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I love pumpkin pie for the holidays, but being lactose intolerant means that I have to take the time to make homemade lactose-free sweet and condensed milk. To keep the work to a minimum this time, I looked up a
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We went to the farmers market this weekend and I bought a dozen farm eggs. Only to get home and realize I still had 3 cartons to use. I then went on a search for a recipe that would use
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The Hubby loves caramel popcorn and I’m quite the fan myself. (I usually like a good salted buttery popcorn instead.) We were at the farmers market today and I pointed out the bags of caramel popcorn to him. He commented
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When you need something chocolatey and comforting, chocolate chewy meringue cookies are the cookies to make. They are one of my all-time favorite cookies. You get that chew from the meringue, the rich chocolate taste from the cocoa, and they
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My usual go-to for using up old bananas is banana bread or banana muffins, but I wanted to kick it up a notch. I dug up Ina Garten’s banana cake recipe. It turned out wonderfully and I only added some
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I recently picked up a new Lebanese cookbook (Saffron in the Souks) and it had a pistachio ice cream recipe in it. Unfortunately, the recipe included clotted cream, and being lactose intolerant is a no-go. I first looked at other
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I love lemon meringue pie! It’s a fine balance between the tart lemony filling and the slightly sweetened meringue. And lemon meringue pie with shortbread crust is even better! I like to use a shortbread crust that has a sprinkling
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I came across a photo of haupia pie and knew immediately I wanted to make it, on looks alone. Haupia pie is a fairly simple pie to make and reminds me of chocolate silk pie, but with a coconut kick.
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I’ve always been scared to try madeleines. They always gave the impression of being hard to do, in the way that fancy French desserts are wont to do. But with a birthday dinner for my mother and one of my
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I had to start my baking early this year as we are seeing folks starting this weekend. I went a bit old school and nostalgic and made some butter pecan tarts. I tried to dig up my mother-in-law’s recipe, but
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