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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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Artichoke and Broccoli Bake
It was breakfast for dinner earlier this week. Typically this is a go-to when I’m looking for a quick meal, but this time it was because I forgot to thaw out some meat. I hate when I do that! So I was trying to think of something meatless to feed my brood and remembered this breakfast casserole. I’ve made this with a variety of veggies – mushrooms, asparagus, spinach and broccoli – but broccoli is especially good! Sometimes I use leftover broccoli, but if I’m making it from fresh I will steam it with lemon juice and butter and season it well with salt and pepper. Artichoke and Broccoli Bake…
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Chocolate Banana Bread
It was chocolate banana bread for breakfast in our house this morning! It’s like a cross between brownies and banana bread and is so good! I found this recipe on Pinterest and stuck to it exactly (except for cooking time – in an effort to speed it up, I went 375 for 60 minutes, and it worked out just fine!). Enjoy! Chocolate Banana Bread 3 very ripe bananas, mashed 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup rolled oats 1 tsp baking soda 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup semi-sweet…
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The Best Pancakes Ever!
We like pancakes around my house. They have always been one of Brogan’s favorites, and even my husband, who typically does not like sweets, loves these things! The pancake craze began shortly after I stumbled across this Martha Stewart recipe. The first thing that caught my eye was the buttermilk to flour ratio – 3:2. Most recipes I had tried before were equal parts milk to flour. Since what I love most about pancakes is the salty/sour flavor that comes from the buttermilk, these seemed like a winner to me. Martha Stewart’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt…
