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Double Thumbprint Cookies

January 30, 2012 By Lindsay Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so if you’re looking for a fun and inexpensive gift for kids and friends, bake up a batch of double thumbprint cookies! These are the perfect Valentine’s Day treat because, instead of your standard thumbprint cookies (which are round), the double thumbprint variety are gently pressed together and tapered at the bottom to form the shape of a heart. It’s the same classic taste with a festive new shape! Double Thumbprint Cookies Recipe adapted from … [read more...]

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Baked Veggie Chips

January 20, 2012 By Zoe Leave a Comment

Super Bowl Sunday is a serious event. Not being a sports buff myself; growing up in Oregon, I could opt out of the raucous with ease. Sports fans in Florida are far more intense. There is no escape, so this year- I’m embracing! My roommates, Beth and Luc, are hosting a Super Bowl party at our house for 2012. It’s going to be epic carnage of yelling, cursing, sports jargon, and grub consumption. In order to entertain and satisfy the ladies attending with the brood, I prepared Baked Veggie Chips … [read more...]

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Sweetheart Cupcakes

January 18, 2012 By Rachel 1 Comment

I love any excuse to make cupcakes and with Valentine's Day coming up, these pretty Sweetheart Cupcakes are perfect! The great thing about this recipe is that you can make it as simple or as fancy as you want. You can use any recipe for white cake that you like. If you are in a hurry, a box of Betty Crocker mix and frosting will do the trick! I chose to make lemon buttermilk cupcakes (my favorite cupcake flavor) for this project. Sweetheart Cupcakes Recipe adapted from Cheese and Chocolate Makes … [read more...]

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Almond Mini Cakes

December 28, 2011 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

This is a rich, dense, and delicious cake; tiny portions are ideal. It keeps well, so it can be made ahead without loss of flavor, plus it is very easy to make- basically you throw all the ingredients together and put in the oven. It comes out looking and tasting absolutely delicious! All this adds up to an ideal recipe for a lovingly made favor gift. If you want to make a large cake instead of mini cakes, you can make a "Santiago Cake," that famous almond confection of Northwestern Spain whose … [read more...]

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Black Bean Brownies

December 26, 2011 By Zoe 2 Comments

Wedding favors are a great way to appreciate guests for sharing in your celebration. For the wedding of my dear and only sister, I wanted to make something quirky and memorable for guests to tuck away for another day, in commemoration of the union of Natalie Bevers and Christopher Fowler, December 2nd, 2011. Considering I’ve been seeking out new recipes for substituting more nutritionally valuable ingredients in my cooking, I thought this was the splendid opportunity (and setting) for baking an … [read more...]

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Hot Chocolate Mix

December 23, 2011 By Anna Leave a Comment

Nothing beats curling up in your favorite chair with a mug of hot chocolate and a good book on these cold winter days. Surprisingly, nothing beats homemade hot chocolate mix. It is very easy to make up and you can tweak the flavor of the drink so that it is just as you like it. When paired with marshmallows, this mix makes a wonderful holiday gift. I chose a jar that could be used again and again after the chocolate mix was gone. I found them at Sur La Table (about $3 for a .2 liter jar). Creating … [read more...]

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Cream Cheese Mints

December 21, 2011 By Barbara 1 Comment

I make these every year for my holiday cookie trays. They are easy and fun to make. You don’t need to make very many. Just a few mints look great on a tray or by themselves. Trade them at a cookie parties or give them as gifts. Recipe: • 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese • ¼ c. soft butter • 2 boxes powdered sugar 2 lb. (plus 1 box on hand for rolling) • Food coloring (Try the gels if you haven’t yet. You can control color intensity better than with liquids.) • Various extract flavors … [read more...]

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Peppermint Bark

December 19, 2011 By Lindsay 1 Comment

Peppermint bark is a special holiday treat that I look forward to every Christmas, and this year I've seen several tasty homemade versions featured on some of my favorite blogs. While each recipe I've encountered is ever so slightly different, all tout peppermint bark as simple, quick, and well worth the small amount of effort it takes to make. So after doing a little research, I found myself a recipe that, while slightly more complex than the standard, is actually still ridiculously easy to prepare, … [read more...]

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Italian Feast Gift Basket

November 30, 2011 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

This is a gift I have been wanting to put together for probably ten years. Now that I found the time and opportunity to do it, it was so amazingly easy! Most likely because I have spent so much time thinking about it, all the problems have been worked out. And also because I have the tomatoes all canned, the pesto all made and in the freezer, and the big plus - I harvested a nice big crop of oregano this year. You can make your Italian Feast Baskets as easy or as complicated as you want; you can … [read more...]

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Gooey Butter Cups

November 18, 2011 By Sarah Leave a Comment

Gooey Butter cake, to me, is a taste of home. When I was a kid I remember being allowed to choose which cake we would buy from the market. I always tried to choose the one with the most powdered sugar on top. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where it originated. There is a story told about this cake being a complete accident. In the 1930's, a young baker was asked to prepare a few deep butter cakes, but used the wrong butter smear. Instead of the deep butter smear he used the gooey butter smear … [read more...]

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