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Mini Ice Cream Sundae Candies

by Heather

If your kids like miniature stuff as much as I do, uh mine do, they’ll love these mini ice cream sundae candies. They’d be a fun ending to a miniature food meal (make mini hamburgers, serve mini corns, and drinks in tiny plastic shot glasses or Dixie cups). Or just serve the mini ice cream [...]

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Valentine Pudding Pie with a Homemade Graham Cracker Crust

by Marie

I’m contributing over at Alpha Mom’s – Once Upon a Holiday again. Come see how I’m making a yummy Valentine Vanilla Pudding Pie for dessert!

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What To Do With Leftover Candy Canes

by Marie

If you’re like us, you still have un-eaten candy canes all over your kitchen. They’re too pretty to throw away and you can’t really give them to anyone, as they have their own piles at home too! So here’s a few things you can do to give candy canes new life without throwing them out.

Crush [...]

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Caramel Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel

by Lindsey

It’s Wednesday and the day before Thanksgiving. I know. You probably already have your menus planned. Have you baked your pumpkin pie yet?
I’ll let you in on a little secret–I don’t like pumpkin pie….unless it’s the one pictured below. This pie changed my mind about pumpkin pie forever.

Last year as I was casually flipping through [...]

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Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes

by Lindsey

These are the perfect chocolate cupcakes. Perfect. They aren’t too chocolaty, but enough to tame a heavy-duty craving. And the texture is lovely too. They practically melt in your mouth.
The recipe comes from baking wizard, Dorie Greenspan. If you aren’t familiar with her and you like to bake, do a quick [...]

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Brown Sugar Cake with Fresh Peaches

by Lindsey

Peaches are my very favorite summer fruit. (Nectarines come in second.) I have been buying (and eating) peaches by the dozen. We simply cannot get enough of our beloved local peaches.
Most of the time we eat them out-of-hand with the juice dripping to our elbows. A few have made their way into frozen desserts and [...]

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One of My Favorite Desserts, Banoffee Pie

by Lindsey

In 1972, Ian Dowding and Nigel Mackenzie of The Hungry Monk Restaurant in East Sussex, England, created one of my favorite desserts–Banoffee Pie. (You can find their original recipe here on their website.)

Most recipes from the UK use Digestive Biscuits or even better–Hobnobs, neither of which I have on hand. Instead, I opt for using [...]

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Fresh Cherry Pie

by Lindsey

I live in a rural community not too far from some lovely fruit orchards. A few weeks ago I took my kids for a drive to look at the cherry trees. We’ve been watching them since the early spring when buds first started forming. We marveled at the lovely blossoms in late April. Now the [...]

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Sweet Summer Trifle Ideas

by Lindsey

Each year I can’t wait for summer to arrive. I love the fresh fruit available. I love using fresh fruit in summer desserts.
One way to enjoy I love to enjoy summer fruit (besides eating it out of hand) is to include it in a trifle.
Last summer I made a Red, White and Blue Trifle for [...]

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Pucker Up for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

by Marie

Rhubarb mixed with strawberries is a perfect combination, a little tart and very sweet. And with rhubarb in season, I had to make a yummy dessert. I’ve shared my Mom’s delicious Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake before, so I tried making a pie this time, perfect for a Mother’s Day dessert.

Recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie:

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