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Pawpaw Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pawpaw Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies are so delicious you will be dreaming of pawpaw season every year. Pawpaw lends its uniquely citrusy banana notes to a classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookie that is to die for. Pawpaw Season I look forward to pawpaw season every year. I carefully monitor the four small wild groves that we have found on the farm for spring blooms and the tell tell signs of fruit formation. As summer starts to wind down, I visit the groves weekly to check on their progress and start planning how to use these delicious treats. This year my goal was to preserve the pawpaws that I found so…
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake
I love desserts, even if my waistline and hips don’t. With so many things happening right now on the farm, my favorite dessert is one I can eat on the run. I prefer to eat my dessert with my hands than have to dirty up a plate and fork. That is why one of my all time favorite cakes is one that does not have icing but delivers on big dense buttery flavor, the pound cake. Of all of the Pound Cakes I love the Cream Cheese Pound Cake most of all! Cream Cheese Pound Cake was a staple dessert in my home growing up. If it wasn’t on the…
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Easy Chocolate No Bake Cookies
These Easy Chocolate No Bake Cookies, also called Preacher Cookies, are a favorite of my kiddos (and to be honest, me). I have to be very careful of how much I make because I find myself eating them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I mean they are peanut butter so they are healthy right!? The name Preacher Cookies comes from the ability to quickly whip up a batch when the preacher was spotted out the window walking down the lane towards your house. While the name No Bake is an oblivious one. These are a great summer cookie because it doesn’t require the oven to make these delicious treat. These…
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How to Make Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
One of my favorite cookies is a classic chocolate chip cookie. Buttery chewy cookie studded with melty semi sweet chocolate. You cannot ask for a more perfect confection in my opinion. These chewy chocolate chip cookies have been my go to for years. I get asked quite frequently to bring these treats along to parties and functions because they are just so dang gone good. Even my husband, who is not a fan of sweets, appreciates these cookies as a once in a while treat. This particular recipe was adapted from my mom’s 1980’s Betty Crocker Cookbook. That book is hands down my favorite cookbook. I remember being a kid…
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Easy Cream Cheese Danish
Sometimes you just need a quick and easy dessert or sweet breakfast treat. That is where this easy cream cheese danish comes to the rescue. Simple and delicious and with only five minutes to prepare and twelve minutes to bake, you will be in cream cheese puff pastry heaven in no time. Danishes The name of this flaky and buttery pastry would have you believing that this dessert was of Denmark decent. However, it is from Austrian origins that this lovely dish comes to us. It was first made popular in Denmark however, so the name Danish stuck. The danish was always a special treat when we were growing up.…
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Easy Mini Cheesecake
Do you ever just have a hankering for something sweet, but you really don’t want to go through the fuss of making a big cake or a huge batch of cookies that will last for weeks? I love baking, but sometimes I don’t want the week’s worth of temptation staring at me every time I walk through our kitchen. If it is there, I will eat it. I lack all of the willpower when it comes to sweet confections. These easy mini cheesecake bites are an answer to all of those problems. These cheesecake bites are so simple and beautiful that it will be hard to believe that they come…
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The Best Banana Nut Bread Ever!
Quick breads are a really cool mix between a bread and a cake like desert. It is easy to make and is delicious as a snack, breakfast, mid-day coffee break treat, late night dessert, the list goes on and on. One of my all time favorite quick breads is banana bread. This recipe has been with me for years and I have made tweaks here and there. I am not really sure where the original came from, but I have tried a lot of recipes for banana bread and this one is hands down the best banana nut bread recipe ever! Please note that this post contains affiliate links. Should…
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5 Holiday Desserts You Need This Season
The Holidays are upon us and with them come the always delicious and bountiful array of food that we all love. But the best part of the holiday feasting is the assortment of desserts that await after the main courses and sides have all been cleared away. Holiday desserts are the real reason we have holiday dinners right?! Usually you see the same few traditional holiday desserts year after year. Desserts like pumpkin and apple pie, while delicious are not going to really stand out in a crowd. This is the year to shake up your grandma’s holiday dessert table with something new, or in some cases forgotten, delicious holiday…
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Chocolate Chip Pie
This Chocolate Chip Pie Recipe is a rich and delicious chocolate chip cookie in pie form. It is so rich and decadent, only a small piece will satisfy even the strongest of sweet tooth. It is one of the easiest pies you will come across. This chocolate chip pie recipe comes together in minutes and bakes in under an hour. Serve it slightly warm with ice cream or the next day with a cup of ice cream. I made this Chocolate Chip Pie for Thanksgiving this year, and while it was only the five of us, it didn’t stick around long. It is also easily portable and freezable! It is…
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Apple Sauce Cake Recipe Like Granny Used to Make
A deliciously easy and moist applesauce cake studded with plump raisins and beautiful pecans just like Granny used to make
