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My Favorite Homemade Pie Crust

October 20, 2020

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Learn how to make your own buttery, flaky, perfect pie crust at home. This is a double crust recipe. Fair warning… This is a thorough post. I feel very passionately about pie crust. Which is slightly ironic since I have very few pie recipes on my blog (I’ll work on it). The reason for lack…

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Filed Under: Pies & Tarts, Tutorials Tagged With: vegetable shortening

Homemade Cake Release

November 14, 2019

Homemade Cake Release: Just 3 ingredients and you'll never have trouble getting your cakes out of the pan again!

Just 3 ingredients and you’ll never have trouble getting your cakes out of the pan again! Well, hello there, baker! I’m going to revolutionize your life today.  ARE YOU READY? Truth be told, this won’t be a very long post today, because when it comes to cakes, I seem to have a lot to say…

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Filed Under: Cakes, Tutorials Tagged With: vegetable oil, vegetable shortening

Gingersnap Cookies– 2 Ways

December 6, 2015

Gingersnap Cookies-- 2 Ways: Perfectly spiced molasses cookies-- either soft & chewy or crisp & crunchy. One recipe, two different results with just one ingredient swap.

Spicy gingersnap cookies that can be made soft & chewy or crisp & crunchy. Just one ingredient changes the cookies completely! Happy Sunday, cookie (baking) monsters! Installment #3 of Christmas Cookie Spectacular, ready for your weekend enjoyment. Ok, so is this recipe cheating? I’m totally slipping an extra cookie into my 12 Days of Christmas…

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Filed Under: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, Christmas Recipes, Cookies, Seasonal Tagged With: brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, molasses, vegetable shortening

Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

August 6, 2014

Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites: A slightly crunchy peanut butter cup layer, sandwiched between dark and white chocolate layers, and topped off with some more chocolate and peanut butter!

A slightly crunchy peanut butter cup layer, sandwiched between dark and white chocolate layers, and topped off with some more chocolate and peanut butter! This dessert is going through a serious identity crisis. In the very best way possible. Let me explain… It all started when I pinned this recipe from The Gunny Sack and you people…

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Filed Under: Candy & Snacks, Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Butter, No Bake, Peanut Butter Tagged With: candy in desserts, creamy peanut butter, dark chocolate, graham crackers, peanut butter, peanut butter chips, peanut butter cups, powdered sugar, Reese's peanut butter cup minis, semi-sweet chocolate chips, vegetable shortening, white chocolate

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