I am starting quite the collection of chocolate chip (or chunk) cookie recipes here on this site! I just love them, in any form with any flour any type of fat any type of chocolate. This particular cookie is thin, crispy edged with a chewy centre with delicious large pools of intense chocolate flavour. Using…
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Internet Famous Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Chip cookies are probably my #1 favourite type of home made cookie! If you peruse my site you’ll find a few for sure and they’re all the ultimate chocolate chip cookie, in their own way. I have my Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies and my Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. Because these are kind…
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookies
Hello there! I discovered this recipe in my early years of blogging, back in 2012 on a lovely food blog called Just a Taste. Peanut butter and jelly is one of my favorite combos; reminiscent of childhood, but in the form a grown-up cookie. You can make these with a 3″ round cookie cutter as…
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Barefoot Contessa’s Coconut Cake
This is the ultimate celebration cake; decadent & buttery with a delicious cream cheese frosting. Print Recipe Barefoot Contessa’s Coconut Cake Course Dessert, Party Food Keyword Difficulty- Moderate Servings People Ingredients Ingredients: pound ¾ unsalted butter at room temperature, plus more for greasing, 3 sticksthe pans2 cups sugar5 extra-large eggs at room temperature1 teaspoons ½pure…
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Pandoro Christmas Tree
A Holiday Post! Isn’t it great when simple is beautiful and in this case, also delicious? You won’t believe how easy and quick this is to make even during the busiest holiday season! I love the buttery Pandoro, the tart fresh berries, the lightly lemony Mascarpone Cream and sweet blueberry compote! Visit my Instagram page…
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Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
Hey there! Found this great recipe on Pinterest, “The world’s catalog of ideas” It’s a marvellous place to lose yourself in. It can motivate you to make delicious muffins like these AND introduce you to new food concepts, like sandwich cake! Do you know what a sandwich cake is??? (It’s revolutionary! Stay tuned!) and It can…
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Grilled Tiramisu with Coffee-Speckled Mascarpone Cream
Hey there! Yeah, you read right. Its a new, delicious and very easy twist on Tiramisu, just in time for spring. (if it ever gets here!) I subscribed to a channel on my Apple TV called Tastemade. Its a series of short segments centered on, you got it, food and travel of course ; two…
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Overnight French Toast
Once your casserole is prepped, place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight. All of the liquid and delicious flavours will be absorbed by the bread & ready to bake 🙂 For Easter this year, I was receiving for brunch. I don’t know about you but “Brunch” is music to my…
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The Best Apple Pie – Step 3 – Assembly and Baking
Thank you for hanging in there! You are now at the final step – baking your delicious pie! To make the most delicious Apple Pie, I marinate my apples first! I find that the tastiest pies are made with McIntosh apples although some people believe that they are not the ideal apples for pie making as…
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The Best Apple Pie – Step2 – Rolling Out and Crimping your Pie Dough
Rolling Out and Crimping your Pie Dough – by Smitten Kitchen Pictures & text by Smitten Kitchen Start by getting your stuff out: You’ll want a small dish of flour (or a shaker, if you have one), a rolling pin, your pie dough that has been chilling for an hour or two, but preferably longer, your…
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The Best Apple Pie – Step 1- All Butter Flaky Pie Dough
Hello all! For years I have been struggling to make pie dough. Most of the time it wouldn’t hold together at all and I’d have to do a lot of patch work in order for it to resemble a pie at all! Oh, how my husband laughed at me, claiming that my pies always looked…
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Claudia’s Fudgy Paleo Brownies
Hello there! I’m crazy about brownies, especially the delicious & healthy kind. (Yes, they exist) Remember my Mind Blowing Black Bean Brownies ? Well, I now have another brownie recipe and it happens to be Paleo-friendly (Caveman approved)! These have a fudgey texture, made with 70% dark chocolate; without flour or processed sugar yet they can satisfy the…
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English Banoffee Pie
Banoffee = Banana and toffee. Those two elements are very delicious together, soft and unctuous indeed, only improved further by the crunchy texture of the sweet crust, and airy-cool vanilla-bean whipped cream, sprinkled all over with shredded chocolate “snowflakes” for good measure. Light and decadent at the same time, it is the most heavenly and satisfying dessert…
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Tunnel of Fudge Cake
Hey there y’all, As you may know, I am currently on a Southern Food kick. Its not my fault, its the book I am reading…or rather listening to. A couple of years back I discovered audio books on Audible.com. I always wanted to read certain books but rarely had time to sit down and have…
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Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
Hello there! Southern biscuits have a wonderful soft flakey texture with a buttery taste. Crispy on the outside with an almost cake-like softness on the inside. I am in love with them, as much as you can be in love with food. Eat them sweet, savoury or just plain, for breakfast, dinner or even dessert….
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Sicilian Blood Orange Loaf Cake
Hey there! This cake initially caught my eye because of its pretty pink frosting with those lovely, glossy blood orange slices on top and of course, the originality of it. You can always find recipes for lemon cakes or lemon loaves but never blood orange – the rare beauty. I found this where you can find all of…
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Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie
Recently on Pinterest, inspiration for all things, I found this ingeniously delicious idea for a cinnamon bun apple pie.
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Apple, Cheddar and Maple Muffins
Cheese and apple – one of my favourite snacks. Combined and baked into a muffin!? This recipe is one of the top 3 reasons I bought the cookbook – Trois fois par Jour! This recipe gets top marks not only for taste and simplicity but its healthy too. It does not contain any refined sugars or butter. The…
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No-cook Peanut Butter Bites – by Weight Watchers (Secret Ingredient Alert! :)
Hey there, So did the mention of Weight Watchers turn you off or on to this recipe? If you’re not sure, let me tell you, these bites are all kinds of “wow” including the whispery, gaspy type of “wow” and the loud, pleasantly surprised one. Now, I did not entirely go slim on you but after…
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Pumpkin Dream Cake with Maple-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Hi everybody & thanks for popping in! I was attending a Halloween party recently and wanted to bring a seasonal dessert. I found this delicious recipe on Pinterest, aka inspiration central, and now understand why it was called Pumpkin Dream Cake. In fact, I couldn’t even find a better name for it. It’s soft, moist and just dreamy..Picture yourself happily floating on…
