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I love to bake(oh, really?), and so for my birthday yesterday I baked up this gingerbread cheesecake.  I actually made it late into the night/wee hours of the morning on  …

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For me, gingerbread is Christmas! It hasn’t always been that way.  I don’t ever remember my mother making gingerbread, in any form, when I was growing up. In fact, I …

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The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding …

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At the end of last fall it came to my attention that there was a pumpkin shortage, so I bought myself a dozen extra cans of the stuff to get …

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I have had these Iced Oatmeal Applesauce Cookies  on my baking radar for quite awhile. It’s a Martha Stewart recipe, and I figure anything that involves oats and applesauce, and …

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When I was about 8 years old, my mom and dad called all four of us kids together, and in a serious tone, let us know that mom had breast …

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I can’t believe that Christmas is in 4 days!  I am really excited to have all my children and grandchildren together under one roof!  Our house will be crowded, but …

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About twenty years ago at a family Christmas celebration, Jim’s grandmother gave each of her granddaughters (and granddaughters-in-law~me) a teacup/saucer from her personal collection.  At the time it was decided …

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When two of my favorite bloggers,  Jill (Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons) and Beth (Hungry Happenings) invited me to participate in a Christmas Gingerbread group project, I immediately said …

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Can you see how fully loaded these cookies are? Chock-full of chocolate chips, walnuts, oats, raisins, spices, molasses:)Paul Bunyan is the “larger than life” American folk hero of tall-tale fame:) …

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