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Samoa Stuffed Sugar Cookies
Willow Bird Baking handed out our Week 3 baking challenge…Stuffed Cookies! I have made stuffed (filled) cookies before (here, here, and here) and I think the idea is a lot of fun. The finished product...
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Pumpkin Gingersnap Mini Cheesecakes
Here is the final challenge* from Willow Bird Baking…Cheesecake! I believe I have mentioned before that while I like making cheesecakes, they don’t seem to really like me! I almost always get cracks in...
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Cheese Crackers (Daring Bakers’ Challenge)
Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie was our February 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to use our creativity in making our own Crisp Flatbreads and Crackers! A few weeks ago I was in a...
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Chocolate Almond Pastries
My love of baking came about when I was a sophomore in high school. I had complications from a surgery that was done a few days before Christmas, and those complications kept me from going back to...
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Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns
“A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top…In many historically Christian countries, buns are traditionally eaten hot or toasted during...
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Chocolate Avocado Brownies (Daring Bakers’ Challenge)
Ruth from Makey-Cakey was our March 2013 Daring Bakers’ challenge host. She encouraged us all to get experimental in the kitchen and sneak some hidden veggies into our baking, with surprising and...
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Homemade Take 5 Candy Bars
Pretzels and caramel…what a great combination! They are the ingredients for this months Behind the Curtain dessert challenge! As soon as I saw the ingredients, I knew what I wanted to make…homemade...
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Brown Sugar and Bacon Blondies
Eggs and bacon were the 2 ingredients for this months Improv Challenge. I wanted to do something savory for this challenge, so I made a turkey meatloaf and covered it with slices of bacon. However,...
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Savarin (Daring Bakers’ Challenge)
The end of the month means that it’s time for another Daring Bakers’ challenge! This month, Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina challenges us to make a traditional Savarin, complete with soaking syrup and...
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Lime Coconut Snickerdoodles
I’m at it again! Changing up my grandmother’s recipe for snickerdoodles (original, Biscoff filled, and chocolate chip)! This time, I added lime zest and coconut! Lime and coconut are the 2 ingredients...
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