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Below you’ll find a grid that matches my IG feed (click “load more” if you don’t see it). Find the picture of the recipe you’re looking for and click on it or type the name of the recipe in the box below.

Oatmeal (raisin, or any other kind!) cookies should NOT be crunchy ❌

I’ve been making and perfecting these oatmeal raisin cookies for over a decade and I am confident they will become your new favorite 🤩

Here are my best tips for SUPER CHEWY oatmeal raisin cookies:

1️⃣ Soak the raisins in warm water for at least 10 minutes before they go into the cookie dough.
2️⃣ Use molasses for flavor AND chew. The flavor is deep and rich and the texture lends gooey-ness that is unmatched!
3️⃣ DO NOT OVERBAKE. Oat-based cookies can go from chewy to crunchy in no time in the oven 😨 look for set edges and underdone tops— you may even still see some bubbles from the leavener happening. This is what you want! 🙌🏼

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my PERFECTED chewy oatmeal raisin cookies directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/chewy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies/

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The moment I planned out my #fafcheesecakeofthemonth, I knew my home bakers would love recipes that were inspired by their favorite cakes 🍍🍒

All year long, I’ve been sharing a cheesecake every month, and this pineapple upside down version is the 7th installment in our collection. We have 5 more to go, so by the end of 2024, you’ll have 12 fun cheesecake recipes to choose from (and all my best tips for the creamiest filling and EASIEST water bath without foil).

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my pineapple upside down cheesecake right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/pineapple-upside-down-cheesecake/

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This will be your new favorite sugar cookie recipe…

…and here’s how I know! 😃

As a recipe creator, I’m here to make scratch baking simple and feel less intimidating.

Not all of my cookies are no-chill, but they are all very easy, and this VIRAL (viewed nearly 8 MILLION times so far this year) sugar cookie is no different.

But don’t just take my word for it! 💗

Here’s what reader Dee had to say:

“I have baked cookies, cakes, cupcakes, desserts for over 20 years for my family of 5. I have tried many sugar cookie recipes and they were always dry and tasteless. All said this is my go-to sugar cookie recipe, the only one you need. This is the only one that works for me. I appreciate the recipe and the notes.”

So be sure to save this and share with a friend who will find it helpful, too! 🥰

And if you want more simple & easy-to-follow recipes for your kitchen, be sure to hit follow! 🤩

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my no-chill vanilla sugar cookies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/vanilla-bean-sugar-cookies/

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You deserve to have a successful bake after all that work to bring it together, so here is my favorite easy tip that can possibly change the entire way you bake your cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and breads.
 
If you’re a baker, you NEED (yes, need) an oven thermometer.
 
That “beep! Beep! Beep! I’m at 350!” is a total lie 😱

Rarely, if ever, is my oven actually at 350ºF when it beeps. In fact, it’s almost always at 300ºF, which is not sufficient heat to bake something that should be baked at 350ºF properly.

And before the comments roll in… NO, I don’t need a new oven, and neither do you (likely). This is a KNOWN THING among bakers. Every oven I’ve ever owned, new or old, operates in this same fashion.

I always let my oven sit for AT LEAST another 15 minutes to insure it is heated fully to 350ºF, and usually around 10-12 minutes, it’s ready, but those extra minutes are for me 😝

How do I know this? 🧐

Because I have an oven thermometer 🌡️

It’s the only way to properly assess the actual temperature of the inside of your oven. I leave mine in the center, on the center rack, and I move it once my food is inside.

➡️ Do you have an oven thermometer?
➡️ What is your experience with when your oven is ready?
➡️ Do you need to adjust the set temperature to make sure it reaches the correct inside temperature (meaning, should your oven actually be calibrated)?

If you need an oven thermometer, comment the word “link” and I’ll send you the link (affiliate) to the one I recommend right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://amzn.to/4cMAk34

As a member of my baking community, you get access to all of my best recipes, tips, tricks, and methods. My community members tell me ALL THE TIME that the tidbits I share are so helpful, and I’d love for you to take a nugget or two, too!

So head to my profile and hit 🌟 FOLLOW 🌟 so you can start upping your baking game, too! 🧑‍🍳

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Don’t get me wrong, you can make a really great brownie using cocoa powder. But the #1 to way to insure ultra fudginess in a brownie is to limit the amount of dry ingredients.

My recipe only includes 3/4 cup of flour, and ALL of the chocolate flavor comes completely from melted semi-sweet chocolate. No cocoa powder whatsoever! 🙌

Reader Lisa recently said:
“Just made these tonight and they are 10/10! I haven’t found a brownie recipe I’ve liked until now! I’m trying out several for my niece’s wedding cookie/dessert table, but I think I can stop with these!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Want to see for yourself how delicious they are? 😏

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my fudgy homemade brownies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/homemade-fudgy-brownies/

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Would you believe me that after years and years of making recipes with fresh peaches, it took me until May 2024 to actually blanch the peaches to peel them? 😅

Prior to this, I was all “that’s a lot of work, I’ll just peel them with my pairing knife.”

