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Recipe: Buttery Nut Toffee
Buttery nut toffee – because it’s good. If you make this, get ready to share since it’s so good you’ll want to eat it all up yourself, which might not be the best thing. I made this recipe using white sugar and each time I can’t seem to get the butter to brown as much as I would like – so I tried it with brown sugar and it turned out perfect. The only down side, I didn’t catch any pictures. Trust me, though, brown…
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Recipe: Dark Chocolate Butter Cookie
Dark chocolate butter cookies – it’s December and it’s time for holiday cookies! A couple of years ago I did the twelve days of cookies and well that was wonderful, there is no way I have time nor the ability to eat so many cookies this year. So, I’m sharing with you 3 great recipes this week for non-traditional holiday cookies. Today, we’re on the dark side of things with this coco-butter inspired cookie. Let’s get baking. Ingredients 1 cup of room temperature salted butter…
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Recipe: Cookie Dough Bars
Cookie dough bars. Yes! I made protein cookie dough bars a while back, yet these are the real deal. 100% treat. Trust me, they are good. Ingredients 1/4 cup of salted butter 4 oz of cream cheese 2 cups of flour 1 cup of white sugar 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla 2 cups of chocolate chips (dough) 1 cup of chocolate chips (topping) 3 tablespoons of peanut butter As usual, first up, gather all of your ingredients. Cream the butter, cream…
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Recipe: Homemade Snickers
Homemade Snickers. What? Yes. I remember when I was working at Cedar Point (I worked in Camp Snoopy and the Gemini the summer of 2002) and I would walk to the back of the park before it was open to get to the rides I was working. Along the way there were these chocolate bar vending machines which served cold chocolate bars – not frozen, just cold – for a dollar. Oh man, I must have eaten about 30 cold snickers that summer. They were…
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Recipe: Carmelita Bars
Carmelita bars. The perfect treat. Milk chocolate, creamy caramel, and toasty oats. Bake this up this weekend, or tonight if you have time! Just don’t forget to share. Ingredients 1 1/2 sticks of salted butter 3/4 cup of brown sugar 4 teaspoons of vanilla extract 3/4 cup of flour 1/4 cup of cake flour 1 cup and 1 tablespoon of whole oats 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup of butterscotch caramel sauce 1 -1 1/2 cups of milk chocolate chips First – gather all of…
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Recipe: Black Forest Cupcake
Black forest cupcake. Check. Turning 33. Check. What! Yes…today is my birthday and I made black forest cupcakes. Why? Well, it’s an adorable story. When I was in senior kindergarden, back in 1988, I was turning 6 and we had a professional baker come to our class on the Friday, April 29. My parents were having a party for me with family and friends the next day, Saturday. Anyway, back to my class. We all sat on the blue rug at the front of the…
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Recipe: Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes. When you’re in the mood for a little sweetness and you don’t have any butter in the house – that’s where this recipe comes from – innovation, people, innovation. Remember when I made butterless cookies? I don’t always have butter in the house and that’s when I have to get creative. For Christmas I got these silicone cupcake liners – they are awesome! One draw back, my husband works in an environment where employees are coming and going all the time, so if…
