The Best of Baking 2010

Best of Dessert

If you are around here any amount of time, you will quickly learn that I LOVE to bake. I would bake all day…every day…if I could! Now…if I just didn’t have to do the dishes… It was fun looking back at all I baked this year. It makes me realize just what else I haven’t… [Continue Reading]

Homemade for the Holidays: Christmas Cookies

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Welcome to Homemade for the Holidays! I’ve heard from a lot of you, that you have tried some of the recipes in this series. I’m just thrilled that you are all enjoying them! Today I have Christmas Cookies for you, not just your ordinary cookies but some that you add to these adorable containers. Let me… [Continue Reading]

Ultimate Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie and a Fridge Makeover

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GIVEAWAY CLOSED As you well know, if you have been around here, there is always some cooking and baking going on in our home! While I cook and bake, almost, everything from scratch, I’ll have to admit that sometimes our choices of ingredients are not always as healthy as they should be. I have tried… [Continue Reading]

Muddy Buddy Cookies ~ Baking with Betty Crocker

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Do you remember Muddy Buddies? Or Puppy Chow? Oh the goodness! I could sit and eat a whole batch by myself! Just in case, you aren’t familiar with them…let me get you hooked! They are cereal, typically Chex Cereal, coated with peanut butter and chocolate, and coated with powdered sugar. In celebration of my Baking… [Continue Reading]

Zucchini Cookies

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Summer is my absolute favorite time of year! Even when it’s 100 degrees outside….I still love Summer. Among one of the many reasons, is the fresh produce. And when it’s grown in a local garden, even better! Last year, Doug had a wonderful garden at the farm where he is the landscape manager, and we… [Continue Reading]

Oatmeal Scotchies Cookies

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So, what do you think? Pretty Amazing, huh?  No, No, not the Oatmeal Scotchies! My new look! I’m just thrilled beyond words!!! We are still making some adjustments, so hang in there for a few days with me, then I’ll give you a tour! Butterscotch is one of those flavors that I think you either… [Continue Reading]

Lemon Drop Cookies

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A little while back, I shared with you a recipe from Susan Branch and her Summer Book, White Layer Cake with Lemon Filling. When I made the filling, I had Doug, my husband, try it, he thought it tasted like Lemon Drops. So, then the ideas starting spinning in my head. How could I make… [Continue Reading]