True story: back when I still worked outside of the house, I was the resident Mardi Gras king cake baker at my company, so for many years, I was baking up a homemade king cake and sticking a baby in there somewhere for a coworker to find 👶

This recipe has evolved over the years, and in this year of perfecting BREAD (yes, you are), we’ve got the softest version yet 🥰

This recipe is essentially my cinnamon roll recipe twisted into a circle instead of rolled into buns. So if you’ve ever made and loved my cinnamon rolls, you’ll love this king cake! 👑

I have links to the sugar I love plus where you can find a baby in the post.

Are you making a king cake for Mardi Gras?? 💜💚💛

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my homemade Mardi Gras king cake recipe right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/mardi-gras-king-cake/

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This is all in fun, as we recognize different strokes for different folks, but… How do you make your eggs? 🍳 ...

Do as I say, not as I do 😅

Where do you crack your eggs? 🍳

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You can even cut a little notch in the top if you want it to look even MORE like a heart and/or take off the greens 🌱🍓 #valentines #valentine #vday #valentinesday ...

This could not be simpler 😅

You can start with store-bought brownies or make them from scratch (my recipe is mega easy!). Either way, this is one of the simplest and cutest treats you can make for the game!

Comment the word “recipe” and I’ll send the link to these football brownie bites right to your DM/! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/game-day-brownie-bites/

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You’re not here by accident…

You found me for the simple reminder that you’re craving chocolate chip cookies, but a simple approach to something new ✨

As an internet baking teacher who has the best chocolate chip cookie recipe on Instagram, I’m here to tell you that you NEED to try this recipe, EVEN IF you already have a go-to, beloved recipe you swear you’d never stray from 🍪

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my super popular chocolate chip cookies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champs for a few more days… And that’s the party line around these parts, mmmkay?

Ok, but really, while our beloved home team isn’t playing in the big game this year, this Philly cheesesteak dip is still a solid choice for your party spread 😋
�Make it.

GO BIRDS 🦅 (“birds” being Seahawks in this instance)

🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

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’Tis the season for quick football-themed treats 🏈

⭐️ BONUS: you can use any cupcake of any size to make these adorable football cupcakes for the game! And yes, you can even use STORE-BOUGHT and scrape off the frosting that’s already there and re-decorate!

Here’s how to make them:

1️⃣ fill a piping bag fitted with a #21 tip and chocolate frosting.
2️⃣ fill a piping bag fitted with a #3 tip and vanilla frosting.
3️⃣ starting at the middle of the opposite side of the cupcake from your hand, use gentle pressure on the bag to create a tight zigzag pattern, gradually getting wider, with the widest part being at the middle of the cupcake.
4️⃣ continuing in a fluid motion, gradually make the zigzag smaller after you pass the middle zigzag until you reach the middle of the side of the cupcake closest to your hand.
5️⃣ make a line across the center of the football you created with the chocolate frosting, then draw 4-5 perpendicular lines over the center line to create laces.

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these football cupcakes (which includes links to and pictures of the tips you’ll need!) right to your DMs! 💌 • https://freshaprilflours.com/football-cupcakes/

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These crock pot chocolate peanut clusters are a sweet and salty candy you can make in the slow cooker OR on the stovetop 🙌🏼

Simply melt, scoop, and allow to harden. You can make them any size you want and they make a great easy candy recipe for a party! Dress them up with sprinkles in your team’s colors and call it a day 🏈

Here’s what you’ll need:
🥜 16 ounces (454g) unsalted dry roasted peanuts
🥜 16 ounces (454g) salted cocktail peanuts
🍫 24 ounces (680g) semisweet chocolate chips
🍫 20 ounces (567g) peanut butter chips
🍫 12 ounces (340g) white chocolate chips

Here’s how to make them:
1️⃣ Layer all of the ingredients in the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker3 then stir to combine. Cover the slow cooker and heat on low for about 2 hours, stirring every 20-30 minutes, and stopping when all of the chips are melted.�2️⃣ Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.�3️⃣ Using a spoon or cookie scoop, drop mounds of the clusters onto the baking sheets. Allow to set up at room temperature until completely hardened, about 1 to 2 hours. Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 1 month. Clusters freeze well, up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature.

