Category: Desserts
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7 Tips & Tricks for Making Great Cookies
There are so many types of cookies and an infinite number of flavor combinations, but making a really good cookie just boils down to using quality ingredients that you love and keeping the following things in mind. Use room temperature ingredients Mix everything evenly Chill the cookie dough Give the cookies enough space to bake…
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Pumpkin Spice & Cream Cheese Pound Cake
I’ve been thinking about pound cake for weeks now, but I didn’t want a plain or a lemon glaze pound cake, even. So when I looked in the pantry and saw the cans of pumpkin puree, that set something off in my mind. I don’t get caught up in the pumpkin spice craze every year,…
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Four of my favorite ways to enjoy sweet potatoes
It’s sweet potato season! Literally. Fall (from late October to December) is peak season for the root vegetable that has become a popular substitute for its not-so-sweet potato cousins. Sweet potato fries. Hash. Gnocchi. If someone has made a dish using white, red, or yukon gold potatoes, chances are someone has also developed a recipe…
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Mango Mint Ice Cream
The weather is finally getting warmer, and I am still on a mission to turn the ingredients I have on hand into delicious recipes. With a bunch of mango ripening quickly and a container full of mint growing rapidly out on the patio, it was pretty obvious that I needed to use these ingredients to…
