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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Cherry Shortbread Squares

DAY 3: Cherry Shortbread Squares These shortbread squares are light and tender, not hard and crumbly; almost more like a short little cake than a cookie, but firm enough to hold in your hand to eat. The batter mixes together … Continue reading

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Blueberry Crumb Bars

DAY 2: Blueberry Crumb Bars A delicious fruity bar cookie that can be made from fresh or frozen blueberries. Like blueberry pie in a streusel topped cookie bar. – RECIPE: Blueberry Crumb Bars ————(adapted from Cookin’ Canuck) 4 cups fresh … Continue reading

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Christmas Cherry Cookies

DAY 1: Welcome to the Third Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Twelve days of cookies and treats that are perfect for sharing with family and friends. The first cookie up this year is an easy-to-make dough full of the … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers

Just a few ideas for using your leftover Thanksgiving Turkey. Most of the recipes below call for cooked or shredded chicken, but work just as well with turkey. My best wishes for a day full of family, friends, faith and … Continue reading

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

Another fabulous cake from up-and-coming-baker Big A. Big A made this cake from the cookbook Chocolate Cakes that she received from a friend for Christmas last year. They did provide a recipe for the chocolate cake, but Big A started … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving: Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

These pumpkin rolls have had a place at our Thanksgiving table for more than a dozen years now. They are a savory roll, not sweet. The pumpkin flavor is not strong, but the pumpkin and spices add a subtle flavor … Continue reading

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Pear Cardamom Bundt Cake with Lime Glaze

I love the smells of fall baking. That combination of fruits like apples and pears with heavily fragrant cinnamon, cardamom and other spices. This recipe makes a highly adaptable batter that can be made into a bundt cake, quick-bread loaves, … Continue reading

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Grilled Greek Chicken

The weather here has turned from dreary, cold and rainy to beautiful, sunny and warm. So I am putting away the soup recipes for a couple of weeks, and firing up the grill. This chicken is marinated in a dressing … Continue reading

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Thai Red Chicken Curry

Looking for a great tasting soup that doesn’t have to cook all day? A healthy, flavorful soup chock full of chicken and fresh vegetables? This Thai curry is more like a soup than a thick curry that you would eat … Continue reading

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Nutella (or Cinnamon) Swirled Buttermilk Coffee Cake

Nutella Swirled Coffee Cake Last week we were swimming in coffee cake around here. Unfortunately, it was not the kind of swimming that helps trim inches off of my waistline. Good thing there were lots of hungry skinny children lurking … Continue reading

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