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Depression Era Chocolate Muffins
Decades ago, my mom hand wrote a cookbook for me. It was full of recipes I had grown up eating, and the page that is the most tattered and stained holds this recipe. It’s used probably more than any other recipe in my kitchen. I make it. My kids make it. Everyone adores it. I…
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Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk | The Best Coffee Sweetener
There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from making something yourself that you’d normally grab off a grocery store shelf without a second thought. Sweetened condensed milk is one of those items — that thick, glossy, impossibly sweet milk that shows up in fudge, key lime pie, Vietnamese coffee, and a hundred other recipes.…
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Delicious Chocolate Brioche Buns for Breakfast
There are certain moments in life that quietly rearrange your priorities. For me, one of those moments happened at a small café table in Paris, jet-lagged and half-awake, when I took my first bite of a warm, pillowy, chocolate-studded brioche bun. It was rich but not too sweet, soft in that way that only real…
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Easy Hot Chocolate: Comfort in a Cup
I’m a bit of a chocolate snob. I grew up being offered- and consistently refusing- hot chocolate from a packet with hot water. It just didn’t taste…chocolatey. I couldn’t do it. I tried it with whipped cream and marshmallows and every brand available, and still, it just wasn’t something I could bring myself to drink.…
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Hot Cocoa Pudding | A Warming Winter Treat
This is about to get controversial. Please forgive me if you aren’t on my side of this, as I have recently found out not everyone agrees with this sentiment. The best pudding is hot pudding. Warm pudding is something I grew up loving, so imagine my shock when my husband looked at me with pity…
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Maple Bacon Granola | Sweet And Salty Crunch
One of our family’s go-to summer breakfasts is granola and yogurt. It’s cool and crunchy and easily transportable for our morning errands or busy homeschool schedules. Once we hit fall, though, we are always ready for something new. This Maple Bacon Granola fits that bill perfectly. The bacon adds a salty crunch to a sweet…
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Peaches And Cream Brûlée | Irresistible Summertime Treat
If there is a flavor more quintessential to summer than fresh peaches, I don’t know what it is. I appreciate peaches in a way I don’t think I appreciate other fruits because it’s something, even in America in 2024, I can’t get fresh all year long- not even a lesser version of them. There’s something…