If you’d rather follow a recipe on a website and/or want substitution suggestions and answers to all of your questions, comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these peanut clusters directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/slow-cooker-peanut-clusters/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

This is the last installment of my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

This is the 8th day, and it goes out to all my fellow Philadelphians who are holding onto that “we are the champions” for a few more days 😂

This Philly cheesesteak dip is everything we love about an authentic cheesesteak— savory meat, melty provolone cheese, punchy onions, sweet bell peppers, and earthy mushrooms— all baked up in a MEGA cheesy dip that features cream cheese.

Grab a bagel chip, a toasted baguette, or throw it in a hoagie roll and call it dinner. Whatever you do, MAKE THIS DIP! 😋

Be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab all of the recipes! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this Philly cheesesteak dip right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/philly-cheesesteak-dip/

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My friends, these cookies are stupid good 🤪 And while they take a little more elbow grease than most cookies on my site, they are well worth it! The process itself is really easy, and I have all the photos and a video to help you succeed ✅

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these frosted brown sugar Pop Tart cookies directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/frosted-brown-sugar-pop-tart-cookies/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

It’s day 7 and… Y’all. This is my favorite 🥹

Something you need to know about me is that I am a Reuben connoisseur. That’s right. If there’s a Reuben on a menu, I’m ordering it.

And this dip takes everything you love about Reubens— the corned beef, the sauerkraut, the Swiss cheese, the dressing— and puts it all together into a dip you eat with toasted marbled rye.

It’s chef’s kiss! 😘

I have one more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming tomorrow, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab all of the recipes! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this hot Reuben dip right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/reuben-dip/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

It’s day 6 and we’re making THE EASIEST garlic knots 🧄🥖🍅

Whether you use the premade pizza dough or make my homemade dough from scratch (which is a quick recipe), you are going to love how soft, buttery, and garlicky these simple knots are 🤩

Use them for dipping into your favorite dips, splitting for mini sandwiches, or eating straight up because they really are that good 🤤

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to these garlic knots right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/homemade-garlic-knots/

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First Monday of the month means a brand new Bake Along! 🧑‍🍳 #fafbakealong

What is the Bake Along?
1️⃣ bake the assigned recipe (or alternate)
2️⃣ snap a pic
3️⃣ include a video for one bonus entry
4️⃣ leave a review (as a mega favor 💙)
5️⃣ get entered to win $100 to YOUR CHOICE of merchant

It’s that simple 🙌

February’s recipe is this BUTTER PECAN CAKE 🎂 and the alternate is my beloved ALMOND FLOUR PECAN SANDIES 🍪

Want in on the fun this month? Comment the words “bake along” below and I’ll send the link to the Bake Along page right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/bake-along/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

Day 5 is for a personal favorite of mine. And I think you’re going to love them, too! 🤩

While these goat cheese stuffed bacon wrapped dates won’t win any beauty contests, what they lack in looks, they make up for in taste TENFOLD 🥓

They’re super simple to make, are really hard to mess up, and we’ve made them with all sorts of variations of fillings over the (near) decade they’ve been in our appetizer rotation.

Plus, they come with handles for easy eating— what a win! 🥇

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to these bacon wrapped dates right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/bacon-wrapped-dates-with-goat-cheese/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

Day 4 is dedicated to one our personal favorite recipes from my site: Nashville style shredded hot chicken! 🔥

This recipe was inspired by a trip my husband and I took to Nashville when our kids were tiny where we ate authentic hot chicken in the heart of downtown Nashville 🤠

This recipe is not authentic IN THE SLIGHTEST, but it does bring some simplicity to getting the flavor and essence of actual hot chicken without breaking out a deep fryer or buying a plane ticket ✈️
�Paired with my homemade slider rolls, this snack is sure to be a hit at your Super Bowl viewing 🍔

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this hot chicken right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/nashville-style-shredded-hot-chicken/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

Day 3 is for these homemade slider rolls, which are modeled after my reader-favorite easy yeast rolls.

These soft and fluffy mini rolls are perfect for sliders, mini sandwiches, and party spreads. As you can expect from me always, the recipe is very beginner-friendly!

