Tag: easy baking
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Whole Wheat Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Lemon Glaze
Given his druthers, one of my kids would have all manner of bread and cheese – grilled cheese, quesadillas, pizza – at all meals. And snacks. So it’s odd (to me) that his favorite muffin is lemon poppy seed. Crunchy, tangy, sweet and sour. I made this cake for him because who doesn’t want cake… Read more
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Galley Cookies (thin, chewy, crispy cookies with chocolate, pretzels, and candy) aka Leftover Candy Cookies
Do you have miniature ghosts or Taylor Swifts or zombies coming to your door tomorrow? Do you end up with four leftover bags of candy or go through your child’s bag for their rejects (pretzels? Who gave me pretzels?). If so, these cookies will help. Eve if it’s not Halloween and you have bits of… Read more
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake & How Recipes Work on This Site
Perhaps you’ve wondered about the timing of recipes, how I get the photographs, if I plan everything out. Perhaps not. But if you’re wondering why this photograph showcases 1/2 of a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake I can tell you it is because we ate the other half. Last night. For dinner.* So that’s all… Read more
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Whole Grain Double Apple Breakfast Cake & Parenting
You know you want this. We have a two snack per day rule in our house (gasp!) and one of those snacks must be fruit (double gasp!). We started this when the kids were very young and now that 3 of the 4 are old enough to be in charge of their own school or… Read more
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Oven S’mores & A Hairy Beast
Inevitably, the subject of pets comes up at various points – college, for example, or pre-school parent chit chat or little league chit chat or pediatrician appointments. “Any pets?” “Yes, a dog.” “Oh, we want one but my husband’s allergic/my kids won’t take care of it/we don’t have the space/I like cats.” “We have a… Read more
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Chocolate Pudding Cake & A Free Cup of Coffee
I go through phases of buying coffee. Most of the time, I’m too frugal to treat myself to a 3$ misto and it’s more convenient just to set the pot up the night before at home. This year, during TYOTS, eating became a real chore for me. So did making anything, including coffee. Sometimes I… Read more