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State Fair Sampler Cake
Last week I went to the Tennessee State Fair. It always brings genuine childlike joy to my soul. I love to get my face painted and gawk the giant prize-winning pumpkin. And the food! I must have tried...
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Dream Catcher Lollipops
I've had the idea for these Dream Catcher Lollipops since last December. That was when I started having a recurring dream about a giant praying mantis. In the dream I wear a fuzzy sweater and no matter...
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Pumpkin Crescent Rolls
I enjoy dining out occasionally, and if there's a complimentary bread basket involved then I'm the person who descends upon it with much zeal. I've often said that I could live on bread and sweet tea...
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Caramel Pecan French Toasted Angel Food Cake
Who doesn't love bread fried in butter - right? French toast is one of my favorite breakfast foods (second only to Belgian waffles) and I especially enjoy thinking up new ways to serve it.This recipe...
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Chocolate Glazed Coconut Flour Doughnuts and a Fair Trade Giveaway!
October is Fair Trade Month, and if you've been reading this blog for very long, then you know each year I join the efforts of Fair Trade USA to help promote this worthwhile cause. Buying Fair Trade...
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Cola Candy Apples
The arrival of autumn always seems to spark my creativity and experimental nature in the kitchen. Lately I've been tinkering with my favorite hard candy recipe. It's difficult to improve upon the...
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Four Easy Halloween Treats for HGTV!
How on earth is it already mid-October!? That means Halloween is just around the corner. Are you ready? I still need to buy bags of candy for handing out to mini specters, but as for cute Halloween...
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Stranger Things Eleven Cake
Confession. I'm such a huge nerd for the creepy new Netflix original series Stranger Things. I love the sci-fi genre anyway, but throw in all of the 80's period specific detail and I'm a total fangirl!...
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Chocolate Spider Cake
Remember when I told you I had Halloween party treats covered? I wasn't kidding! I've been prolific with my spooky sweets-making this year. This chocolate spider cake turned out to be one of my recent...
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Pumpkin Biscuits
Buttermilk biscuits are the house specialty here at... well, my house. I hardly ever deviate from my grandmother's tried-and-true recipe, but ever since I made these pumpkin crescent rolls, I've been...
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Monster Popcorn Balls
How funny are these guys?! I decided to give my favorite popcorn ball recipe a monster makeover. If you have a microwave, the green marshmallow coating can be made in just 2 minutes! I had these...
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Skeleton Pinata Cake
We're just days away from Halloween, which doesn't seem possible because I haven't carved the first pumpkin! I guess I've been too busy baking up loads of spooky treats like this scary-good skeleton...
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Celestial Sweet Sixteen Cake
Hello friends and Happy Weekend!November seems to be slipping by so fast! Things have been quiet on the blog lately because I've been immersed in new projects. One of those projects was this Sweet 16...
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Apple Cider Donuts Gallery for Food Network
This fall I began a new tradition of ordering myself a batch of apple cider donuts from Vermont. I could make them myself (and I have) but the cider mill that produces them "the old fashioned way"...
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DIY Edible Almond Pinecones for the Etsy Blog!
We are just days away from Thanksgiving and even though I'm not doing the bulk of the cooking this year, I've got a hefty menu of desserts to make. I'm looking forward to going to my parent's house for...
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Buttermilk Pie with Bourbon Whipped Cream
It's hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of December and I'm so excited because it begins my month-long posting of Christmas advent treats! Each day until the 25th I'll have a new tasty...
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Gift This! Spirograph Sugar Cookies
Hello December!Today begins the advent of treats that I've been planning for all year! Some of you may remember that I did this last year, and the response was pretty awesome so I decided to do it...
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Gift This! Mint Buttercream Truffles
These pastel peppermint truffles will add festive color and flavor to your holiday candy tray, and as far as candy-making goes they are some of the easiest! The minty centers are made with the usual...
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Gift This! Christmas Cookies For Dogs
One of my biggest joys of the holiday season is making my dogs Christmas cookies. They know exactly what I'm making when I get a special bag of flour out of the pantry - PUPPY TREATS! They immediately...
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Gift This! Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Fudge
Much as I love to dive into a lengthy baking project (and oh, do I ever!) sometimes simple is best. There's no better example of this than our long-standing holiday favorite - fudge. This recipe uses...
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