Triple Chocolate Brownies with Caramel Squares

This past weekend on the way back to Ross’ we stopped off at the Ghirardelli factory. They have a little cafe/gift shop there… Ross picked up a Brownie kit. I made them Saturday. MMmmmmm so good. The kit was nicely wrapped in a tin, the mix was bagged in a satiny drawstring bag with ‘Ghirardelli’ [...]

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4th Of July – Strawberry Pie

Did you have a good one? We had a pretty good one. We went to Ross’ in the afternoon… and got a late start on the BBQing and baking, so we missed all the fireworks… I didn’t see not one firecracker. I was totally disappointed, but got over it quickly because [...]

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donut holes recipe

1. donut holes by mypapercrane.com
donut holes
7 1/2 ounces refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
2 tablespoons melted margarine
glaze:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons milk
topping:
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
heat oven to 450 degrees f. line a baking sheet with parchment paper or coat with nonstick spray, set aside.
open the [...]

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Red Velvet Cake

this was my first attempt at making a cake from scratch, i think my mistake was using all purpose flour instead of cake flour, i didn’t realize there was a difference… and the recipe didn’t specify. it took way longer to bake, and came out a bit dry… maybe i just over baked it. i’m [...]

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cherry pie

this was my first cherry pie, it turned out so good… and it was so easy… next time i’m going to attempt to make my own crust.
i used ‘pillsbury pie crusts all ready rolled’ and two cans of cherries 20oz each. two crusts come in the box, i laid one out in the pie dish, [...]

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memorial day baking

our weekend was filled with kids, laughing, earring making, bbq, baking, hugs and kisses… it was a great weekend!

my second attempt at making a cobbler. my first at a full fat one… i made one before but it was a low calorie cobbler with very little crust. this one started out with a boxed roll [...]

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