Archive for December, 2014

  • Chocolate Pecan Fudge

    Classic Chocolate Fudge

    December 31st, 2014

    A few weeks back when The Husband and I were moving into our new place (yes, the place where our glorious new oven decided not to work from Day 1, even though our inspector didn’t pick up on it and then the Fisher & Paykel guy who came out and said “it works just fine!” […]

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  • Banana Chocolate Cookie Bars

    Banana Chocolate Cookie Bars with Coffee Glaze

    December 27th, 2014

    Yes, we have no bananas! Remember that 1920s song?  Me neither- but I’ve always liked the title, so there. I do have bananas.  Two, in fact, and they’re ripe and ready.  When I have three or four waiting on the counter to be put to use in their respective afterlives, I’ll make my Banana Nut […]

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  • Tropical Icebox Cookies w Rum Glaze

    Tropical Icebox Cookies with Malibu Rum Glaze

    December 24th, 2014

    So I decided that one of the most classic holiday cookies I make needed to go on a vacation.  To the tropics. I bake icebox cookies every year, fondly chopping up the red and green candied cherries while humming songs about Santa.  But this year I just couldn’t do the same-old.  This year I wanted […]

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  • Burned Icebox Cookies

    Who Burns an Icebox Cookie?

    December 22nd, 2014

    I do. It’s an oxymoron, I know: Burned Icebox Cookies. Speaking of morons… Let’s just say I’m getting acquainted with our new oven, and we’ve had a few disagreements. I’ve never been the type to rotate pans in the middle of baking a batch of cookies or brownies or whatever, and now I resent that I […]

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  • Cranberry Sauce

    Cranberry Sauce

    December 20th, 2014

    Okay, holiday turkey-eaters.  This recipe isn’t exactly the most creative, but it’s way better than cracking open a can of cranberry sauce this holiday season and letting it kerplunk into a bowl, full of who knows how many additives and preservatives and other things you can’t pronounce.  (And if you use the jellied cranberry stuff, […]

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  • Buttery Peanut Brittle

    Buttery Peanut Brittle

    December 17th, 2014

    This post is dangerous. I’m telling you now, so consider yourself warned. You might have forgotten how freaking amazing peanut brittle is, and even if you haven’t forgotten, you haven’t tasted this.  And I speak from unfortunate experience that you simply cannot eat one piece of this brittle in one sitting.  (Or one ‘standing’, which […]

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  • Cherry Jelly Candies

    Tart Cherry Fruit Jellies

    December 13th, 2014

    I have always wondered how to make these jelly candies, and now that I’ve made them I kind of wish I didn’t know how. Why, you might ask?  Because they are immensely easy, and immensely freaking amazing.  And now I have another thing I can just whip up and eat too much of.  Hm. (Seriously- […]

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  • Root Beer Float Fudge

    Root Beer Float Fudge

    December 10th, 2014

    Yes, this is totally possible and yes, this is totally amazing, so get out your candy thermometer and start cooking up some sugar to make this fudge instantly.  Here’s the deal: you make root beer flavored fudge (obviously), and then stir in marshmallows to basically recreate the whole float feel and taste.  Brilliant. Two Important Questions […]

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  • White Chocolate Cranberry Banana Muffins

    White Chocolate Cranberry Banana Muffins

    December 6th, 2014

    I will always always always be modifying banana bread and muffins, until the day that my hands are gnarled from arthritis at the age of 96, or if I’m lucky, 97. I love banana bread/muffins, and alternate between my two favorite recipes: Banana Nut Muffins (a bit more rich and buttery, so therefore my true […]

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  • Pumpkin Maple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Pumpkin Maple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    December 3rd, 2014

    Yes, this recipe sounds familiar (because we made the muffin version together a few weeks back, remember?)… but THIS. THIS. This is a cake (way more fun than a muffin) and it’s slathered with cream cheese frosting, so it’s a total muffin makeover.  (I often wonder how many things cream cheese frosting can go on, […]

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