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Traditional Eccles Cakes

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One of Britain's most famous and beloved pastries, these traditional and authentic Eccles cakes are delightfully flaky and packed with a mixture of sweet currants, candied citrus peel and spices.  Get ready to experience one of the most delicious pastries you've ever … Continue reading →

BEST German Christmas Stollen (Christstollen)

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German Stollen have been around for nearly 700 years and are prized throughout the world as one of the most famous and beloved of all Christmas pastries.   Your search for the BEST authentic Stollen recipe has ended:  Flaky, moist, aromatic and divinely flavorful, these … Continue reading →

Traditional Welsh Cakes

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Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that's punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of mace, these Welsh cakes are simply irresistible!A very authentic recipe for traditional Welsh Cakes.  Unforgettably flaky, tender, … Continue reading →

Healthier Whole Grain Molasses Cookies

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Molasses cookies have long been a favorite of mine.  I have many memories of my mom making them and good times spent dipping freshly baked and still warm molasses cookies into a glass of whole milk.  Pulling them back out of the milk the texture would be chewy-squishy and … Continue reading →

Healthier 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

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Wouldn't it be nice if all delicious recipes were this easy?Yep, that's it:  Only 3 ingredients and about 5 minutes of prep time.  The oven does the rest and soon you'll be biting into a perfectly chewy, delicious and healthier peanut butter cookie.  These cookies also … Continue reading →

Low Carb High Protein Nut & Seed Bread (Paleo)

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In an attempt to burn a few excess pounds and to cut back on carbs generally, I've been focusing more on foods high in protein and healthy fats the past few weeks.  High protein/high fat foods are more satiating, which means you're less likely to nibble throughout the day, … Continue reading →

Best Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies

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I've been cutting back on our family's gluten intake the past few months and so have been experimenting with more gluten free baking.  During the Christmas season it's always a tradition to make and decorate gingerbread cookies with our kids and I went for a gluten free … Continue reading →

Vollkornbrot (German Whole Grain Seed Bread)

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Few things are better than a freshly baked loaf of bread slathered down with butter and some good jam.  That's true for crusty breads with fluffy interiors and the more hearty, dense breads that I also know and love from Europe.Here is a bread that is beloved throughout … Continue reading →

Perfect Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I've been making some gluten-free baked goods lately.  No, I haven't turned gluten-free.  And no particular reason other than just wanting to master the art and to do some experimenting.  Today I'm sharing one of the results with you:  Perfect Gluten-free Chocolate Chip … Continue reading →

Jalapeno Apple Pie

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Not your grandmothers apple pie. Laced with traditional cinnamon and sugar and punctuated by spicy hot jalapeno, this is all-American apple pie with a KICK! … Continue reading →

Cranberry (or Cherry) Almond Streusel Cake

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Cranberries, another highly nutritious "superfruit", are nestled in this moist butter and sour cream-based streusel cake along with ground almonds and a hint of orange.  This cake was no sooner placed on the cake platter than it was stampeded by the clatter of eager forks … Continue reading →

Quinoa Cornbread

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What better comfort accompaniment to a bowl of hot soup or stew than homemade cornbread? Cornbread has been around...well, forever it seems!  For many it brings back childhood memories.  And even for those who didn't grow up with it, cornbread carries with it an element of … Continue reading →

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

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  Thanks to Green Giant™ Veggie Snack Chips for sponsoring this post! Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread.  Clearly I was experiencing some flavor combination cravings that wouldn't be satisfied until I unleashed my experimental powers in the kitchen.  And fortunately … Continue reading →

Classic Lemon Meringue Pie

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Lemon custards, puddings and pies have been made and enjoyed since the Middle Ages. Meringue came on board some time during the 1600's and then, in the 1800's, Swiss baker Alexander Frehse came up with the brilliant idea of combining the two - lemon and meringue - to make … Continue reading →

Lemon Coconut Muffins

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I love pretty much any baked goods with lemon.  Can't think of an exception.  Lemon has a way of bringing carbs to life, which is probably why lemon zest is a central component to German and European baking at large.  That and butter.  Must have butter.  But these muffins … Continue reading →

Orange Chocolate Hazelnut Bread

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Does that hazelnut oil in the picture look familiar to you?  That's right!  You saw it in my Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies where I lavishly praised its name.  Hazelnut oil is simply too good to let sit unused in the refrigerator, so I wanted to put it to use.  And since I love … Continue reading →

Canadian Bacon and Pineapple Quiche

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I just recently made a Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza - my husband's favorite - and still had some of the toppings left.  I didn't want to make another pizza and I didn't want to let the ingredients go to waste.  And so this delightfully delicious quiche was born. … Continue reading →

Mega Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies

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We all need more wheat germ, oat bran, flax seeds, and coconut oil in our lives.  What you would call peanut butter cookies that incorporated all of these?  Yes, I can well imagine some very unflattering names one could come up with based on this description.  But you won't … Continue reading →

Pink Grapefruit Buttermilk Muffins

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It's grapefruit season!  Have you noticed the heaping mountains of them in the produce sections of the grocery stores?  Now is the time to buy those luscious pink grapefruits because this time of year they're at their cheapest.  At 3 pink grapefruits for $1 we've been … Continue reading →

White Chocolate Cherry Macadamia Nut Cookies

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The craving has hit.  Just looking at the pictures.  And I haven't even made it past the third sentence yet.  Ohhh, I'm in trouble.  Let me step away from the computer just long enough to get a grip on myself...*sigh*Okay, I'm back and ready to keep typing now.  … Continue reading →

Sinfully Rich Brownies

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A cold, drizzly, wintery day called for making the ultimate comfort treat: Sinfully Rich Brownies. Lots of butter and lots of chocolate.  Ahhh, does life get any better than this?  One bite and I was HOOKED!  Did I already say sinfully rich?? Like biting into some creamy … Continue reading →

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