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Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

I haven’t mentioned it here before, but much of what I make on this blog, especially desserts, are donated to my local soup kitchen, to help feed the hungry in my community. I am constantly making food, testing recipes and trying out new ones….there is just no way my family could eat it all.  I also have this urge to feed…
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Brie and Caramelized Onion Bake

This Brie and Caramelized Onion Bake screams the holidays doesn’t it? And to have it encased in buttery, flaky puff pastry with sweet onions…hand to heaven, it’s my to die for appetizer.  Recipes like these have been around for years, but this is how I make it. Anyway, nothing could be easier than putting something like this together…you can have…
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Why Chill Pie Dough?

Why chilled pie dough is the secret to flaky, easy-to-roll crusts every time. Chill Your Pie Dough – Here’s Why It must be pie season, because my inbox has been full of pie questions lately. Some are one-offs, but the one that keeps popping up is this: “Why do I have to chill my pie dough before I roll it out. …
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Crispy Taco Wings

Our family loves tacos.  Any kind.  Beef, chicken, fish, beans…you name it, we’ll try and make a taco out of it. This must come from having grown up in Southern California where Mexican food is primo. So when it comes to any taco inspired recipe, we’ll try it.  So glad I did because these little addicting wings are so, so…
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Cranberry-Spiced Martini Cocktail

Sweet, spicy and flavorful, this large batch Cranberry-Spiced Martini Cocktail will be the sip of the season at your very merry holiday cocktail celebration. Cranberry-Spiced Martini Cocktails – Large Batch So, why was Rudolph’s nose really red? I think it was too many holiday cocktails. Makes sense right? It’s hard not to imbibe when you’re surrounded with boozy hot chocolate,…
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Christmas Cranberry Salad

What is it about this silly salad that evokes such holiday memories, it makes me salivate for Christmas.  I mean really, the all-purpose holiday Jell-O salad is hardly the star of the table, but there is something about it that is very comforting, very retro and very satisfying. However, my kids don’t trust the Jell-O salad, it could be a…
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Bobby Flay’s Throwdown Toasted Coconut Cake with Coconut Filling and Coconut Buttercream

If there is a special occasion or a special someone you are going to make a cake for….I highly, highly recommend this Toasted Coconut Cake with Coconut Filling and Coconut Buttercream.  It is absolutely fantastic and kind of unreal. I saw this cake made on Throwdown and it has always been in the back of my mind. Thanksgiving was the…
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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Orange Icing

Wow, what a Thanksgiving feast we had.  A house full of family and friends, warm hearts, lots of smiles and very happy children.  The food…stellar, as several women from the same family came together to make a feast for twenty-something people, one I will not soon forget. I was in charge of dessert, I made five different kinds.  These cupcakes were…
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