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Milk Chocolate Macadamia Nut Brownies

April 12, 2013

This recipe put a dent in my Hershey’s Macadamia Kisses supply, and that is a-okay. I want to use them while they’re still fresh, and right now the macadamias inside the Kisses are fresher than any of the ones I’ve purchased here in Austin. Thanks again to Stephanie, who brought the special Kisses home from [...]

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White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

April 10, 2013

This recipe combines two of my favorite desserts, white chocolate raspberry cheesecake and fudge brownies. I made it this weekend using a brownie technique I learned in One Sweet Cookie and topping the brownies with white chocolate raspberry cheesecake batter.

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Stephanie’s Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Kiss Cookies

April 8, 2013

Today’s cookies were baked in honor of our friend Stephanie, who went to Hawaii and brought us back a giant bag of Macadamia Nut Hershey’s Kisses. Did you even know that such a Kiss existed? I had no idea, but from what I’ve read you can purchase them in Hawaii and in a few select [...]

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Happy National Coffee Cake Day!

April 7, 2013

It’s National Coffee Cake Day, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, I have baked my favorite sour cream coffee cake in mini Bundt pans and jumbo muffin cups. They’re inverted, as you see.

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Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

April 5, 2013

A few days ago I stumbled upon my new favorite website, Wayne’s This and That. Wayne, whom I’ve never met, has lots of interesting information (Todd’s enjoying his Addams Family Pinball section), but what drew me in were his cake mix comparisons. I could tell before reading the rest of the site that he was [...]

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Dorie Greenspan’s Cinnamon Swirl Bread Without Raisins

April 4, 2013

Here’s a way to test your self control: Bake a batch of cinnamon swirl bread, let it cool for a few minutes and turn it from the pan. Now try — just try to restrain yourself from slicing into it. I really thought I could, but after baking a loaf using Dorie Greenspan’s recipe I [...]

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New Favorite Carrot Cupcake

April 3, 2013

I thought I’d be testing carrot cupcakes all week, but thanks to Sue and The Silver Palate Cookbook, the search has ended. Sorry in advance to Todd’s coworkers who have been enjoying the carrot cake tests, but I promise I will send in some of these. They’re brownish in color rather than bright orange, sweet [...]

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