was about three or four years ago and I finally got around to actually following through on this back in…
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Deconstructed Apple Pie
I realize it’s march and apple pie is generally more of a fall dessert, but I had some apples I needed to use and wanted to make something easy, light, and refreshing. After a little research I ran across Jamie Geller’s recipe for Deconstructed Apple Pie and thought it’d be a fun dessert to try.…
