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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.…
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Poppyseed and Lemon Cake
Let’s jump right into things… I’m pretty certain this is not how the cake is supposed to look. Given the ingredients I feel like this was supposed to rise more than it did and I’m not really sure what happened. Well, I do have some ideas… All of the recipes in this particular cookbook (see…
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Mardi Gras King Cake
I had been craving king cake for weeks and being unable to find one in the grocery store I finally just decided to make one myself. I attempted a gluten free King Cake a few years ago and it did not go well (as many of my gluten free attempts turn out…). However, I decided…
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Chocolate Chip Scones
Super easy recipe! I was concerned about converting the recipe from metric to imperial system, but it didn’t seem to affect anything. In total, the entire process took about 30 minutes (including baking time) so this is a fairly quick recipe. We used Crosse and Blackwell Orange Marmalade which seemed fitting and it added a…
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Ranking System
Baking can have different results for different people. Some of these variances are due to geographical regions, skill-level, and quality of ingredients. As a note, I live in the Southeast corner of the US and am cooking on a gas stove/oven. Because there can be so many different outcomes using the exact same recipe I…