Easy As Pie….?!?!

April 19, 2010 Baked Goodness

What a stupid saying!  I’m here to tell ya, there’s nothing easy about pie!  Well, nothing easy about pie dough, anyway. I need to take this time to let you know that I do not care for baked fruit.  No apple pie, peach cobbler, or blueberry crumble for me, thanks.  So what possessed me to […]

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Baking Outside The Box

April 14, 2010 Baked Goodness

Fact: I love me some brownies. Always have, always will.  However, I was quite satisfied with brownies from the box.  Simple, easy, delicious.  I’ve had homemade brownies from time to time at potlucks and whatnot, and have never felt inclined to make them myself.  In fact, most homemade brownies I had in the past were […]

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Easter Review!

April 6, 2010 Baked Goodness

Happy Easter, everybody! What’s that?  I’m a little late on the Easter wishes?  Well, I still hope you had a great holiday, and that you continue to have a lovely spring.  With the weather we’ve been having here, it’s hard not to fall in love with life again.  Hope blooms anew with the flowers and […]

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Let Them Eat Cake!

March 21, 2010 Baked Goodness

I know I still haven’t posted the long-promised sticky bun recipe, but I’m gonna skip that for now and go straight to some fantastic CAKE. David’s cake request for the past 3 or so years in a row now has been a chocolate cake with FRESH strawberries incorporated somehow.  My first several attempts were not […]

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That Peaceful, Easy Feeling

March 5, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Inner peace hasn’t come easily to me lately.  I blame it mostly on these crazy pregnancy hormones.  But there is so much to stress about right now, that I’m having trouble seeing the forest for the trees. At first I was pretty torn up over the idea of Dad selling the house that I grew […]

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