Even though the temps are still pushing 100 degrees outside (seriously Sacramento, get.with.it), I am trying to embrace fall.
Despite the fact that I'm still wearing denim shorts and sweating before 9am.
I'm longing for hot cider, apple picking, pumpkin everything and thick-knit sweaters and boots. Maybe if I just start wearing jeans and scarves, the weather will
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Browned Butter Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cups {A Guest Post from The Cooking Actress!}
Hey party people! I'm crying a little (okay, a LOT) on the inside because today is my last full day in NYC! And also because the mayor said I couldn't take NYC home with me. If I recall, his exact words were, "miss, it is physically impossible to take home an entire city, now please leave." Clearly the mayor doesn't understand science.
Anyway, last year I visited NYC for
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge
With Halloween season approaching, there is soon to be an influx of candy in your home.
And if I know the majority of the population (which I do, obviously) I know that you probably won't have a huge stash of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups lying around unwanted and cold and lonely.
Because let's face it, everyone likes Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Even I,
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Brown Butter Blondies {A Guest Post from Crazy For Crust!}
Howdy, peeps! Naked Cowboy and I are going to run off together and leave the busy city lights of Times Square behind to have hippie cowkids. Just kidding -- kind of.
Today I'm excited to introduce you to someone you probably already know pretty well. Her name is Dorothy and she blogs over at Crazy For Crust. I know I've told this story approximately 731 times, but for
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Red Velvet Dessert Dip
I'm someone who is always hungry. Just ate a huge meal? Still hungry. Just had lunch? Still hungry. Finished dessert? Yep, still hungry. And fortunately, my hunger is usually taken care of since we always have food in the house.
But my reality isn't everyone else's. In fact, in 2012 there were 17.6 million households that were food-insecure -- meaning, they didn't
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KopyCat Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Last year, one of my Facebook friends Amanda posted a picture on her wall for Cotton Candy Grapes.
Cotton. Candy. Motherlovin'. Grapes, people. Needless to say, I began my hunt for these amazing grapes, starting at my local Safeway where she had found hers. No luck at my Safeway, so I periodically checked other Safeways in the area only to be greeted with regular old
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Cheesy Cornbread Pupcakes
It isn't very often that I make things that my dogs can eat. As a baker, I'm constantly working with off-limits food like chocolate, caramel, candy, tons of butter and sugar... aka, all the things my dogs wish they could eat.
...Even though that hasn't stopped Mannie from eating brownie batter out of the garbage, but I digress.
But I decided these two knucklehead dogs
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Funfetti Banana Bread {Funfetti Week!!}
Really, at this point I'm using any excuse I can get my greedy hands on to eat sprinkles for breakfast.
But I guarantee if you have picky eaters at home, this is one easy way to trick them into eating fruit. Okay, so banana bread isn't a fruit -- you guys are so technical -- but it is a sneaky way to get them to eat a fruit product. And let's all agree that Funfetti Banana
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One-Hour Funfetti Cinnamon Rolls {Funfetti Week!}
I've always been kind of a morbid person.
It first started with my infatuation/fright of Forensic Files and that risk of seeing blurry, sepia-toned crime scene photos. And then it developed into a weird fascination with bruises.
And now, it's watching Botched while eating Funfetti Cinnamon Rolls. Because let's face it: while everyone else in Beverly Hills is getting fat
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Funfetti Gooey S’mores Bars {Funfetti Week!}
I can't remember when or for what, but awhile ago I was looking at a feature that was written up about Funfetti goodies, and a couple of my recipes were featured. I made the mistake of scrolling to the comments section.
Most of the comments featured your standard "looks like a bunch of di-uh-bee-tus" or "mm!", but then there was one that particularly haunted my soul to the
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