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Super Mini Cheddar Kielbasa Cornbread Muffins

Cornbread muffins with tops!

If you are looking for a Super Bowl party appetizer to please both Steelers and Packers fans this Sunday, I’ve got one for you! Wisconsin’s cheddar cheese meets Pittsburgh’s favorite kielbasa sausage in these mini cornbread muffins.

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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

Nut pie out of the oven

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.

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Time-saving Secrets for Making Knittle Bread

Time to make the dinner rolls

It’s no secret that making homemade bread takes time and patience. If you are short on either of those ingredients, let me share with you a few secrets to speed things along. I’ll start with an old-fashioned bread recipe, called Knittle Bread, which I’m told dates back to the 19th century. Then I’ll mix in a few 21st century time-saving tricks.

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Dog Versus Banana Bread

Banana Bread Sliced

Find out who wins in this amazing story about a battle of the wills between a girl who simply wants to enjoy a movie and an agile dog looking for adventure, while a loaf of banana bread gets caught in the middle. Also discover a fabulous recipe for making chocolate chunk toasted walnut banana bread along the way.

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What Do You Want to Bake in 2011?

Walnut-filled Salvic Potica

‘Tis the season for making resolutions. Here are 11 things I have resolved to bake in 2011.