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Mini-Plum Upside Down Cake
At the farmer’s market last weekend, I came across these really small plums. They are only about the size of a walnut ball, maybe even a little smaller. They were too enticing not to buy. Plum cakes...
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Apple Walnut Crumble Bars
The first time that I heard about apple butter, I was very confused. It’s a bit of a misnomer of course — there is no daily in this butter! In essence, it is just very concentrated apple sauce. Sort of...
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Caramel Pecan Banana Bundt Cake
I’ve had company visiting for the weekend (which actually seems to often be the case!) so to make the “hey, sure, you can sleep in the spare bed” more like a bed and breakfast experience, I made some...
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Cranberry Custard Apple Tart
Yup, it’s fall. I guess it’s officially been autumn for a few weeks, but the air is finally cooler. Which means what? Apple pies! Custard-style apple pies are my favorite. They are not so sweet, and...
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Cranberry Apple Slab Pie “to feed a crowd”
It’s getting to be that season where you might have to “feed a crowd”. You know, those times when there might need to be enough food for a dozen, or two dozen people. Enter this pie. It’s designed to...
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Chocolate-dipped Butterfinger Brownies
I have a lot of brownie recipes up here on this here page, because even “from scratch” brownies are so darn easy to make. So when I saw these “Butterfinger Bits’ (which I had never actually seen before...
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Chocolate Raspberry and Roses Cake
Yes, it’s that time of year again when I actually *bake a cake*. I usually stick to the cupcake side of things, because they are asier to transport and share, but it is my birthday, so I thought that I...
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Chambord Royale Mini Cupcakes
Happy Anniversary to CSPS! It’s been 8 years since I started this silly endeavor and happy to say that I still love it very much. It’s helped me in so many ways, I can’t even count. So to mark the...
View ArticleCranberry Chocolate Chip and Toasted Walnut Blondies
Cranberries and toasted walnuts. For me, these count as winter flavors. Sort of like apples tend to be autumn flavors. It’s funny how my brain associates flavors with times of the year, eh? Seeing...
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Nothing says delicious to me more than the combination of raspberries and chocolate. A truly decadent combination if there ever was one. Enter this Chocolate Raspberry Tart. Raspberry jam filling and a...
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Peach Cranberry Oatmeal Crumble Bars
Crumble bars are definitely my “go to” dessert (sort of like variations on the blueberry muffin are my go to breakfast item). I think that there must be at least a dozen crumble bar recipes on this...
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Browned-Butter Whisky Apple Pie
Visitors for the weekend arriving in less than an hour! Perfect timing as I just took this Browned-Butter Whisky Apple Pie out of the oven. I have to say my flat smells a-mazing! Ingredients for the...
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Meyer Lemon And Pistachio Tart
I’m still on a little bit of my meyer lemon kick, which I am finding the last of them in the shops for the season. Over Easter Weekend, I made this lovely little Meyer Lemon and Pistachios Tart. It...
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Blueberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Another quick to make recipe for all you blueberry fans out there. And you don’t even need to have the actual berries in the house because this recipe uses blueberry jam. very pantry friendly and comes...
View Article“Portable” Chocolate Cream Pies, in jars
So, how does one take a chocolate cream pie to a picnic, when you don’t have a table, it’s windy and sand is going everywhere and there is no chance that you will be able to “slice” it? Why, you make...
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Mexican Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, with Dulce de Leche Filling
I think that these might be one of my more favorite cookies that I have developed lately. And I say “more favorite” because I actually have a lot of favorites. These are really dark chocolate with a...
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Individual Picnic Strawberry Cheesecakes
Dessert in a jar! Here’s a clever way of bringing individual little cheesecakes to a picnic or BBQ: bake them in Mason or Weck jars, screw on the lids and voila! Portable! I took these along on a...
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Raspberry Rhubarb and Ginger Crumble Bars
It seems that every where you go, you’re overrun with rhubarb this time of year around here. Apparently it’s been a bumper crop and people are practically giving it away. So here is a new recipe to use...
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Triple Chocolate Cupcakes
Yesterday was a bit of a stressful day. Not just for me, but it definitely felt like the entire circle of friends around me had an elevated stress day. It wasn’t good. But you know me with particularly...
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Strawberry Almond Crumble Bars
As is usual in later June, usually the first weekend after the summer solstice, I went PYO Strawberry picking today. It wasn’t great weather, and I picked less berries that usual because they seemed...
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