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These delicious pumpkin muffins were on Saturday’s baking class menu. The recipe, which I only modified slightly, is from Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. They are based on the pumpkin muffins made by Sarabeth Levine, that Dorie believes should be the benchmark for pumpkin muffins everywhere.
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Whoopie Pies are an old-time favorite from my childhood. They are definitely regional treats - common in New England. For those unfamiliar, whoopie pies are homemade chocolate cookie cakes with a creamy vanilla filling. Recipes for whoopie pies vary considerably. My mom has collected several versions through the years, often using the cake [...]
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This is one of those special banana nut muffin recipes that will jump start your day—a moist subtly mocha-flavored banana muffin enhanced with macadamias and semi-sweet chocolate mini chips. It’s made healthy with white whole wheat flour, bananas, and yogurt, and contains only 1/4 cup of butter, which equals only 1 teaspoon per muffin.
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Are you craving moist banana bread? I’ve found the recipe for you. It is from a cookbook called, The Weekend Baker: Irresistible Recipes, Simple Techniques, and Stress-Free Strategies for Busy People
by Abigail Johnson Dodge, a contributing Editor at Fine Cooking. I grew up eating dry banana bread and have been experimenting with [...]
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This salmon cakes recipe is perfect when you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry. Salmon cakes are a great example of the power of the well-stocked pantry, containing just a few common ingredients including canned salmon, a decades old American staple. Canned salmon comes in two varieties - sockeye or red [...]
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If you could only have one cookbook, what would it be? Which cookbook do you consider your ‘go to’ cookbook. I love to cook and have lots of cookbooks, but if I could have only one, which one would I keep?
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This recipe for hamburger goulash with elbow macaroni is an old stand-by straight from Mom’s recipe box. She learned to make this ground beef and macaroni skillet dish by watching her friend’s mom back in the 1950s in a small town in rural coastal Maine. It’s how we learned to cook once upon [...]
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Did you know October 1 is Homemade Cookies Day or that October is National Cookie Month? Many foods have days honoring them, including many different kinds of cookies. On a more serious note, October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So in honor of my 91-year-old grandmother, a breast cancer survivor, [...]
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