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Pound Cake

12/29/2019

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One of the recipes my Nana marked in her cookbooks, was this Pound Cake recipe. It says "Good, the best ever." Now looking through this cookbook there are literally 10 different recipes for pound cake. So I decided to give this one a try. It is deliciously simple! A perfect, no frills, lemon and vanilla pound cake.
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The ingredients you will need are sugar, 2 sticks of butter, cake flour, canola oil, milk, lemon juice and zest, vanilla extract, baking powder and 5 eggs. 
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Start with two sticks of butter
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Add in 1/2 cup of canola oil
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Cream together the first two ingredients with 3 cups of sugar (yes, that is a lot!)
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Now add in all 5 eggs, one at a time, letting each egg incorporate into the batter 
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Next add in 3 1/3 cups of cake flour (yes, also a lot)
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Add in 1/2 tsp of baking powder
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And 1 cup milk
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Now your vanilla
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and lemon zest and juice
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Now that your batter is done, pour batter into greased and floured bundt pan
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Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cake cool completely before dropping out of the pan.
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Gluten-Free Snickerdoodles

12/21/2019

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This Christmas I wanted to make some cookies for my coworkers. However, I have one coworker I didn’t want to leave out. She has a gluten allergy, so I started down the Pinterest rabbit hole to find a recipe that she could have. I found this recipe from the blog Mile High Mitts. If you have a gluten allergy, then this blog is a great resource! The recipe goes a little like this:
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You will need gluten free flour, coconut oil or butter, baking soda, brown sugar, white sugar, an egg, salt, cream of tartar, cinnamon and vanilla extract.
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Start with white sugar in a mixing bowl
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Then the brown sugar
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Now the coconut oil or butter
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Cream together
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Now add in the egg
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And vanilla extract and mix some more
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Now time for the flour
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Cream of tartar
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Cinnamon
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Baking soda
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And salt
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Mix together all ingredients until batter forms, then roll into balls
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Now for the cinnamon sugar. Mix together 1/4 cup sugar
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Now the cinnamon
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Roll balls around in the cinnamon sugar
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Place on lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.
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Orange Blossoms

12/18/2019

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Recently I had my work holiday potluck. Looking at the list of various dishes my coworkers were bringing I tried to think of a dish that would stand out. I finally thought of Orange Blossoms! These are poppable, citrusy, deliciousness! The recipe goes like this:
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Start with yellow cake mix, orange juice, powdered sugar, milk, 2 lemons, 2 oranges and 2 eggs.
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Start with the box of yellow cake mix.
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Add in 1/2 cup of orange juice
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3/4 cup of milk
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and lastly your 2 eggs
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Mix together until the batter is combined. 
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I used a 1 tbsp measure to pour my batter into the mini cupcakes cups. *Be sure to spray the cupcakes tins with nonstick spray. 
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I put my cupcakes molds on a sheet pan because they were a little flimsy. But bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
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After you take them out of the oven. Let the cupcakes cool off for 5 minutes or so before removing from the molds. Immediately make the icing and ice the cupcakes while still warm. 
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To make the icing, mix together confectioner's sugar....

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And the juice of two lemons and two oranges 
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Dip each cupcake into the icing and let cool before serving. 
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Mini Chocolate Muffins

12/9/2019

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Tis the season for all kinds of sweets! My hankering for baking is in full effect this time of year and mini versions of favorites is the way to go! I tried to lighten up the recipe a bit and have a little something sweet for the week. It goes like this:
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I used whole wheat flour (to lighten it up a bit), baking soda, baking powder, sugar, one egg, canola oil, milk and unsweetened cocoa powder. Also, mini chocolate chips if you want a little something extra. 
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Mix together your dry ingredients. Start with 1 1/2 cups of flour.
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1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 cup of sugar
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1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
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1 tsp of baking soda
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1/2 tsp of salt
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Mix dry ingredients together until combined. 
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Wet ingredients turn now, beat one egg
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Add in 1/3 cup oil.
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3/4 cup milk
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Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until well combined.
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Fill mini muffin tins with batter and top with mini chocolate chips. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes or so before taking out of pan. 
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Taco Dip

12/4/2019

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Taco Dip... it's a crowdpleaser and probably the easiest appetizer you can make! I try to keep as many of these ingredients on hand as I can. It's so easy to whip up, but your guests will always be impressed! It goes like this:
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For this recipe you will need: sour cream, mayonnaise, refried beans, cheddar, green onions, black olives, tomatoes and taco seasoning (not pictured). 
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Start by spreading the can of refried beans into a pie plate. 
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Next, in a separate bowl mix together sour cream and mayonnaise. 
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Mix in the package of taco seasoning 
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Spread that delicious mayonnaise, sour cream and taco seasoning mixture over the refried beans. Now's it's time top it! 
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Top with some tomatoes. I prefer cherry or Roma for this recipe. 
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A small can of black olives adds some great color. 
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Lastly, that CHEESE!!! Serve with tortilla chips and you will be the hostess with the most-ess!
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