Dessert

Healthier Quick Banana Bread

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I love this easy banana bread recipe because it is super quick, everything mixes in one bowl and there is no sugar in the bread. It is sweetened using honey and you can’t even tell the difference! There is sugar in the chocolate chips and cinnamon sugar topping but those are optional. This banana bread also uses olive […]

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Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats

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OK ready for a super quick and simple treat? One pan, 3 ingredients (plus any sprinkles or candies you want to add) and no baking. Kids love making these and they keep them busy for a while when they are making the egg shapes and picking the sticky krispies off their fingers. You need:  Rice […]

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Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Loaf

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OK so keeping this gingerbread post short. I have a mountain of gifts to wrap and three kids who are hunting me like wolves.  This loaf is super easy and tasty. Good for breakfast, lunch and dinner and anything beyond or in between. I love adding chocolate chips to it. Gingerbread and chocolate chips may […]

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Baked Chocolate Frosted Donuts

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I can’t tell you how thankful I am to have found this recipe for donuts. If not for this, I would be drowning in greasy, fried donuts from the local donut shop this past month.  Every few months or so it hits me how amazing donuts are and then I go on a bit of […]

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American Pie

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I’m going to keep this post really short. It’s the start of the holiday weekend and there’s many things you should be doing other than reading this post. Like making this pie. And eating this pie.  When I saw a picture of this pie from Broma Bakery show up on my Instagram feed I knew I had […]

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Cream Filled Chocolate Cake Cookie Sandwiches

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So I am cramming in a blog post while sitting between piles of unwrapped gifts and with a small shopping list staring at me from the coffee table. I can just never seem to get all my shopping down without having to run to a mall in the couple days before Christmas. No matter how early I […]

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Homemade Whipped Cream

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What’s your biggest indulgence during the holiday season? I have so many but one of my favorites is whipped cream. I love adding whipped cream to my food and drinks. I think it makes everything so festive. I add it to hot chocolate, kahlua/baileys and my coffee. I put it on cookies/cakes, fruits and I occassionally just spoon the cream […]

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Muffins have never been my choice as far as baked goods go. I usually prefer a donut or a brownie or anything extremely chocolatey.  But strangely muffins were one of my major pregnancy cravings. One cold, snowy morning I was woken out of my sleep with an enormously overpowering desire for chocolate chip muffins. I could not shake it […]

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Healthier Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Bars

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It’s hard to be healthy when all you crave is baked goods. At 38 weeks pregnant all I want are sweets. After what has definitely been one too many donuts and muffins I decided it’s time to figure out a healthier solution. I found this recipe and it’s great. It uses coconut oil and it’s full of oatmeal and dark chocolate. Less calories […]

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Chocolate Triple Layer Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting

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I love myself a cake. Especially a good layer cake. Fluffy layers separated by clouds of creamy filling, that’s really where it’s at. That’s why I especially like the look of a naked layer cake. You can see all of this delicious beauty from the outside. This cake is a combo of a fully frosted […]

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