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Purple Sweet Potato Pie
‘Tis the season to go blog MIA (apparently). Things have been crazy and busy – life, travel, crazy weather, the holidays… Every day appears to fade right into the next. We aren’t even going to talk about how Christmas is … Continue reading
Purple Sweet Potato + Haupia Pie Squares {GF Crust}
Aside from the ocean, one of the things I miss most about the island I grew up on is the local food. Since a lot of the things I grew up with often include ingredients I can’t find in Ashland, … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged dessert, gf crust with almond meal, gluten free crust, gluten free pie crust, hawaii okinawan sweet potato haupia pie, homemade haupia, okinawan sweet potato, okinawan sweet potato haupia pie, okinawan sweet potato pie, purple sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato coconut pie, sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes
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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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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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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
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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Chocolate Truffle Cookies
We are coming back from nearly a week of traveling. Literally, as I write this, we are on I-5 heading north to Oregon from California. (Aah, the benefits of technology. Blogging from the backseat of our truck cab? Ridiculous.) That … Continue reading
Not Your Grandmama’s Red Velvet (Cup)cake(s) with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sometimes a recipe poses obstacles. For instance, when a certain little boy tells me he’d like red velvet cupcakes for his birthday party, I need to wrestle with the idea of using food coloring I’d typically prefer not adding to … Continue reading
Sweetly Spiced Yogurt Pudding
We just had a week filled with birthday celebrating. Silas has had three separate birthday celebrations – all of them including homemade treats and cooking. I made a vanilla cake with salted caramel meringue buttercream filling. The process of making … Continue reading
Sourdough Doughnuts with Vanilla Bean Glaze
If I could eat fresh hot doughnuts every day without worrying about turning into a doughnut myself, I would absolutely do it. My birthday is in two weeks. I encourage each of you to send me your favorite doughnut. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged baked doughnuts, best doughnut recipe, breakfast, dessert, donuts, doughnuts, fried doughnut, fried doughnut recipe, fried doughnuts, glaze donuts, glazed doughnuts, homemade donuts, homemade doughnuts, sourdough, sourdough doughnuts, vanilla bean glaze, vanilla beans
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
