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Tag: RECIPES – Snacks

  • Orange Spice Banana Bread

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    This orange spice banana bread smells absolutely amazing. The aroma fills the house with the pungent fall spices. It is so hard to wait until the bread is completely cooled before pinching off a nibble. The most important tips I can pass on is to make sure the cream cheese is completely softened. Unwrap the…

  • Banana Oatmeal Muffins

    Ideally one should be able to take any cake or quick bread recipe to make muffins. The banana bread recipe that we love so much by Baker’s Illustrated is not an exception to this rule. However, for our banana muffins we prefer a more delicate tender crumb with a little extra oat fiber mixed in.…

  • Baked Lemon Curd Bars with Almonds and Coconut

    I made these bars to use up the left over lemon curd from the lemon dimple cookies. I would have preferred to make angle food cake but every recipe I could find called for 12 egg whites. I could not bring myself to use an entire carton of eggs for the sole purpose of dessert.…

  • Cranberry Apricot Granola Bars

    I love hiking. Stephen and I used to go all the time before we had kids. Before Mason was born I scored a brand new unused Kelty backpack for $10 at a garage sale. We used it until we moved to the valley, where hiking trails are not as convenient, and we had another baby.…

  • Grandmother Jepson’s Cracker Jacks

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    It is Spring Break week. I decided to adopt the preschool schedule to keep the kids busy and me sane; discovery, snacks, story time, music time and crafts. Today for snack we made my grandmother’s cracker jacks. It is a very simple recipe that kids will enjoy being a part of. 1 1/2 quarts popped…

  • BBQ Nachos

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    As a born and bred Southern Gal turned California chic, I occasionally get the hanker’n for some good ol’ southern barbecue. This summer I returned to my roots when I went to visit my family in South Florida. Before my arrival, my brother asked me what I wanted for dinner that night. I immediately requested,…