sweets recipes

Petit Madeleines

6 December 2008

It is December 6, the day when St. Nikolaus sneaks in and leaves sweets, clementines and maybe nuts in the shoes and/or socks of children around the world. This is not a very common to find someone around these parts who celebrates. So in honor of the holiday and my husband getting from from Paris [...]

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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies

3 December 2008
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Heidi over at 101cookbooks posted this great recipe for peanut butter cookies a while back. It is without eggs, butter or sugar and yet still great! I love peanut butter cookies, but have a sensitivity to eggs and dairy so these fit the bill. They are great for anyone sensitive or not. I made some [...]

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Mini Apple Pies

14 October 2008

I am always looking for new ways to make food portable. It seems that we always have somewhere to be and the boys are always hungry. I get greeted everyday after school with “Mom, I’m hungry.” Even on the days that we don’t have orchestra, karate, soccer, you name it after school it is still [...]

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chocolate & beet cake

22 September 2008

I saw this in the September issue of BBC Good Food, I had to try it. Who would think of adding beets to a chocolate cake? It is very chocolaty, no hint of a beet, and a crumbly dense texture. The exterior is shiny, a little weird for a cake. This is also dairy-free for [...]

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Product Review: No Pudge! Fudge Brownie Mix

19 September 2008

For those days when you need something chocolate and you need it fast. There is a mix out that doesn’t have anything funky in the mix. Can you believe it. This is the lazy person’s (my) brownie mix. I know homemade is the best, I won’t deny it, but this comes a close second. This [...]

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Banana Oat Muffins

16 September 2008
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If you’ve been reading along here you might think it was muffin season. It seems to be a reoccurring theme of late. So you’ve got your espresso, but need something to go with it… this is what you are looking for. I mix up the batter before bed and refrigerate either in the big electric [...]

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Breakfast in a Blueberry Muffin

12 September 2008

These muffins are more substantial than the usual American style Blueberry muffin. They are not as sweet and are more dense, the addition of oats makes them more hearty. Blueberry Muffins makes 12 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour 2 ½ tsp baking powder (non-aluminum) ½ tsp grated nutmeg ½ tsp salt ½ cup unrefined [...]

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chocolate espresso cupcakes

23 May 2008
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I couldn’t think of a more catchy name. These are a standby for me. I am not a baker, or a photographer for that matter, so my brother sent me this adorable picture he took of my cousin Wendy’s little girl Anna. She is enjoying the cupcakes that my mother and sister-in-law served for a [...]

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mmm….Fruit Pops

22 May 2008
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Yummy frozen fruit pops. So easy, so yummy. Do you feel a little guilty giving your kids the artificially colored and flavored Popsicles from the grocer? I do. There are some good fruit juice ones out there, but they tend to be expensive and isn’t it more fun to make your own. The kids have [...]

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