Pumpkin Pecan Cookies with Caramel Drizzle

These may look like ordinary cookies, but they are so soft and fluffy I hesitate to call them cookies. They’re more like a hybrid of cake and cookie… so would that make them cakies? Is…

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Pumpkin Pecan Cookies with Caramel Drizzle

These may look like ordinary cookies, but they are so soft and fluffy I hesitate to call them cookies. They’re more like a hybrid of cake and cookie… so would that make them cakies? Is…

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Pineapple Orange Muffins

Pineapple Orange Muffins are soft and delicious beyond words! Crushed pineapple gives the muffins a moist texture. Years ago I picked up a ‘Best of the Best’ cookbook while traveling through Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. It…

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Pineapple Orange Muffins

Pineapple Orange Muffins are soft and delicious beyond words! Crushed pineapple gives the muffins a moist texture. Years ago I picked up a ‘Best of the Best’ cookbook while traveling through Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. It…

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Mini Wild Mushroom and Goat Cheese Pies

Mini Wild Mushroom and Goat Cheese Pies are wonderful holiday appetizers or an extra-special side dish. Make them in a mini cupcake pan! Fall and winter holidays are well on the horizon. So I’ve been…

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Homemade Lemon Extract

One of my favorite projects at this time of year is to bottle up homemade vanilla extract using vanilla beans and vodka (remember this post?). The beans take a couple of months to steep and are…

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Homemade Lemon Extract

One of my favorite projects at this time of year is to bottle up homemade vanilla extract using vanilla beans and vodka (remember this post?). The beans take a couple of months to steep and are…

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Homemade Apple Pecan Granola

Maybe it’s the change in weather or maybe it’s all the fall baking I’m seeing on social media, but here’s a fact: I’m hungry! My appetite is more than healthy these days, and instead of…

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Homemade Apple Pecan Granola

Maybe it’s the change in weather or maybe it’s all the fall baking I’m seeing on social media, but here’s a fact: I’m hungry! My appetite is more than healthy these days, and instead of…

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Classic Black Forest Cake

There’s no shortage of Black Forest-inspired cakes on this blog (like this chocolate dome and this cake roll). But sharing the classic version – the one that’s made in 9-inch round cake pans and covered…

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Classic Black Forest Cake

There’s no shortage of Black Forest-inspired cakes on this blog (like this chocolate dome and this cake roll). But sharing the classic version – the one that’s made in 9-inch round cake pans and covered…

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