From the category archives:

baking

Pumpkin Yeast Bread

November 11, 2011
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I have a tendency to latch onto baking and cooking ideas. And once I’m latched, it’s only a matter of time before I make the item. Because I just can’t get things out of my head! I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s just so true! (please bear with the pictures from this post. [...]

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Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal

October 10, 2011
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How are all of you this fine holiday monday? Yes, I’m lucky enough to have Columbus Day off. Thank you Mr. Columbus for not actually discovering America! I really needed the extra day this weekend, since I was feeling seriously under the weather Saturday and then running/painting wiped me out yesterday! The good news is [...]

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Classic Apple Pie with Caramel Sauce

September 26, 2011
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My fall baking isn’t ALL pumpkin related, I promise! Saturday night some of our friends were having a cookout at their house. This particular friend (Elizabeth) has told me in the past that she LOVES my fruit desserts, and her all time favorite was my Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. So when thinking about what I would [...]

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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake

September 23, 2011
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Okay, I’ll admit three weeks ago, I didn’t really know what the “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” was. Turns out it is ALL the RAGE with the preschool set. And since Eileen and I were in charge of making a birthday cake for a darling little girl’s second birthday, we had some research to do on Mickey [...]

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Peach Cobbler

August 26, 2011
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As I mentioned in my last post, last weekend was the weekend of CRABS!! Our friends Kim and Randy invited us to their house out in my old stomping grounds (oh college on the hill, what fantastic memories I have of you!). This is an annual thing, so it was fun to be back in [...]

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Peanut Butter Pie

August 15, 2011
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I know that I am truly blessed in this life. I have a wonderful family, fantastic friends, the best husband. I love being surrounded by these people–they’re what makes my life truly wonderful. But sometimes in the grind of the everyday, I know I forget about these blessings. I get too caught up in how [...]

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

July 25, 2011
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For those of you long time 990 Square readers, you’ll know that I used to be a one kind of chocolate chip cookie girl. I had an allegiance to a recipe, and I stuck with it. More importantly though, Noel, the chocolate chip cookie fiend that I’m married too, had a favorite chocolate chip cookie [...]

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Banana Chocolate and Cinnamon Chip Muffins

July 18, 2011
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Check another one off the 30 before 30 list! This past weekend, Noel and I hosted our seven year old niece, Brehan, for the weekend, AND we returned her in one piece! We had an action packed weekend, with a visit to the new American Girl store in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia on Friday (followed by [...]

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