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Scarecrow Pumpkin Magic Bars

these Scarecrow Pumpkin Magic Bars are sure to knock your fishnet stockings off.  If you love pumpkin, they’re the bar of your dreams!  Smothered in pumpkin-y goodness, there is a flavor and texture overload that’s sure to please even if your outfits don’t. Ingredients 1 box pumpkin […]

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BANANA COCONUT ICE CREAM PIE

I know. I’m picky about a lot of things. I turn my nose up at jam thumbprint cookies and anything with raisins but then I go and pick something with coconut AND bananas for Tuesdays with Dorie! I hadn’t even noticed this recipe in Baking […]

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HONEY PUMPKIN SPICE GRANOLA BARS

I’m sort of an on-the-go person. I don’t plan enough time in the mornings, sandwiches require too many ingredients, and I tend to be starving before I realize I should probably eat something. I’m sort of an on-the-go person. I don’t plan enough time in […]

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Lemon Meringue Pie

Why Does my Meringue Shrink? The science of making foams in baking (egg foams to be exact) is a phenomenon of breaking protein strands (in the egg whites) and thus lengthening them as they are beaten. This is called denaturing the proteins. Basically they stretch […]

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New York Cheesecake

I have never had New York Cheesecake before. I always eat a chocolate mousse or chocolate cake and nothing else. When I came across this recipe for New York Cheesecake I wanted to give it a try as I had all ingredients on hand. It […]

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Carrot Cake Recipe

This cake definitely did not disappoint.  It’s moist, full of flavor, and beautiful.  I thought that I would end up sending some of it to work with James but we kept the entire cake here and didn’t share it with anyone!  That rarely happens. For […]

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Funnel Cake Cake

Cakes and I have a terrible relationship where I follow all the “Cake Baking 101” rules to a T and my cake still looks like I did it blindfolded, upside down and while on crack. The terribly frosted, crumby sides. The topsy-turvy lean. The poorly […]

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Spinach and Feta Meatballs

This article said it best: “Meatballs are an inexpensive blank canvas” – I couldn’t agree more. I was brainstorming meatballs ideas ALL DAY on Friday… (I’m a very complex person.) So we had a little meatballs taste-testing sesh on Friday night… (Hey, that’s my idea […]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Sorbet

I’ve had rhubarb sitting in my fridge for two weeks. There were so many things I wanted to do with it, but I’ve actually never made anything with rhubarb before. I finally decided I should start small, both due to my lack of experience and […]