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American Flag Cheesecake from Kraft : An Easy Americana Dessert

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Baking for the 4th of July is one of my favorite times of the year. While I generally hate using the oven during this time, I love the taste and color when utilizing fresh fruit for the red, white and blue theme.  And even better, the weather usually cooperates so I can get nice shots [...]

Strawberry Pretzel Squares from Kraft Foods

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This past weekend while I had husband’s out of state family visiting, we decided to have a dessert party at my house. One dessert I just had to make because I had a craving was Strawberry Pretzel Squares from Kraft. I love this recipe because it combines some of my favorite things including strawberries, cream [...]

Glazed Chocolate Brownie Squares

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One of my favorite parts about baking is that you can always have a spectacular looking dessert without a lot of effort if you are short on time. These Glazed Chocolate Brownie Squares I made this past week are a perfect example of that. I purchased this Wilton Bake it Better 12 Cavity Bar pan [...]

New Orleans at Home with Bourbon Street Beignets

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I’ve never been to New Orleans, in fact, I’ve never had much of a desire to go there. Well, until I found out about beignets. These sweet, little, doughy balls of goodness have me ready to hop a flight straight to Louisiana just so I can get a taste of them right from the source. [...]

Gingerbread Pumpkin Pudding

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While I didn’t cook Thanksgiving dinner this year, I did make my own feast which featured pork loin, baby red potatoes, steam broccoli, sausage and mushroom stuffing, unsweetened applesauce and crescent rolls a few days prior. And for dessert I served this wonderful pumpkin pudding which can be topped off with gingersnaps or gingerbread as [...]

Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling

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Whoopie Pies. Do you consider them little cakes? Are they cookies? Doesn’t really matter matter to me,  although I’d consider them a cake like cookie. Anything this scrumptious is just called a little piece of heaven and leave it at that. It is no secret that I’m a sucker for cream cheese anything so the [...]

Pumpkin Bread: Perfect Fall Flavors

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When I think of the fall season I think of baking, specifically with apples and pumpkin. And now that pumpkin is in great supply it is hard not to want to share my favorite pumpkin recipes with you. This one for pumpkin bread has been a family favorite since I was a little girl. And [...]

How to Steam and Puree a Pumpkin

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Now that Halloween is officially behind us, it’s time to think about Thanksgiving and all of the sweet treats you might be thinking about baking this month. At the top of the list of Thanksgiving favorites is pumpkin pie! There are probably a million and some odd recipes for pumpkin pie, but if “canned pumpkin” [...]

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