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

As a home baking instructor, I know all too well we see a lot of kitchen “hacks” these days and wonder “is that really easier?”

And that’s why I’m here to tell you this is not a hack, this is a method that has existed for long enough that it’s SILLY not to use it.

And you can use this method for tomatoes and potatoes, too! 🍅🥔

To blanch peaches:
1️⃣ cut a small X into the bottom of each peach
2️⃣ drop into a pot of boiling water and boil for about 1 minute, then remove and immediately plunge into an ice bath
3️⃣ when cool enough to handle, slide the skins right off and use!

VOILÀ! 🍑🍑🍑🍑

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Swirled with real Nutella sweetness, these Nutella muffins are the ultimate treat for your morning 😍🍫 The base is a mouthwatering and tangy buttermilk cake 😋

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these muffins right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/nutella-swirl-muffins/

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Do instructions for scooping cookie dough balls confuse you? 😦 I get it. But… Confusion no more! 🙌🏼

Cookie dough scoops have the size number engraved directly on them. Did I just blow your mind? 🤯

In every.single.cookie.recipe on my site, I specify what scoop size to use:

🍪 use size 50 (about 1.5 Tablespoons) for standard cookies
🍪 use size 110 (about 1 teaspoon) for mini cookies
🍪 use size 16 (or an ice cream scoop with a trigger, about 1/4 cup) for large/bakery size cookies

Comment “scoops” below and I’ll send the link to my Amazon store (affiliate link) directly to your DMs so you can get the same scoops you see here! 💌#freshaprilflours • https://amzn.to/3U7kJoo 🍪

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Make sure to save this for the next time you need to bring a dish to a cookout! 🍓 🌿🍅

I wasn’t quite sure this flavor combo would work, but after my first bite, I was sold! All of our taste testers gave this one two thumbs up 👍

And be sure to follow and join my community of home bakers who love simple and easy-to-follow recipes you can use all year round 🥰

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this strawberry caprese pasta salad right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/strawberry-caprese-pasta-salad/

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Here’s why you’ll love these mini chocolate chip cookies:

🍪 FAST: the recipe makes about 32 bite-size cookies, each with 1 teaspoon of dough, and a few weeks ago, I made a double batch for my kids’ lemonade stand while I ate my breakfast

🍪 EASY: this recipe is NO CHILL which means ingredients ➡️ oven ➡️ eating doesn’t require any refrigerator space

🍪 CUSTOMIZABLE: I love adding mini m&m’s to mine! These cookies can take on any add-in, but they MUST be tiny, otherwise your cookies won’t have many goodies inside! 😣

This cookie is going into my cookbook but I couldn’t gatekeep it any longer! I needed you to have it! 🤗

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these bite size cuties (which includes the link to my favorite mini scoop!) right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/mini-chocolate-chip-cookies

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Settling a debate for you ⤵️

Classic chocolate chip cookies (DONE RIGHT ⬅️ this is key 🔑) will always be THE BEST.

Who’s with me? 🍪

And if you aren’t sure whether or not my chocolate chip cookie recipe is ✨the one✨ for you, take this 5-star review from reader Brooke as proof:

“This is an unpopular opinion, but chocolate chip cookies are not usually very exciting to me… WOW! The reason I’ve never been that excited about chocolate chip cookies is because I’d never had these before! They are perfectly crispy and chewy and full of chips! 5 stars! Totally recommend! Will certainly be doing this again!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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

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Hi! I’m Lynn from Fresh April Flours and I help home bakers like you turn simple ingredients into flavorful magic with minimal fuss 🪄

If you are looking for ways to change up your baking (or NO baking!) lineup for the summer, then we should be friends! 🫶 I love nothing more than when someone tries my recipe and then uses it again and again and again 🥰

Introduce yourself below and let me know what kind of recipes you like making for parties/gatherings/holidays! And then head to my profile so you can binge my reels and find your new favorite dessert! 😉

Comment the word “recipe” and I’ll send the link to this ice cream sheet cake directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/ice-cream-sheet-cake/

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A perfectly crisp-edged, soft-centered chocolate chip cookie with cookie dough frosting and an edible cookie dough ball right on top.

These cookies are SO extra, but in the best way possible 🍪

Comment the word “recipe” and I’ll send the link to these cookie dough cookies directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/cookie-dough-cookies/

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The perfect cheesecake pan doesn’t exi—

Just kidding, it absolutely does.

