Recipe: Pie Dough and Ganache Cookie Towers
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Welsh Cakes from Alford and Duguid's HomeBaking
Mini-me started the morning with my favorite refrain: "want make something!", which means she'd like us to cook something together. I was a bit bored of our regular muffin routine, so I pulled out Jeffrey Alford and …
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A truism that I hear repeated frequently that cooking is an art, while baking is more of a science which requires accuracy and following recipes to the letter. I don't think that is necessarily true, I certainly …
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Chocolate Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Filling And Chocolate Gelato
We have officially entered the Snacky Pants birthday celebration period, which extends approximately 30 days on either side of the actual anniversary of her entrance to this world. We’ve kicked in to high gear a bit …
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Caramelized Pear "Cupcakes" With Blue Cheese Frosting
I was on my way out the door to work the other day and for some reason I said to Snacky Pants, "what would go with Blue Cheese Frosting?", and she gamely replied "pears of course". And then I was thinking of a great …
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Foodbeam Sables Au Chocolat with Fleur De Sel
I've been thoroughly enjoying Fanny's Foodbeam blog lately, and when I needed a straightforward chocolate dessert for dinner with Mini-me's cousins tonight, I thought I'd check her archives. Sure enough, there were …
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