Super rainy here today, so time to bake. Here’s a great recipe to bring the wonderful smell of spices into the house. These cookies are addictive and really do make the house smell wonderful.
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I like this puff pastry dessert because it’s easy to pull together and looks like a lot more work than it is. If you can find a top quality puff pastry like Dufour, it really does improve it, But in a clench I’ve used Pepperidge Farms.
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Old-Fashioned Cuppa Cuppa Cake is a beloved Southern dessert made with equal parts flour, sugar, and milk layered with fruit and baked until golden brown. Popularized by the movie Steel Magnolias, this easy cobbler-like dessert can be made with peaches, berries, or even canned fruit cocktail for a simple old-fashioned treat.
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I had been looking at this recipe for a long time, but as I’ve mentioned, I’m not much of a baker. Enter quarantine and I have plenty of time to hone my skills.
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This is a great way to use up any leftover apples or other fruit and handy if you’ve got some canned biscuits laying around as well. I’ve made it with bananas as well and it’s really good. Its super easy to make comes together really quickly.
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This is very easy to prepare and incredibly tasty. It’s rich, filling and perfect for a picnic or BBQ. It’s rich and filling and wonderfully sweet.
In a clinch, you can skip the time in the refrigerator, but it does improve the final result, if you have the time to spare.
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I’ve always loved Ina Garten’s Apple Tart, So, here is my very easy recipe to make an apple tart, inspired by the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten.
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For those of you familiar with the movie “The Help”, you will know all about Minny’s secret chocolate pie recipe. I found this recipe, minus the “secret” ingredient (read the book) and made it quite a few times and I can tell you, it is very good indeed.
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I love this cake and it is always a favorite at any gathering. It is rich, easy to prepare, with lovely coconut flavor and so moist. It is from Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra’s amazing book, “Warm Bread and Honey Cake” and it really is worth a try.
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I’ve made a lot of chocolate chip cookies over the years, but this one immediately caught my attention because it uses three different kinds of chocolate. The recipe is adapted from Thomas Keller of The French Laundry and Bouchon Bakery, and his use of cold butter creates a thicker, denser cookie with a wonderfully fudgy center instead of one that spreads thin and flat.
I changed the chocolate combination slightly, adding a little milk chocolate for extra creaminess. The mix of semisweet, bittersweet and milk chocolate gives you layers of flavor rather than one flat chocolate note, while the combination of dark brown sugar and white sugar adds a deep butterscotch undertone.
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