As a kid, we always went to this local pumpkin farm whenever it was open for the season.
It was a family owned farm, but it was pretty obvious it was owned by a family who really didn't care too much about appearances, nor pumpkins.
The pumpkins to pick from were mildly attractive at best and they charged like $100/pound per pumpkin so my parents never let us get any from
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Chocolate Cookie Cups with Peanut Butter Cheesecake Frosting and National Dessert Month with California Milk and Tieks!
Happy Monday, everyone!
Did you know that October is National Dessert Month? That pretty much makes October the best month ever, in my opinion... and it's like they coordinated it perfectly with Halloween and the excess of candy coming my way. I cannot wait!!
As you know, as a baker I'm constantly working with a variety of products. But the one product I use the
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Bloody Eyeball Cupcakes
These are dedicated to my brother, Alex, who has an absolutely crippling fear of eyeballs.
I'm such a great older sister.
It may be hard to believe, but as I kid I really wanted to fit in. When a classmate came to school one day wearing a training bra, I was so green with envy that the next day I wore a swimsuit top and told everyone I was wearing a training bra. No, not
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The BEST Chewy Pumpkin Chip Cookies
Can you believe there was a time when I disliked pumpkin?
I know. It's like I was abducted by aliens or under some terrible influence of pumpkin-hating hallucinogens or something. Thank goodness I found my way down the appropriate pumpkin-loving path because had I not, I would have never discovered the joy that are these cookies.
A couple weeks ago, a reader named Holly
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Caramel Apple Magic Bars
Caramel apples are one of my favorite things evereverever.
But ya see, I have this *thing* with biting into apples. Maybe it was because when I was a kid, I had this loose tooth and my cousin so brightly suggested I bite down hard into an apple to somehow dislodge said tooth. After trying and trying and biting and biting, we eventually just yanked the damn tooth out -- but
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