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Sugar Cookies for Santa

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Leaving cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve is a long-standing tradition. These sugar cookies are sure to make you and Santa happy. They are easy to make and tasty.

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Triple Ginger Cookies

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It took an entire cast of characters to make Gilligan’s Island a hit: Skipper, Mary Ann, the Professor and, of course, Gilligan. But one character in particular stands out. That’s Ginger.

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Finding the Courage to Make Creme Brulee

Creme brulee crunch!

This Valentine’s Day, you may be conquering your fear to ask someone on a date. I am conquering my fear of making creme brulee. I love eating the stuff, but I have been a coward about making it until now. I’m facing my fear and sharing my story. My hope is it will help you conquer creme brulee too (if you haven’t already). If I can be brave enough to make it, so can you.

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Exploding Chocolate Cake

A slice of chocolate cake

When you’ve had a bad day, sometimes you need a little chocolate. It is a really bad day when your chocolate cake blows up in your face. Don’t let it happen to you. Check out this story, and get a super rich chocolate cake recipe too.

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Digging Into Dirt and Mud Brownies

A slice of dirt cake, take two

Remember the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray? It’s the one where his character relives the same day, over and over again. Do you ever feel like that? It’s when the same routine sneaks up on you, day in and day out. Wake up. Go to work. Come home. Make dinner. Go to bed. Do it all over again the next day.

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Little Bitty Cranberry Raisin Nut Pie

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With Valentines Day fast approaching, you may be wondering what to get your sweetie. Why not bake your sweetie a pie?

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The Best of Both Worlds Pie Crust

The perfect little pie crust

When it comes to making pie crust, there are two distinct camps. There are those in Camp Shortening. Then there are those in Camp Butter. Rarely do people switch camps once they’ve pitched their tent.

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How To Catch and Bake a Fish

Salmon is served

For our 10-year anniversary, we took a trip to Seattle. One of the things we were looking forward to was visiting Pike Place Market to watch the famous fish-throwing mongers in action. But when we arrived, we learned there was a catch.

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Ham and Cheese Quiche

A slice of ham and cheese quiche

Once upon a time, the girl in Girl Meets Oven found the Best Chicken Quiche recipe from Allrecipes. It looked like one of those fairy tale recipes. You know the ones. They seem too good to be true. This recipe looked like it would be incredibly easy to make, yet still impress family and friends. Was it just a fairy tale?

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Shiver Me Ebelskivers!

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Better than the first snow, is the first dusting of powdered sugar on a fresh batch of banana chocolate ebelskivers. Rachel Ray says it’s actually pronounced “ay-bell-sk-vers.” The girl who calls sandwiches “sammies” may not be the best source for proper pronunciation, but I couldn’t find the pronunciation in dictionary.com. It’s Danish after all. It won’t matter how you say it. You’ll be too busy eating to speak.