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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Pumpkin and chocolate – the perfect combination. I made these muffins for breakfast this morning and between the smell of these fabulous things baking in the oven and fresh brewed coffee, my house smelled like a pumpkin spice latte. Yum. This is the perfect muffin to kick off the fall with – moist and sweet with the perfect amount of both pumpkin and chocolate, a totally decadent treat. Happy fall y’all! Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 4 eggs 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 14.5-oz can pumpkin 3/4 cup oil 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2…
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Pumpkin Raisin Bread
It was time to check off my next milestone of the almost-fall: making something with pumpkin. After a near meltdown at Publix over my inability to locate pumpkin on the shelf and the associate’s misinformation about the availability of said pumpkin, all was resolved and I left satisfied with my two cans of Libby’s. I was craving some pumpkin bread and luckily I was able to make it happen this morning. I decided to look for a recipe with raisins because my boys love them (especially Beckett)! I found a recipe on Pinterest that was mostly what I was looking for but I made a couple of modification. It appeared…
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
A brunch at Brogan’s school this week meant I was baking on a weeknight. I decided on this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake because first, I have made it before and it was excellent, second, it was pretty easy, and third, I had everything on hand. Grocery shopping is not a Monday through Friday activity for me. This is called a cake, but it’s closer to a bread to me – either way it’s perfect for breakfast or brunch. I found this on Pinterest and modified the original recipe by using buttermilk instead of heavy cream, a little more sugar and modifying the temp and cooking time (the first time I…
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Maple Peanut Butter Cookies
Brogan and I decided to make some cookies this morning so I thought we’d try out a peanut butter cookie recipe from Pinterest. The recipe was for Honey-Peanut Butter Cookies, but I was low on honey. I decided to improvise and go with my go-to sweetener, maple syrup. So I subbed butter in place of shortening and maple syrup in place of honey and these cookies were delish! The maple really adds something great to the flavor, however it’s very subtle. Maple Peanut Butter Cookies 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1…
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
We love cookies at my house – especially Brogan. He loves to help make them, and he loves to help eat them even more. Double chocolate chip has recently become my favorite cookie, and so I’ve been trying different recipes in search of the perfect one – for me, this one is it! They are chocolaty and chewy and it is hard to eat just one. The perfect accompaniment to tall glass of milk. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Double Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 1/4 cup unsalted butter 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups flour 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp…
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Caramel Corn Cupcakes
I am not a baker – I am a wanna be baker. I feel like I’ve got the cooking thing down, but baking is such a different animal. There’s too much science involved – you can’t just add a little of this or that; the measurements have to be exact. But nevertheless, I want to bake. Especially cupcakes – I love everything about cupcakes! I should also add that we found out a couple of months ago that my oldest son Brogan has tree nut allergies, so no more baked goods from a bakery (unless it’s a nut-free bakery). This means that anytime someone at his preschool brings baked goods…
