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baking

Apple Oat Bread

January 27, 2012
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So remember two weeks ago when I was all excited about the Ravens playoff win and those cranberry muffins? Well now I’m not so excited about the Ravens–it’s been nearly a week and I’m STILL in shock at that missed field goal. Seriously, how do you miss that? Le sigh. But I am still excited [...]

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Cranberry Oat Muffins

January 16, 2012
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It’s freezing. Like literally. I tried to go out for a long long run this morning and I ended up cutting it to a medium long run, because 5 miles in my legs were so frozen that they weren’t moving. No good. So for the rest of the day, I’ve been cocooning in the house. [...]

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Crusty Baguettes

January 6, 2012
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Now that it’s the new year and my 30th birthday is scarcely 10 weeks away, I knew it was time to get serious about the list. So a long weekend to start the year seemed like the perfect time to tackle one of my more ambitious baking projects on the list–homemade baguettes! Baguettes might seem [...]

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Donut Danger Muffins

December 30, 2011
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In addition to our Magic and Merriment trip, we had a very Merry Christmas with our families. We’re fortunate enough that although our families are in three states, they’re all relatively close together so we can see everyone in the holiday period! We started off by seeing my Mom at her new house on Friday [...]

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Soft and Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies

December 22, 2011

So maybe I’m on a chocolate mint kick this year. Okay, who am I kidding, I’ve been on a chocolate mint kick my entire life. I blame it on my dad. When I was a kid, we used to get a peppermint patty every time we went to the gas station. We drove around A [...]

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Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Bark

December 19, 2011
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This weekend was the seventh edition of the Ratskellar Holiday Party, our big annual celebration of the holidays, good cheer, and friends. It’s hard to believe that we’ve lived in this house long enough to have SEVEN holiday parties here. How did that happen? It feels like yesterday that we–committed uptown Baltimore people–moved to Southeast. [...]

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Baked, Red Hook, Brooklyn, USA

November 21, 2011
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Guess where I went this weekend? New York City. A place I love to visit, and thanks to some very sweet friends who let us crash with them in Brooklyn, we got to experience for a lot less and with a different experience. There were a lot of really amazing things during this trip–from seeing [...]

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Happy National Bundt Day Pumpkin and Chocolate Style!

November 15, 2011
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Happy National Bundt Day! The one day each year when we celebrate the beauty that is the bundt cake–a classic, simple form that’s so pretty it doesn’t even need icing! Since I’m not the biggest icing fan in the world (I know, I know, I love to make big fancy cakes, but I don’t always [...]

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