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to these slider rolls right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/homemade-slider-rolls/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

Day 2 brings us everything bagel hummus, and it’s coming with this warning: this stuff is dangerous! 😬

Long ago, back in 2014, everything bagel seasoning wasn’t a thing yet, so I made the spices from scratch. You can still do that, but this homemade hummus is made EVEN EASIER these days with pre-made everything bagel seasoning, so grab your favorite brand and drain those chickpeas. We’ve got dipping to do! 🤤

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this everything bagel hummus right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/everything-hummus/

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If you’re hosting, bringing something, or just feeding yourself during the Super Bowl, I’ve got you covered! 🙌

Welcome to my “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” series, a series dedicated to some fresh recipes you might not have considered before 🧐

First up! Homemade pita chips. Because why not? 🙃

You can make them as perfectly crunchy as you prefer so you’re not stuck with rock hard bagged chips, seasoned just the way you like them, and void of any unwanted ingredients (like milk— why are you in here???).

Perfect for dipping in whatever your tastebuds desire 😋

I have more “Not Your Usual Game Day Snacks” coming all week, so be sure you’re following me at @freshaprilflours so you can grab them all! 🏈 #fafgamedaysnacks

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to these homemade pita chips right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/homemade-pita-chips/

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Proof that “incredible” doesn’t have to be “difficult.”

This chocolate layer cake has been a part of my life since before I was even baking cakes for hire. It was one of the first scratch recipes I tested and kept in my go-to lineup, and it is THE cake that taught me that scratch baking doesn’t have to feel hard! 🙌

It is:
🤎 reliable
🤎 so soft
🤎 so chocolatey
🤎 delish with any frosting you pick
🤎 hard to screw up (honestly)

👀 Just check out this review from Lisa:
➡️ “This recipe needs to have a warning that you’ll want to eat the whole cake! HOLY MOLY! The cake alone is divine, but adding the chocolate buttercream takes it to a whole new level. I will never make another chocolate cake recipe again. Thank you for sharing!!!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this chocolate layer cake right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/chocolate-layer-cake/

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You still have a few days to enter our Bake Along for this month, which gets you into a drawing to win $100 💰

Hear this: soaking raisins before putting them into a yeast bread isn’t just some step I’ve put into the recipe to make your life harder, I promise.

If you just threw raisins into your bread right from the bag/container, those cuties will look for moisture wherever they can find it because they WANT to be nice and plump!

And where are they going to get that moisture? YOUR BREAD’S CRUMB.

No no no! 🙂‍↔️

Nip that in the bud by soaking your raisins and giving them zero reason to look for it elsewhere. Your bread will be soft and supple and your raisins will be plump and juicy 🍞

Want in on the fun this month? Comment the words “bake along” below and I’ll send the link to the Bake Along page right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/bake-along/

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I’m furious. Are you furious? Let’s be furious together 🤗

Hi, I’m Lynn. I teach people on the internet how to bake from scratch, and I’m real mad right now. Did you know baking is a form of resistance?

It’s joyful. It’s creative. It honors our ancestors. It maintains cultural stability. It helps us keep our mental stability in check.

What have been your resistance recipes? 🤔

Also, if you’re a fan of baking and basic human rights and decency, let’s be friends 🫶🏼

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Just because you made cookie dough that yields 36 cookie dough balls doesn’t mean you’re required to bake all 36 of them on the spot 😮

In fact, I always have balls of my famous chocolate chip cookie dough in the freezer, for when I decide I’m craving one, the kids have friends over, we just need a small dessert for dinner guests… There are no real rules, but everyone knows they’re there for the taking! 🙌

Here’s my favorite way to freeze cookie dough:
🍪 scoop out all of the dough onto a baking sheet or large plate
🍪 pop the whole thing in the freezer until the dough balls are hard enough that they won’t stick together
🍪 store them in the freezer wrapped tightly (I usually use a lidded container) so they aren’t exposed to air for up to 3 months
🍪 bake from frozen as needed

YES, you can do this with any cookie dough! 🤩

Just keep in mind that I like to bake the cookie dough in the same manner it would be baked if it was fresh, which means if the cookie dough doesn’t need to be chilled, I will let the cookie dough come to room temperature before baking it.

Get it? Got it? Good! 😊

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to these cookies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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