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Raspberry Balsamic Jelly

Since I’ve started a new blog at RSVP Redux and want to input some content there; I’ve been looking even more carefully at the recipes in the RSVP section of Bon Appetit. Although I’ve already made the Toffee Peach Crisp crisp from the August 2010 issue, I was still compelled by the simple and wonderful [...]

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Better than Starbucks Maple Scones with Toasted Pecans

I used to enjoy visiting one of the local Starbucks near me (six that I can think of in a 3 mile radius and TWO in one shopping center!) for meeting a client during the week or a friend on Saturday morning. It wasn’t for the beverage so much; I get whole bean coffee from [...]

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Billowy Off White Bread

Growing up, bread was Wonder and lined the grocery store shelves; I didn’t make my own bread til I was an adult and it all started with this recipe. Still the best; it is just so good! Technorati Tags: bread, honey, wheat, white

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Creamed Eggs on Toast Points

My children are both grown up and beyond the years of me hiding baskets or hunting for eggs (OK, I still put up this adorable little Easter tree with ornaments and yes, they are not so old they don’t expect a chocolate treat from Mom!). Technorati Tags: Breakfast, chives, creamed, Eggs, mustard, toast points, white [...]

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Maple Bacon Biscuits

This recipe comes from The Los Angeles Times. I have a friend who continues to get her local paper and I was lucky enough that she saved this recipe for me.I love maple and bacon, especially together, so just had to try them. Technorati Tags: bacon, biscuits, maple

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Coors Beer Bread

Coors Beer Bread Ingredients 1/2 C butter 3 C flour 4 1/2 tsp bkg powder 1 1/2 tsp salt 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 (12oz.) can Coors beer Melt butter and pour enough into 9 x 5 inch loaf pan to coat bottom. In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar and beer. Spoon dough into [...]

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Ricotta Pound Cake

I love this pound cake! There was a period a couple of years ago when I went pound cake crazy over the holidays. Each gift had a different one included so I start earlier each year trying out different recipes to keep that tradition alive. I’ve made a browned butter rum pound cake that’s a [...]

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Browned Butter Rum Pound Cake

Each month I look forward to getting monthly gifts in the mail and by that I mean my cooking magazines. I get a couple of magazines and love them all but was shocked, like many others, to hear that Gourmet will be no more. I mean, it's still hard to comprehend. So I really wanted [...]

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Apple Spice Bread

I try as hard as possible to hang on to summer; one last dinner on the patio, one last walk through the perennials…but today it’s becoming cllear I had better get ready. It’s a rainy cold day outside and that chill in the air that makes me think of fall foods; a bit heavier and [...]

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Tuscan Polenta Bread

This recipe was sent to me by a neighborhood friend; she got it from Better Homes and Gardens and just raved about it so I want to share it here even though I’ve not made it myself…but maybe this weekend! Ingredients 1-1/2 cups cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. baking soda [...]