Posts under ‘Other Sweets’

Strawberry Crumble Muffins

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I’ve had this recipe bookmarked for a little while and finally decided to give it a go this past week.  It’s a recipe for beatiful-looking strawberry muffins from Noob Cook.  Not only are the photos fantastic, but the muffins appeared to be what I consider the perfect muffin, with nice golden tops. I followed the [...]

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

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I’ve been in pancake-craving mode lately.  Not wanting an instant pancake mix, I’ve been waiting to find just the right made-from-scratch recipe.  I found one recently for chocolate chip pancakes that looked perfect and tried it out over the weekend. They were great!  They turned out light and fluffy and I loved the melty mini [...]

Frozen Cherry Yogurt Pops

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My 3-year-old loves frozen smoothie pops, so when I saw this recipe recently for frozen cherry and yogurt pops I knew she would love it. It simply consists of frozen cherries and vanilla yogurt.  What I especially love about this recipe is that half of the cherries are totally pureed with the yogurt to make [...]

Rice Krispies Treats

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I had a craving for Rice Krispies treats, so I made a batch over the weekend.  It’s been years since I’ve eaten these, and believe it or not, I’ve never actually made them myself before. I contemplated doctoring up the original recipe, with chocolate chips or whatever, but no, I definitely wanted the plain old [...]

Strawberries & Chocolate

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Just one month ago, my mother-in-law, who lives in Australia, surprised us with an Easter cookie bouquet; she surprised us again yesterday by sending me a Mother’s Day gift – two boxes full of huge fresh strawberries and two jars of fudge dipping sauce! They were packaged nicely from Cherry Moon Farms.  In each box [...]

Mint Oreo Truffles

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This is my first go at Oreo truffles – it probably won’t be my last!  I decided to use mint Oreos, after I couldn’t find strawberry Oreos (I thought they had quit making them, but I’ve seen people using them again recently). I cut the popular Oreo truffles recipe in half – you can find [...]

Rustic Apple Tart

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This recipe comes from a KitchenAid stand mixer instruction manual; the photo looked so nice that I knew I would eventually get around to making it.  It’s a rustic apple tart and includes making your own pie crust, which is something I’ve never done before. It actually ended up being quite easy, although I wish [...]

Pumpkin Pancakes

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Trying to use up the rest of the canned pumpkin, I’ve been on a pumpkin recipe search.  After pumpkin bread, comes pumpkin pancakes.  I’m pretty sure I’ve never eaten pumpkin pancakes before but after trying this recipe I’m definitely going to be making them again. The recipe is a highly rated one at allrecipes.com.  I [...]

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

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I’ve always wanted to make my own chocolate and peanut butter cups.  The recipes are so easy, I’m not sure why I’ve never gotten around to it until now. They really took no time at all, in nearly 30 minutes I was already sinking my teeth into these oh-so-rich peanut butter cups. I looked at [...]

Strawberry-Blueberry-Banana Smoothie

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We recently purchased a popsicle mold and have been drowning in frozen smoothie pops ever since.  The following recipe has been my favorite so far, which is adapted from a bag of frozen strawberries. Personally, I prefer unfrozen smoothies, but my daughter prefers them in frozen form, which is just as well.  I’m glad she [...]