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Pumpkin Pie

2011-10-31@18-24-26

On the morning of November 1st , I am always in the kitchen steaming our Halloween pumpkin into a soft puree. I can’t think of a better way to start November than with a slice of pumpkin pie.

Our entire family loves this pumpkin pie recipe. I no longer make the streusel topping, but I’ve

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Strawberry Gelato

2009-08-04@18-08-54

Oh the goodness that awaits.

Strawberry Yogurt Gelato by hand:

Make a batch of Greek Yogurt. Chill it until nice and cold.

In the blender, blend 1 cup of sugar until it is fine. Then add two cups strawberries (or other preferred fruit). Blend.

Mix yogurt and strawberry mixture well. Add more strawberries/sugar to taste.

Put the batch in the

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Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

2009-05-10@16-06-09

In honor of Mother’s Day 2009, I went scoured the internet for a really good chocolate cake recipe. Hershey’s Deep Dark Chocolate Cake did not disappoint.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa or HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2

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Chocolate Muffins

2009-03-30@15-28-37

INGREDIENTS

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup butter (1/3 cup oil)
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease 6 extra large muffin tins or 12-15 medium cups.
3. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, vanilla and milk.
4.

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Powdered Sugar 101

2009-03-01@12-27-14

So I was needing some powdered sugar for icing, but there was none in the house. And even more fun than that – there is none in this city. I KNOW! That’s 1.4 million people who manage to survive on a day-to-day basis without icing as we know it.

And then Hubs recalled reading this tip:

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Nanamaw's Chocolate Pudding

2009-02-22@13-53-30

This week, I was craving chocolate pudding. Hubs was in the mood to have our own little Quick Fire Challenge. We tested the Nanamaw’s tried and true recipe against How to Cook Everything’s gourmet version. I’m using the word gourmet loosely since it required vanilla beans.

After a serious taste testing, Hubs and I were unanimous.

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