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The Hubby is a huge fan of pancakes. Me, not so much. But when I do cave in and make him a batch of pancakes, I like to use this recipe. They’re even great the next day cold as a
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My mother-in-law used to be an amazing baker and one of her top dishes was cinnamon buns. As a treat for the Hubby, I wanted to make him a batch. Unfortunately, although I have a box of her recipes, I
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I recently attended a bread making class (sourdough), and wanted to continue making a variety of loaves. I pulled out the ole bread machine and then remembered that I had this recipe for no knead bread. Sourdough bread is basically
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These Toffee Apple Cinnamon Buns are a combo of Jamie Oliver’s Toffee Apple Buns and my mother-in-law’s cinnamon buns. I first saw Jamie Oliver making his toffee apple buns, which looked absolutely delicious, and made them as directed. I have
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As I had a few bananas that were perfect for banana bread, it was time to whip up another loaf. But as the Hubby is a huge chocolate lover, I wanted to do a chocolate banana loaf. I found this
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Both the Hubby and I love focaccia and one of our favorite varieties is jalapeno cheddar focaccia. Unfortunately, due to my lactose intolerance, I can’t have any made instore. I was watching a cooking show yesterday and was inspired to
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Another tasty hit from the cookbook Saffron in the Souks, sumac-spiced lamb pitas are another Lebanese breakfast bread. The other one I’ve made is za’atar man’ouche and both the Hubby and myself liked the meaty version more. Usually, the lamb is
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Za’atar Man’ouche (Lebanese breakfast pita) is another recipe from the cookbook Saffron in the Souks. It’s ridiculously easy to make and tastes delicious. Another keeper from this cookbook and I can’t sing its praises enough. The za’atar man’ouche recipe in
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I had raspberries I wanted to use in muffins, and what goes better with raspberries than chocolate. I found a great recipe on Sally’s Baking Addiction site for raspberry chocolate muffins. I followed the instructions and I got the much
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When a family dinner rolls (maybe a wee bit of pun intended) around, where the main meat is turkey, it’s mandatory to have dinner buns. Dinner buns are the basis for midnight turkey sandwiches! And for those of you who
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