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Cuties (Orange) Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This pound cake is so nice and moist you won’t be able to stop at one slice. It’s slightly sweet with fresh, bright flavors and a subtly sour, crunchy glaze. And because it’s packed full of fruit juice and vitamin …

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Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

I started 2013 out right … eating dessert first. We had the traditional black eyed peas and fried cabbage, but before all of that, I had a slice of this Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake. It’s dense, creamy, a little …

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Bohemian Apple Strudel

Although this is a blog, I don’t usually share too much personal information on this site. I try to add a little whimsy and a back story to my recipes, but other than that, I am kind of a private …

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Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

For years I’ve been trying to find the perfect oatmeal cookie recipe. They’re my husband’s favorite. But I’ve never been able to make them soft and chewy like the kind you can buy at Subway. He loves those cookies, but …

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Pumpkin Apple Brie Muffins

Every fall, when I lived in Kansas, my dear neighbor Carol would bring over a batch of her homemade apple muffins. They were so good because they only had a hint of sweetness, accentuating the fresh apples and oats. She …

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Caramel Fudge Brownies

Get ready for three layers of chocolate, buttery ecstasy.  There have been a couple of occasions over the past few months when I’ve turned to my foodie friends for a chocolate fix. Part of it is due to the fact …

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Chocolate Vanilla Clouds

You’ll be walking on air with these crispy, buttery, creamy, chocolaty bite-size Chocolate Vanilla Clouds. The base is my favorite cookie, a thin Brussels cookie sandwiched with dark chocolate. I debated whether to accent the sweet with peanut butter or …

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GIVEAWAY: Biscoff Bread Pudding with Biscoff Caramel Pecan Sauce

~ Biscoff Spread Giveaway and Bread Pudding Recipe ~ Belgium is known for its waffles, beer and fries, but there is something even more amazing that comes from the small European country ~ Speculoos Cookies. If you’ve ever flown on …

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Soldier Cookies

Toasted oatmeal, coconut, pecan and toffee cookies. Cowboy Cookies and Ranger Cookies have been around for years. While cowboys and rangers are noble indeed, I’m a little biased and believe there also needs to be a cookie for our Soldiers. …

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Homemade Toffee Bits

Homemade buttery, sugary goodness in less than 15 minutes. Toffee bits are so easy to make from scratch, and they taste so much better than the store bought bag ‘o bits. Use them in cookies, in muffins or on ice …

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