A week ago, I had the pleasure of joining six wonderful bloggers in a Walkers Shortbread extravaganza. We were given the challenge to create something with shortbread that fell into the pie, tart, cake, trifle, or pudding category. Somewhere between Banoffee Pie, Banana Pudding and Banana Fosters, you might find this pie. Walkers Butterscotch Shortbread inspired me to play with
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After over a year [!!!] of Vintage Recipe Swaps, I decided to do a little something different this month. While often turned off by vague directions and weird ratios in vintage recipes, the completely unknown dishes are the most challenging. This month’s Lemon Sponge pie was both mystifying and promising. A tart lemon pie sounded very delicious but sponge pie
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About a year ago, there was a picture-less post that popped up on this site about berry thyme brown butter bars. These bars have become one of my most commonly made recipes, something I keep going back to. But never did I manage to snap a good picture of them. Glancing back at the recipe I posted, in a rush
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Summer! Strawberries! And cream! Vanilla! Thyme! Thyme? Yes. Thyme! Follow me here. I’m taking you to a very delicious place. Promise. And if you’re already a herb-infused dessert convert, stay along for the ride. It’s a fun one. Or not. Whatever. This journey started with a mint chocolate pie. It landed in my inbox a few weeks ago with June’s
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Have I ever told you my love affair with buttercream frosting? Once upon a time, I loved the classic American powdered sugar and butter frosting. It was delicious, buttery and yes, maybe a bit too sweet. But it wasn’t fickle, it always worked. Dependable is the word. And then the Robicellis came into my life. They make my most favorite
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No bullshitting around, these might be the best muffin to come out of my kitchen. I could talk about being a bit overwhelmed and bummed to be so quiet on my little corner of the internet. I could go on about all the amazing things that I have done, and have in the works. I could muse on
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First of all, I want to send a belated thank you to the readers that entered my Moo card giveaway. Finally, I “pulled” numbers with Random.org. Congratulations to the winners Alejandra, Jennifer C and the grand prize winner Lindsay. Watch your inbox and enjoy your wonderful Moo goodies! Let me tell you something about this recipe. It
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