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Happy Seems-Like-July 4! Yesterday didn’t feel very much like a holiday. People were putting flags out, doing beer runs and getting houseguests settled in, but even though it was actually July 4, it felt like July 3 because A) it was a Friday and B) a lot of the fireworks displays and parties are today. [...]
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Today’s turning out okay. I love not being sick, and to celebrate, I went grocery shopping, cleaned the house, and washed the linens in the guest room. My mom’s coming for a visit tomorrow and Todd and I are going to a concert. We don’t get out a lot these days, so it’s a big [...]
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I promise this the last of the mini cheesecakes for a while, but after seeing the full size version of this cheesecake in Taste of Home, I just had to try scaling it down. It worked. Of the 3 mini cheesecakes I’ve posted, this one is the best. Double Layer Chocolate Mocha Cheesecake 4 chocolate [...]
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I am having a lot of fun with these tiny rectangular cheesecakes. Here’s another one for those who prefer plain over chocolate. This is a scaled down version of Nigella Lawson’s “London Cheesecake”. I bake it at a different temperature and of course, use a petite loaf pan.. If you’ve ever made a cheesecake, you [...]
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If you’re starting to think about Valentine’s Day desserts or if you just like chocolate cheesecake, here’s a good one that serves two. I came up with this a few years ago and have had fun trying different variations. Sometimes I make it with a cookie dough crust (like in the picture) and other times [...]
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Last week we had dessert at a restaurant called Junior’s. Junior’s is famous for a lot of things, but what most people know them for is their thick, dense, creamy cheesecake with a sponge cake crust. While the sponge cake crust is certainly delicious and a great way to make a cheesecake stand out from [...]
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Today seemed like a good day for cheesecake. I hadn’t made one in a while, so I decided to go with a something simple yet interesting. This is an old Philadelphia brand cream cheese recipe. The picture in my cookbook shows the cheesecake garnished with chocolate leaves. Normally, I’d skip making …
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I don’t think I’ll be baking today, so instead here’s a recipe which is about 3 years old. It first appeared in a 2004 issue of Southern Living, and I am quite sure I jumped on it immedialtely. The original recipe with reviews from other readers is located on SL’s recipe finder. …
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