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Our homemade applesauce bread recipe is moist, tender, and bursting with the essence of apples. This easy quick bread will fill your kitchen with the warm, comforting aroma of freshly baked bread with warm spices. I adore baking quick bread recipes whether it’s a loaf, muffins, sweet, or savory. If you’re a quick bread lover like me, …

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Chocolate Charlotte Royal is a show-stopper dessert that is a soft cake and chocolate buttercream roll, filled with a smooth bavarian filling. For the June daring bakers challenge, Rebecca from BakeNQuilt.com, challenged us to make Charlotte Royale and Charlotte Russe from scratch. Savory or sweet Charlottes were definitely tasty showstoppers. I am really enjoying this group. So …

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Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup Cake is a beautifully simple cake to make. The deep chocolate syrup center makes a delicious surprise without any fancy techniques making it perfect for any occasion. This post was originally posted in 2015 and has been updated to improve our readers’ experience. Imagine everyone’s surprise when you lift that delicious piece …

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Easy Crab and Havarti Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps are a quick and easy dish. They’re filled with rich crab, creamy Havarti cheese, and then sweet sundried tomatoes. The whole thing takes just minutes to make. John and I relish our downtime. We have been in our home for almost 28 years. We have done a …

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Triple Chocolate Lamingtons is a delicacy that is as tasty as it is elegant. Using chocolate three different ways satisfies even the toughest chocoholic. It is that time of month when I participate in a baking challenge on a website called The Daring Kitchen, that issues monthly challenges to it’s members. Members are from all over …

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Nutella Filled Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies are crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and topped with creamy Nutella. They’re delicious and easy to make. We love Nutella, and our Peanut Butter Coffee Cake and Hazelnut Cookie Bars are amazing! Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies transform the classic Thumbprint cookie to gourmet status.

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Braised Chicken Thighs with Potatoes, Porcini & Dried cherries is cradled in a creamy garlic sauce that makes a complete, delicious meal I don’t know of any ingredient that is any more versatile than chicken. My mother wasn’t much of a cook, but she could sure fry up a chicken and often did so on …

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Southwestern Chorizo Hash is an easy and delicious versatile hash recipe that is perfect for any meal of the day. The jalapeno and chorizo sausage is complemented with a beautifully poached egg. I am a firm believer that the food we love is often inspired by the people we have loved and our experiences with them. …

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Easy Tomato Florentine Soup is your childhood tomato soup all grown up. It is creamy and delicious without using a lot of fat. I’ll guarantee you will not miss it. Remember that Manchego grilled cheese sandwich that I made to celebrate “Grilled Cheese Day”? Well, that isn’t really the only reason I made it. I made it …

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Salted Caramel Butterscotch Budino is an Italian pudding that is so creamy and delicious. This dessert consists of three layers. A creamy pudding topped with a deep caramel which is all sprinkled with a flaky sea salt. John and I have a favorite place to go for dinner. The chef was classically trained and worked …

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