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Chocolate Chip Scones

Please Note: I’ve made these again! Click HERE for the new post. When I was little, my mom would occasionally make waffles for dinner with ice cream in between. Once or twice we even had strawberry shortcake for dinner! As an adult, I had chocolate chip waffles for dinner once or twice… and something about these scones make me think of chocolate chip pancakes! So there you go. They’re good. I like them. You should…

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Blueberry Buckle Muffins

I go to bed thinking about breakfast. My stomach rumbles as I tune into late night Golden Girls episodes, and I think about the breakfast in the near future and the coffee that is it’s close companion. Tonight I sampled one of these muffins and even drank coffee as if it was morning. Even though the windows are dark, there’s breakfast in my belly. These muffins are REALLY good, and it’s the perfect time to make…

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Giant Vanilla Sugar Cookies

So the end of July + August is just sprinkled with birthdays while these cookies are just sprinkled with sugar. My brother’s birthday was last week and I learned last year that cookies are his gift of choice. He’s the kind of guy who loves chocolate chip cookies, but is overly excited to meet the one chocolate chip cookie that’s chip-less! So this year I made him these giant sugar cookies because really, the cookie…

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Happy Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

I’ve been known to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner. I’ve been known to burn my hand every time I retrieve my cooling rack that’s not so cool anymore after sitting on my preheated oven. I’ve learned that burning yourself while cooking guarantees that what you’re making will be delicious. I’ve learned that cookies don’t necessarily need flour to be happy. I mean look at these two: I think it’s obvious they are…

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Strawberry Jam Oatmeal Bars

Please Note: I’ve made these again! Click HERE for the new post. These are just the snack you need when you want to pretend it’s healthy because there’s oatmeal involved. We’ve all done it. You know the scenario when you’re at the store and you could get oatmeal cookies or chocolate chip, but for some reason you feel like the oatmeal will push that cookie into the granola bar category… So make these guys, and eat them and…

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Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

I bet you think this should be a recipe for strawberry TALLcake based on the height on these guys. There are a couple things I crave when summer happens: 1. Hot dogs (It is baseball season after all…I don’t know why it happens. Don’t judge me.) 2. Strawberry shortcake And it is summer after all…and this recipe is just biscuit-y enough and just sweet enough that you might want to eat 11 out of the 12…

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Black & White Cookie Cake

I’ve since revisited this cake. To see the updated post and photos click HERE. Fairy tales happen in real life. Desserts fall in love all the time. I mean, have you seen peanut butter and chocolate together? They’ve been together forever, but you’d think they were still in their sparkle stage. Jeez. And what about chocolate and vanilla twist ice cream cones… Chocolate gets around, I guess, is the moral of those fairy tale romances,…

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Ricotta Gnocchi with Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes, Asparagus and Basil

Despite the christmas colors in this delectable dish, it’s lovely for summer…or spring, since spring is the new summer this year. Yesterday  I was a part of a fun after work activity that consisted of a Cooking Duel competition between two teams of employees. I was on the White Team, and my task with two other teammates was to make the Gnocchi. It was delicious and not as difficult as one might assume a homemade…

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Devil’s Food Sandwich Cookies

These cookies are too happy to feel sad, or at least they’ll distract you for a minute if you are sad. I think that you need them in your life because when rainbow sprinkles are involved, life is good And you only need 3 ingredients for the cookies themselves. They are low maintenance cookies for sure. These guys would never make you bring the car up to the door to pick them up. They’re just chill…

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Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Some things are just effortless goodness.  Here is a brief list of some of these things: • Watermelon • T-shirt dresses • Neutral flats • Sister hang-outs • This recipe for Chicken Lettuce Wraps  Ok, it’s obvious that watermelon is good and all you have to do is cut it up to eat it for a dessert that you can feel good about. Throw on a t-shirt dress with some flats and it’s easy and…

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