Category: Desserts
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on inviting yourself to someone’s home
Sometimes I invite myself over to other people’s homes. It has a lot of awkward potential, as I’m sure you can imagine. But there’s something about being in someone’s home that helps you get to know them better, you know? It’s like you see them in their place surrounded by their stuff and doing what they’re…
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Friday Faves :: let’s talk dessert
I’ve been away at camp this week with my family, teens and junior campers. Consequently, that means I’m away from my chocolate stash. And away from my kitchen, within which I create all manner of delicious morsels full of caloric content. So, because it’s Friday…because I head back to my kitchen soon…Let’s talk about dessert,…
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S’mores {in a pan}
For those nights when you want a s’more, but have no way to make {or interest in making} a fire: 2 weeks ago, I stumbled across this recipe from Dessert for Two and was seriously intrigued. 3 ingredients? No mixing? And only 1 dish to clean? SOLD! I made it that night. Jonathan & I…
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Funfetti Dip
I mentioned on Monday that I would share a recipe with you – one that I made during our large family vaca. Not only is this recipe tasty – it’s also insanely easy. 3 ingredients + 3 minutes kinda easy. That’s my kinda easy, folks! I pinned this recipe several months ago via Eat Yourself…
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Best Brownies
You know my love for brownies. And I just found a recipe that is amazingly delish and not crazy hard. Don’t blame me for weight gain. I’ll take your extras so you don’t have to deal with that problem. Happy Friday. And may your weekend be filled with brownies.
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Split Second Cookies
I copied this recipe from my dear Grandma’s recipe box when I was a teenager. This recipe reminds me of precious times with my Grandma. But it’s also just downright tasty. Take a buttery shortbread cookie and fill it with your favorite jam or jelly. Delish. I don’t care for the storebought cookies…
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Freezable Cookie Balls
Welcome back to the 2nd week of our “Fill Up Your Freezer” series! Today’s freezer tip is probably one of my favorite. You know why? Because it looks like this: Seriously… How can you not love frozen cookie dough balls? This is how it goes…Jonathan and I are going to have a “date @ home”…
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DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice
Tis’ the season for pumpkin. And lots of it. Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Chip Bars, Pumpkin Spice coffee creamer (like I was drinking yesterday), Pumpkin Butter, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins… Many of these items call for a certain ingredient called “Pumpkin Pie Spice.” It’s sold in eensy-weensy containers for a gajillion bucks. Well, maybe that’s a slight…
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Fruity Pizza
What do you think about this? O my. Yes, it was tasty. I do love pizza – last week we had pizza for dinner (homemade crust topped with garlic white sauce, chicken, olives, mozzarella & oregano) and then this fruit pizza for dessert. One can never eat too much pizza. Try this recipe and I’ll prove it…
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Chocolate Mint Dreams
As I promised during my Christmas Home Tour, today I will share my most favorite Christmas cookie recipe E.V.E.R. I’ve been trying to remember exactly when I discovered this recipe. I think it was 5 years ago when my parents gave me a magazine for Christmas entitled “Taste of Home’s Best Loved Cookies and…
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In Honor of Fall…
What better way to celebrate Fall than with the creation of one of the season’s finest foods? What, you may be asking, is this fine food I speak of? It comes from these: and looks like this: And for best results, you should make it with friend like this: and drool over it like…
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Brownie-Cookie Bars
I think I’ve mentioned before that my hubby is a youth pastor? Last week we had the kick-off for our Wednesday night youth group. We had planned to have individual bags of chips for a snack. But I randomly offered to make something sweet in addition to the chips. I should mention that I offered…