Yep, No Pecans. I’m just not a nut-in-my-sweets kinda gal. But, oh my goodness, talk about butter! I only made a half batch and I was astounded at how much butter went into my eight sticky buns. This was a much more involved recipe than the last one. I spread it out over two days, making the brioche dough on
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Easy Peasy and so yummy! I’m so thankful we have been easing our way into Baking with Julia. The simplicity of this recipe really helped me out since my life is in such transition right now. (Good transition, but oh, so busy.) I could not find rhubarb at Central Market, but I did find a lovely rhubarb strawberry jam. I
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I love pound cake and I love lemon, so this Lemon Loaf Cake was right up my alley. It was also a cinch to put together. Perfect. It definitely is better the 2nd day. And, it’s a wonderful compliment to a strong cup of dark tea. I simply dressed my slices with a dollop of whipped cream. My kids, however,
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I have wanted to make Pizza Rustica for years. I always put it off, but then every Easter I say I’m going to do it. Well, now I have. It was delicious, but different than anything I think I’ve ever had. A little like quiche, but not really. Just a delicious savory pie. I decided to make the recipe just
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This was a cinch to put together. Less than five minutes from bowl to oven. Esi wasn’t as interested in this recipe because she had sampled some Irish Soda Bread recently that was seasoned strongly with caraway. She didn’t like that too much. So, it took me some persuading to get her excited to sample this one. I told her
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Oh, Rugelach, where have you been all my life! I have never had rugelach before. I tend to shy away from anything that’s not chocolate. I seriously think I only ate chocolate cake before I got married. Hubby has done a good job of expanding my dessert tastes, but I typically never choose anything with dried fruit. So, even when
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This is my beautiful girl, Esi (pronounced essie). Of course, that’s not her real name, but I let her pick her alias and she picked Esi. Had I had my way, this blog would have been cooking with Lou. Lou is an old family nickname and it’s what I call her anyway, but she would have none of it. So,
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Or rather how I love pie crust, but it hates me. This was a wonderful tart. However, I had a lot of trouble with the crust. Sadly, this is nothing new for me. The weather is awful here and I am busy convincing myself that it was the reason for my troubles. My crust was so crumbly I decided to
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I’m not sure how to do this post. I’ve joined Tuesdays with Dorie and today is the day we post our first recipe from Baking with Julia. Our first recipe is the White Loaves. I am so thankful that we started out nice and easy. And these really were quite easy. I like to make bread, but it’s been a
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Oh my goodness, this was so delicious! Hands down the best banana cake ever! I had a bunch of bananas sitting ugly on my counter that I needed to use. I rarely have leftover bananas, but for some reason the kids didn’t eat this bunch. I have never been successful with banana bread. I can’t seem to get it done
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