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Category Archives: Snacks
The Best Damn Banana Cream Pie
It’s totally normal to recipe-stalk, just so you know. Sites like Pinterest, Foodgawker and Tastespotting make recipe stalking even easier. One recipe I stalked for months before attempting it was Momofuku Milk Bar’s banana cream pie. I admire recipe … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Bourbon Brown Butter Brownie Cookie Cups
Some days require chocolate. Other days require chocolate and peanut butter. Sometimes a girl is simply in need of cookies. Bourbon? Hell yes, there are those days, too. Then there are those times when a person requires all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Booze, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged bourbon, bourbon baking, bourbon brownies, brown butter brownie, brownie cupcakes, bulleit bourbon, chocolate cream newman o's, dessert, honey peanut butter, justin's peanut butter, mini brownies, newman o's, newman's own organics, Oreo cookies, peanut butter, peanut butter brownies
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Pumpkin Protein Muffins
We are not strangers to the bottomless pit-stomachs of growing kids around here. My 15 year old stepson is now 6’4″, while 8 year old Silas measures in at a few inches shy of 5 feet. Both boys are involved … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids, Life, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged baking, brazil nut protein powder, essential living brazil nut protein, fall flavor, high protein baking, kids, kids sports, muffin recipes, muffins, protein muffin recipes, protein muffins, pumpkin bread recipe, pumpkin muffins, Pumpkin Protein Muffins, pumpkin puree, pumpkin recipes, sport snacks, water polo snacks
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Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake
Fall is officially here and it’s time for baking things, filling our home with warmth and scents of this season: soups galore, slow roasted vegetables and fruits, the delirious smell of slow-cooked beans and overnight oats. Perhaps Autumn means finding … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged apple cake, baking, breakfast cake, brunch, cake, cinnamon, cinnamon apple cake, cinnamon apple coffee cake, coffee cake, dessert
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Chocolate Carrot Zucchini Muffins
There is a fine line between “cupcake” and “muffin” at times. Some folks say a true cupcake must have frosting. Others say true muffins cannot contain candies in the place of things like fruit. I call these muffins, because the … Continue reading
Magic Chocolate Custard Cake
I’ll make a confession: I rarely cook by following a recipe. My preferred way of cooking something new is to research a bunch of recipes, then combine elements of all of them, picking and choosing what sounds like will work … Continue reading
Mango Cantaloupe Peach Smoothie
When summer rolls around, it’s easy to get excited about smoothies for breakfast, or lunch, or in-between meals… Any time of day, really. When fresh peaches start showing up in the grocery store around late July and early August, I … Continue reading
Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
I’ve been watching the zucchini plants in our garden gently warn us that summer is quickly passing. I’m not particularly saddened by either warning: the diminishing number of zucchini, nor the approach of fall. I suppose the only thing that … Continue reading
Ginger Apple Plum Jam
Can we talk about canning? The whole process has fascinated me for quite some time, but until recently I stayed far away from it. I was terrified I’d create jars swarming with bacterial toxins that cause botulism, inevitably killing folks. … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Canning, Gluten-Free, Jams, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged apple ginger jam, ball mason jars, canning, canning at home, ginger, jams, plum jam, plums, small batch jam, summer fruit, summer jam making
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Toasted Coconut Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Some days require cake just because the day requires cake. There doesn’t have to be a special occasion involved. No birthday, no holiday, no celebrating. Just cake. I don’t believe in justifying reasons for dessert (even though I do it … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged buttercream frosting, cake, coconut cake, dessert, easy dessert, fluffy coconut cake, small layer cake, toasted coconut cake
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
