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Huckleberry Streusel Bars

March 17, 2013
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  I just can’t resist any baked goodie that involves streusel.  Streusel in the crust AND the topping makes for a double winner in these Huckleberry streusel bars. My daughter mentioned that they remind her a lot of Linzertorte, a traditional German cake, but the nuts in the cake are replaced with oats. Cinnamon and [...]

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Nutella Buns (Rolls) with Pecans and Cinnamon

January 27, 2013
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  Recipes I like is the name of one of my boards on Pinterest. This board is my collection of tasty recipes I am planning to try sooner or later. Nutella buns (rolls) with pecans and cinnamon, originally shared by Saveur magazine, have been saved there for a while and were up to be baked [...]

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Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

January 6, 2013
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    We don’t do diets or crazy New Year’s resolutions we can’t hold at our house. Why torture yourself? I believe very strongly that if you eat a well balanced diet and live a healthy lifestyle none of this is necessary. That’s why we are able to indulge here and then. Yesterday I baked [...]

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Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Frosting

October 19, 2012
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  Fall break has arrived and that means it can get very busy in my kitchen.  I have to share the space with my baking teens who are always searching for a new cookie recipe. These are the perfect fall cookie treat and were  my daughter’s first baked goodie this week. Pumpkin cookies with browned [...]

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Brown Sugar Cookies with Ginger

September 29, 2012
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  There are lots of great cookie recipes out there, but some stand out from the crowd. These brown sugar cookies with ginger are one of the best with their crunchy outside and the chewy center. The little taste of cinnamon and ginger is just right, not too overwhelming. They were baked by my daughter [...]

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Toasted Walnut Banana Bread

March 27, 2012
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This toasted walnut banana bread has been one of our favorite quick bread recipes for many years. My family loves this moist banana bread with the crunchy walnuts. I always double the recipe since the bread just seams to vanish as soon as I get it out of the oven. Toasted Walnut Banana Bread 4.7 [...]

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Celebrating two years of blogging with Spicy Chocolate Cupcakes filled with Nutella Chili Chocolate Ganache and Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

March 1, 2012
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Two years pass so quickly, especially when you are having fun. Therefore I am proud to have reached the goals for my blog that I set myself a year ago. One was to improve my pictures. Many thanks go to Jennifer Olson, my photography instructor, for being so patient with me. Through Jen I discovered [...]

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1st Sunday of Advent – Christmas Baking – Molasses Cookies

November 27, 2011
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While I was putting away our Thanksgiving dishes my daughter was baking in the kitchen and filling the house with Christmas scent. Oh, I wish you could have smelled it, too.  Cinnamon, gloves and ginger combined in a soft and chewy cookie. She decided to bake molasses cookies. This is our first Christmas cookie of [...]

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Cranberry Sauce with Cointreau

November 20, 2011
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I am running behind, way behind on my Thanksgiving dinner preparations. Painting, cleaning, sorting. I need a vacation, urgently! Do you feel the same? Nevertheless, still time to make some homemade cranberry sauce. Don’t give in; no store bought jelly-like stuff, alright! This is my favorite recipe. It enhances the flavors of the cranberries with [...]

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Organic EVOO Pumpkin Bread with Pumpkin Seed Topping

October 27, 2011
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Do you know this feeling? You are ready for a snow day. They told you on the news. Emails from the school arrived. The kids finished the snow dance and put lots of ice cubes in the toilette. No, mine don’t do that, but I was told that is tradition in other families.  Yes, up [...]

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