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Classic Cherry “Laurie” Buckle
What’s with this recipe title? It’s an odd, somewhat quirky Abby story but, thankful, not a long one. Let me explain.. My family has odd habit of substituting names of some of our favorite friends for...
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Cranberry Upside Downer & Ice Cream
I’ve been making ice creams for the past 10 days.. and boy, have I been having fun. You see, I have history with ice cream and it’s a long, long love-affair-kinda-history. And in keeping with the...
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Summer Fruit Cake ~YOUR WAY #baketogether
#baketogether decision time.. This was an easy one. Let’s make a single layer cake that highlights summer’s best fruit. This recipe is about as straight-forward as a cake can get – no fancy...
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R’ock-tober #baketogether ~ Classic Spiced Sour Cream Coffee Cake YOUR way
September was a rocky month for me – one filled with too many downs and not enough ups. So, I’m looking towards October for a fresh start and I’m in the mood for some old fashioned, comfort food. For...
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R’October Coffee Cake ~ YOUR way
My October Rocked with thanks in no small part to all these fab #baketogether coffee cakes. We had 20 + of us baking away in our virtual kitchen this month and the ovens were cranking out warm,...
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Cornmeal Buttermilk Muffins~Sweet or Savory #Baketogether
Call me crazy but I just couldn’t decide on this month’s recipe. For the past two weeks, I bounced between a sweet and a savory recipe. Both delicious, both beautiful, both fun but I just couldn’t...
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Whole Wheat-Honey English Muffins & Giveaway
AND THE WINNER IS>>>Dorothea! I’ve emailed you!! I had a very different type of post planned for tomorrow. The recipe is the same but, originally, I had wanted to include a conversation about...
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Caramel Toffee Chiffon Cake
Sometimes when I write a magazine piece, the recipe concept stays with me and flavor pairings and size or shape variations continue to percolate in my brain. At first, it’s just a lingering question,...
View ArticleLemony Fresh Blueberry Bars with Chunky Almond Crumble
July 4th weekend already? Summer seems to be moving too fast for my taste so I’m going to carve out some time this weekend to make this ‘fresh’ version of one of my fave bar cookies from The Everyday...
View ArticleBanana Chocolate Upside Down Cake
My family has a long held affinity for chocolate-banana ANYTHING and wrapping those two into a tender, moist upside down cake, well, it’s positively swoon-worthy. I made this cake before the holidays...
View ArticleApple Cider Donuts
I’ve spent the past week riding the baking bench. Not by choice but rather by need and on dentist’s orders. So, here I am, lighter by two wisdom teeth (I’d notice a huge difference on the scale because...
View ArticlePecan Fig Bars
Cleaning out my pantry last week, I unearthed a bag of mission figs. Who knows how long they’d been hiding in there but they were plumb and fragrant and just begging to baked up into my version of Fig...
View ArticleStreusel Topped Ginger Pumpkin Bread
In my house, making pumpkin bread is a fall thing and this fall is no different. Well, that’s not entirely true. This year one of my dear friends is gone and our hearts are heavy for the loss of his...
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