Santa can have all the cookies he wants on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, I’ll be eating almond cranberry gingerbread biscotti.
Category: Sweet Treats
Sweet treats
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Turtle Tiramisu Cheesecake
Labor Day Weekend seems a good time to get back to work on my blog. Obviously, I’ve been neglecting Girl Meets Oven the past few weeks. I hope you’ll forgive me with this post about turtle tiramisu cheesecake.
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Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake
If life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. If life gives you lemons and blueberries, you make lemon blueberry pound cake.
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Daring to Make Frasier Cake
I’m a bit late for the July Daring Bakers challenge. Is there a Tardy Bakers club? The challenge was to make Frasier cake.
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Peach Cobbler Pie
I found fresh peaches at the farmers’ market last week. It’s a sign that summer is at its peak. Another sign is that the heat index has been over 100 degrees.
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Pineapple Cookies
The perfect recipe for a summer celebration includes: 1) sunshine, 2) friends or family and 3) pineapple cookies. These cookies are bright and warm, like the summer sun.
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Fruitcake Baklava
I joined Daring Bakers. If you haven’t heard of Daring Bakers, it’s an online baking club where the members bake a new recipe each month. This month is baklava. I made mine with candied fruit and toasted nuts, similar to a fruitcake — and I learned you have to be a bit of a fruitcake to make baklava from scratch.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Maybe more people would eat their vegetables if vegetables were covered in chocolate. It worked for me with this chocolate zucchini cake.
A great way to start the day is with blueberry muffins baked with oatmeal and orange juice. These muffins are packed with all you need to brighten your day.
Remember the Smurfs? These cupcakes, like the Smurfs, are blue and small with white hats. Infused with blueberries, baked in miniature muffin cups and topped with vanilla ice cream, they are quite “smurftastic.”