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I had over 100 cookbooks each with at least a handful of recipes that I would make regularly.  Here are my top 5 Cookbooks for People Who Love to Bake

5 Cookbooks for People Who Love to Bake

My grandmother encouraged my love of cooking and baking.  When we would visit with dad on Tuesday nights, I’d sit in the kitchen with my grandmother.  We would talk about when she used to work on the production line of a large bakery.  That it was her job to put a pecan on the top …

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This Sinfully Rich Chocolate Cake can be made into a layer cake for birthdays, but with how rich it is, we prefer it without frosting and just a chocolate glaze drizzled across the top.  The addition of strong black coffee to both the cake batter and the glaze intensify the richness of the chocolate and leave just a light perfume of coffee behind.

Sinfully Rich Chocolate Cake

For many, coffee is the nectar of the Gods.  It is what they wake up for in the morning, and don’t even attempt to talk to them until they have finished the first cup.  My husband is one of these people.  I love him, but he can not even attempt to function until he has …

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Our favorite chocolate chip cookies are a simple, old-fashioned recipe with regular ingredients & a few simple steps which bake up to perfect cookies every time.

Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

On snowy days growing up, my younger brother would ask me to make him chocolate chip cookies. He would drag a chair across the kitchen and stand next to me as I would make these. Taste testing the chocolate chips, and always asking for a spoonful of cookie dough. It was the first recipe I …

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Thanksgiving 101 - Holiday cooking & the planning that goes into it can be stressful. For some reason, add just 2 more people & it gets crazy!

Thanksgiving 101: How Much Food Should You Make

Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year?  Just bringing a dish while someone else hosts the big day?  Holiday cooking and the planning that goes into it can be stressful.  The hardest thing for most people to figure out is how much food should you prepare for the number of guests you are serving.  When we …

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I’ve been wanting to make homemade panettone for years, but was always intimidated by stories that this slightly sweet, eggy, Italian raisin bread took days to make. Who has time for that? So I stuck with mediocre store bought varieties. That was until this year.

Homemade Panettone

I’ve been wanting to make homemade panettone for years, but was always intimidated by stories that this slightly sweet, eggy, Italian raisin bread took days to make. Who has time for that? So I stuck with mediocre store bought varieties. That was until this year. Homemade panettone doesn’t have to be labor intensive. It doesn’t …

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