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We had muffins again this morning. Fuzz agreed to pose with one. Then “Yoink!” Lizzie jumped up and grabbed it. She knows better, but we were asking for it holding the muffin up like that. Luckily, it was a super jumbo muffin so at least Fuzz got half. And really, that’s all you need. The jumbo [...]
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Fuzz is enjoying the long, leisurely mornings of holiday break. Instead of rushing through a boiled egg before having to brush her teeth and pick and outfit, she gets to lounge around in her pajamas playing Webkinz and eating muffins. Yesterday I made her a batch of these, but they didn’t go over well. She [...]
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I rarely make spaghetti sauce the same way twice, but today’s batch was such a hit with Fuzz and her friend that I wrote down the recipe and am posting it here for safe keeping. If you’re like me, you’ll end up making changes and adjusting it even more, but this batch turned out …
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If you like the banana chocolate combo, here’s another muffin recipe for you. I made half a batch of these this afternoon and Fuzz’s friends gave them a thumbs up. You can make 6 (as written) or halve the recipe and make 3. If you want to make regular size muffins, use …
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I haven’t come up with a New Year’s Eve dessert, but here’s a breakfast idea for New Year’s Day. These muffins, which I adapted from my favorite King Arthur Flour recipe, are more like actual muffins than chocolate cupcakes in disguise. They’re very chocolaty, but have a firm muffin “shell”. They seem a little drier [...]
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Christmas was the perfect day for making eggnog cheesecake, and this recipe was excellent. I liked it because instead of just calling for a cup or so of eggnog, it was actually made with ingredients you’d find in eggnog such as egg yolks, rum, vanilla and fresh nutmeg. After making this, I’d be …
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I love jelly roll type cakes, but rarely make them. I’m not sure why that is because they’re not that difficult and they accommodate so many variations. You can fill them with anything you want – flavored whipped cream, chocolate mousse, ice cream. Since I had peppermints leftover from the Sunset Peppermint …
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