This is a 9” platform cheesecake pan from @fatdaddios.

It is an absolute GAME. CHANGER. 😱

With a removable bottom, there’s no more releasing the sides of your cheesecake from a springform pan AND the platform in the bottom is completely flat, so there’s no lip, which means NO MORE DIGGING THE SERVER UNDER THE CRUST TO GET IT OUT!

The outer ring just slides off and the slices of cheesecake just slide right out. Magical 🪄

This is also a great pan for upside-down cakes, ice cream cakes, and cookie cakes, which I have always made in a springform pan. Never again!! ❌

Fat Daddio’s did not ask me to say any of this. I truly just NEED all of my fellow cheesecake bakers to know this is a thing.

Did you know this was a thing? If you did, why didn’t you tell me? 😆

Want your own? Comment the word “pan” below and I’ll send the link to my Amazon store (affiliate link) directly to your DMs so you can get the same pan for yourself! 💌 https://amzn.to/4aTPp1w

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If you only make ONE cheesecake from my site, let it be this epic, creamy, buttery, utterly delicious banana pudding cheesecake. It is out of this world good and I am worried I will never make another cheesecake as good as it ever again 😆

A Nilla Wafer crust, a creamy banana cheesecake filling, a layer of vanilla pudding, and clouds of whipped cream take everything you love about banana pudding and pile it into slices of banana pudding heaven 🤩

Want to know the BEST part? The roasted bananas 🍌

ROASTED 👏 BANANAS 👏

I’m telling you what... That addition alone is worth making this whole dessert. I said what I said 😏

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this cheesecake right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/banana-pudding-cheesecake/

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Call it puppy chow, muddy buddies, monkey munch… Just call it ON THE LIST for you to make today 🌈

Pssst… You can also find this recipe in my cookbook, The Chow Down, which has 20+ puppy chow recipes, NONE of which you can find on my website (except this one) 😱

📕 you can find my cookbook in my Instagram Shop or linked in the recipe post!

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my cake batter puppy chow right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/cake-batter-puppy-chow/

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If you love my homemade brownie recipe, you’re going to swooooon over this cookies & cream version.

🤎 ooey gooey centers
🤎 crinkly tops
🤎 a layer of Oreos right in the middle
🤎 white chocolate chips swirling every bite
🤎 you can use a box mix if you want but know I’ll be dying inside a lil bit 😏

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my cookies & cream brownies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/cookies-cream-brownies/

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Here’s to homemade whipped cream and making it ⭐️ next level ⭐️

PUT IT ON/IN:
☕️ my coffee cheesecake (there’s a link to that in the whipped cream post)
☕️ any flavor of ice cream
☕️ iced coffee
☕️ chocolate cake
☕️ mocha cake
☕️ brownies
☕️ ok, any and everything 🤭

Be sure you’re following me + comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my coffee whipped cream directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/coffee-whipped-cream/

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Y’ALL 😳

If you aren’t roasting your bananas before putting them into your banana bread or ANY recipe that calls for mashed bananas, you are missing out on some unreal banana flavor 🍌

I did this with the bananas for my banana pudding cheesecake, and I was BLOWN AWAY by how much more robust and punchy the banana flavor was than when I used regular mashed bananas.

To make roasted bananas, you’ll need:
1️⃣ 2 medium bananas (ripeness does not matter)
2️⃣ 1 Tablespoon of light brown sugar

To roast them:
1️⃣ Preheat the oven to 400ºF (204ºC). Prepare a small baking sheet or baking dish. You can line it with parchment paper or a silicone mat to reduce mess if you like. Set aside.
2️⃣ Situate each banana so that the curved part is on a surface or cutting board and the ends are facing up. Slice each banana in half long ways, then lay the sliced bananas on the pan, exposed banana side up.
3️⃣ Sprinkle the bananas with the brown sugar and then turn each of them over so that the skins now face up and the exposed banana is on the prepared pan.
4️⃣ Roast the bananas for 10 minutes or until the skins are completely black and leaking juices from the sides. You may only need 6-8 minutes for riper bananas.
5️⃣ Remove the bananas from the oven, carefully remove the skins, and place the roasted bananas and all of the juices and caramelized sugar into a small bowl.
6️⃣ Mash the bananas in the bowl using a fork and set them aside to cool while you prepare the rest of your recipe.

⭐️ You can adjust the number of bananas and sugar based on how many bananas your recipe calls for ⭐️

Want the recipe for the banana pudding cheesecake I mentioned? I don’t blame you (it’s a doozy, in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE 🤩)— comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to the cheesecake directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/banana-pudding-cheesecake/

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