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Category Archives: Dessert
Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
One thing about this season: there are so many sweets everywhere it makes my teeth hurt just to think about them all. I usually shy away from that scene. Not as a sugar snob – it’s just that generally, I … Continue reading
Gingerbread Coffee Cake
It’s not often, but sometimes we wind up with leftovers that easily take care of dinner plans. I usually don’t mind at all. Especially for dishes like soups, stews, lasagna… Things that taste better the next day, anyway. On the … Continue reading
Chai Nog Latte
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Am I stressed out about making a meal to impress? No, not really. I’ve got almost five cups of homemade cranberry apple pear sauce in the fridge. There’s a pan of scalloped yams in a sage béchamel … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Dessert
Tagged chai latte, chai nog, chai nog latte, chai tea, chainog, drinks, egg nog, eggnog, holiday drinks, homemade chai
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Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
Some people work well with others in the kitchen. Some people enjoy help from others while preparing ingredients or concocting recipes. I will tell you right now – I am not one of those people. Yes, when needed, I can … Continue reading
Spiced Apple Cranberry Pie
I’ve been enjoying the flavors of fall incredibly much. While for the past many years I’ve been intimidated by ingredients that I don’t often use, or recipes that require some actual form of skill (and less reliance on luck), I … Continue reading
Cranberry Apple Pear Sauce
The first time I made homemade cranberry sauce after meeting my husband, he was very, very hesitant to try it. He said he’d never liked cranberry sauce before… I realized he was referring to the canned, jellied cranberry sauce you … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apples, cranapple sauce, cranberries, fall cranberry recipes, fall recipes, pears, side dishes, Thanksgiving recipes, Thanksgiving sidedish
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Baked Lemon Poppy Seed Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze
Today my husband had to put in a full day’s work, despite it being Saturday. So Silas and I had a morning and early afternoon to ourselves. We started off with cinnamon apple oatmeal, orange juice that Silas insisted needed … Continue reading
Whole Wheat Applesauce Banana Doughnuts with Almond Butter Glaze
Sometimes I will be getting through my day and out of nowhere I’ll think of a recipe that needs my attention ASAP. Six loads of dirty laundry to get through? No bigs. Dogs that need brushing so I don’t need … Continue reading
Chai Spiced Homemade Applesauce
We have a Japanese maple tree that borders along our front yard and the neighbor’s house. It’s the tell-tale give away I depend on each year to determine fall’s arrival. The leaves transition from vibrant greens of every shade to … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged applesauce, bosc pear, brown sugar, ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, gravenstein apple, Gravenstein apples, gravenstein applesauce, homemade applesauce, honey, nutmeg, orange peel, pears, spices, vanilla
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Baked Buttermilk Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
I had been eyeing baked doughnut pans for a good year. It wasn’t that they’re overly expensive, or hard to find, or a complete irrational buy… It was merely a last resort effort at having self control, knowing that as … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged baked donut, baked doughnuts, bittersweet chocolate, buttermilk, buttermilk donut, buttermilk doughnut, chocolate glaze, chocolate glaze with coconut oil, chocolate glaze without powdered sugar, donut, honey, Kauai bakeries, nutmeg, vanilla
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
