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Ah, Saturday morning. So how about another muffin recipe? If you like sour cream in your baked goods, this is one recipe you have to try. It’s based on one from Helen Corbitt who suggests adding blueberries, chocolate chips or nuts. At my daughter’s request, I served these plain with a simple topping of cinnamon sugar. Even …
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Pots de Creme is the perfect easy yet elegant dessert, and this old recipe from Epicurious is my favorite. I made a half batch the other night, but had to use clear glass custard cups because my prettier cups were packed away. Oh, and I was out of whipped cream. Despite the presentation you see [...]
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NOTE: READ THIS BEFORE YOU MAKE THE RECIPE I didn’t watch the show, but Joe at Culinary in the Country gave me a hot tip! C. Tossi made her famous Milk Bar Compost Cookies on Regis and Kelly. Here’s a link to the recipe she gave out. I guess the coffee grounds really are optional. [...]
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The biscotti/cantuccini obsession continues, and early this week I made yet another batch. Because it seemed like an interesting departure from the usual almond flavor, I chose “gingerbread biscotti” from Allrecipes.com. Along with making the house smell good, the biscotti were satisfying on so many levels that I’ll probably test a few different recipes to find the perfect “ginger [...]
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I’d planned on taking a break from Rocky Road, then Monday my friend Amy sent me a recipe with a note saying “When I was teaching, a parent brought this to me at Christmastime. Now I have to make it every Christmas. It is so good. It was created by another school mom and won [...]
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I was looking for last minute Super Bowl treats this weekend and came across what sounded like a good chocolate chip cookie recipe. It’s called Mrs. D’s Chocolate Chip Cookies and it’s from Marcel Desaulnier’s book Death By Chocolate Cookies. Desaulnier (Mrs. D. is his mother) says this is his favorite recipe in the book, and I can see [...]
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Last week I had an ongoing craving for rocky road and tried three different versions of the candy. First I made the popular condensed milk rocky road. It was very good – like Five Minute Fudge, but better because of the added marshmallow and peanuts. I stored it in the refrigerator, but …
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I took a day off from baking sweets yesterday, so today’ I’m going to share something a little different. This is a recipe for one of our favorite side dishes –baked potato chips. These should probably be in the snack category, but I always serve them as an accompaniment to BLT’s and California Chardonnay. Classy, [...]
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