I am SO EXCITED about this recipe today!
If you're anything like me, candy thermometers kinda freak you out. Honey, I get you. I'm not a fan either. They're too official and scary and cold and hard and heartless. (Can you tell I loathe them?) So if I can avoid using one at all costs, I'm on board.
But making candy at home often requires them, and toffee is usually no
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Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Pie with Back to Nature
I am sooo excited about this Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Pie, you guys.
It is divine.
Crunchy chocolate cookie base. Smooth-as-silk chocolate ganache filling. Crisp and minty peppermint pieces adorn the top. And all together? It's pure bliss, y'all.
This Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Pie is extra special, too. It's made with real ingredients (well, except for the candy
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Gingerbread Toffee Lush Dessert
You guys - this Gingerbread Toffee Lush Dessert was devoured within hours at my house. Hours!
Needless to say, there were no leftovers. And I doubt there will be any at your house, either. It's that good.
My family isn't very experimental. They like the same things for dinner every week, and they've become so disillusioned to whatever I make anymore that they just ask for
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No-Bake Peppermint Mocha Brownies
I am the worst driver in all the land.
Not like the worst at driving, but the worst at driving patiently.
I am the most impatient driver in all the land is more accurate.
And patience? I have none.
Like, whenever I see someone texting and driving, I freak out. I want to scare them so bad to make them not text and drive anymore, so I'm thinking of making a gigantic
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The Best No-Chilling-Required Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
I hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving with plenty of food!
I sure did, and we had great leftover turkey sandwiches for like, the entire weekend. It was perfection.
But now that Thanksgiving is over, all I've got on the brain is Christmas, Christmas, Christmas! I've already wrapped all my gifts (I know!), have hung up all the ornaments and decked all the halls, and
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Classic, All Butter Peanut Butter Blossoms
Everyone and their mother knows about these cookies.
The ever classic peanut butter blossom.
And I'm here with a wonderful rendition of this family favorite!
You see, on my quest to create the perfect - or perfect in my eyes - peanut butter blossom, I realized most recipes had shortening in them. I happen to dislike shortening for the texture it gives baked goods, so I
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Pumpkin White Chocolate Pecan Cookies
I know I'm suggesting that all of my recipes would be the best Thanksgiving treat ever, but these really would be the best Thanksgiving treat ever.
For one, they have pumpkin and pecans, which instantly make them quintessential Thanksgiving dessert food. Hello, pumpkin pie replacement and sweet potato casserole with pecans! And I added some white chocolate chips for a little
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Butterscotch Pie
So if you can believe it, I'm all done with my Christmas shopping.
This happens every year. I get so excited about Christmas coming up that I freak out and snap and buy ALL THE THINGS for Christmas.
Aaaaaand now I'm done shopping. Like, totally forreals done.
But you know what will inevitably happen? I'll forget all the stuff I bought, even after writing it down, and
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Caramel Apple Spice Cake
Pretty pleeeeease tell me it isn't too late for caramel apples, because if it were up to me, caramel apples would be seasonless.
CARAMEL APPLES FOR LIFE.
But seriously, fall's coming to a close is sad for many reasons. The pretty red leaves will soon be non-existent (and by non-existent, I mean they'll be all attached to my car like some kind of leaf plague) and in places
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Mini Chocolate Chip Pecan Pies
If you're looking for a delicious Thanksgiving end-cap, this is your dessert!
Buttery, flaky crust. Gooey pecan pie filling studded with crunchy pecans and a special ingredient: chocolate chips! These bad boys are AWESOME.
But don't overfill them like I did the first time. Major fail, people. Learn from my mistakes: chiseling caked-on pecan pie filling from a muffin tin
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