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Desserts

BBA Challenge Bread #8: Cinnamon Rolls!

July 30, 2009
Cinnamon Rolls from Bread Baker's Apprentice

It’s really random that Elissa ended up making cinnamon rolls when I was supposed to be making them for the BBA Challenge . . . but it means two posts about almost the same thing, very close to eachother! I thought we could do a compare and contrast between the [...]

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Cinnamon Buns!

July 22, 2009
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Some of you wonderful readers may already know that I’m on a diet.  I started the South Beach Diet about 4 weeks ago and thus far I’ve lost about 12 pounds.  Even more amazingly, I managed to not eat a single one of these cinnamon buns.  They were delicious, according [...]

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Delicious peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

July 8, 2009
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Have you ever searched for a recipe for something specific you want to make, but after spending too much time and not finding a good recipe, you decide to just screw searching around and make your own recipe?  That’s what I did with these cookies.  I told my roommates that [...]

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Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Cream Frosting

June 24, 2009
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You didn’t think that two strawberry recipes were all I was going to do during my strawberry kick, did you!? I hope not, because I definitely have more coming your way! Perhaps the most impressive of the strawberry things I’ve made during this obsessive run is this layer cake, which [...]

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Strawberry Gelato

June 12, 2009
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Continuing with the strawberry theme and touching on one of my absolute favorite things to make at home, I tried making Strawberry Gelato for the first time last week. I used this recipe from Bon Appetit, which is actually for ice cream sandwich cookies which look absolutely divine. I intended [...]

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Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

June 9, 2009
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Here’s another winning recipe from Martha Stewart: Strawberry Shortcake Cookies! When this landed in my inbox on Sunday, I knew I was going to make these first chance I got! Strawberries are easily my favorite fruit, and now that they’re in season I can’t seem to stay away from them. [...]

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Martha’s Tiramisu Cupcakes

May 20, 2009
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When I got this Tiramisu Cupcake recipe from Martha’s daily Cookie of the Day email (sign up here if you’re not already getting them), I knew immediately I was going to have to try it. It called to me so strongly, I even tweeted it immediately! I’m sure that part [...]

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Pavlova with Lemon Curd & Berries

April 14, 2009
Pavlova with Lemon Curd & Berries

Sorry for the radio silence, folks! I was so sick all week last week, then Passover, a family function on Sunday, and the lack of sleep have just about knocked me out. And it’s only Tuesday! I meant to post about this over a week ago but never got around [...]

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Two firsts!

March 23, 2009

Last week was a week of firsts for me in lots of ways . . . one major one being the pie you see above! I made this apple and dried cherry pie on Sunday in celebration of Adam’s birthday (“pie” is second only to “garlic” on his favorite-eats list!). [...]

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