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Honey cupcake with a honey swabber next to it

Honey Cupcakes

These honey cupcakes are bursting with honey flavor. They are like single-serving honey cakes! These are wonderful as a Rosh Hashana dessert (where Jewish people eat honey for a sweet new year) โ€ฆ

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Kinako in a pile on a grey background

What is Kinako and How to Use It

Kinako is a delicate flour made from roasted soybeans. Literally translated as "yellow powder," kinako is a Japanese condiment with a toasty golden hue used to garnish desserts. Known in Japan as a superfood, kinako โ€ฆ

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Pile of toasted pumpkin seeds

EASY Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

My incredibly easy to make toasted pumpkin seeds are such a delicious, healthy, and addictive snack food. You can make them sweet, salty, spiced, or a combination of those flavor profiles! โ€ฆ

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pats of vegan butter and the remainder of the stick sitting on a white butter dish

Homemade Vegan Butter

This vegan butter looks, feels, and tastes just like the real thing! I'm not vegan, but I often bake vegan recipes (see the Related Recipes section for โ€ฆ

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icebox cake

Icebox Cake Recipes: All the Hottest Tips and Tricks for Making the Coolest Cakes

An Icebox Cake is an old-fashioned, no-bake, refrigerated cake made from nothing more than cookies and whipped cream. Such a description, however, hardly does the confection justice. The cake-making alchemy that takes place in โ€ฆ

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substituting yogurt for sour cream

Can You Use Yogurt Instead of Sour Cream?

In a pinch, I've always substituted yogurt for sour cream and never really noticed any difference in the end result. I also know that many of you substitute yogurt for sour cream for health reasons. โ€ฆ

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plate of matzoh brei

Matzo Brei (Fried Matzo)

Matzo brei, or fried matzoh, is a classic Jewish breakfast made by frying eggs and matzo. It's most commonly eaten during Passover, but many eat it year-round. Everyone thinks that their mom's recipe is โ€ฆ

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How to Freeze Eggs

How to Freeze Eggs

You can freeze egg whites, egg yolks, or even whole eggs! Freezing helps save those stray egg whites or yolks left over from meringues, custards, curds, marshmallow frosting, or even making cupcakes. It's also โ€ฆ

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Halloween Snack Idea – Chocolate Covered Garlic

Why? Last year, Jonathan and I went to Gilroy, California. Gilroy is all about garlic. Each year, they host the Gilroy Garlic Festival - which features, as you might imagine, everything garlic! While โ€ฆ

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Homemade Cranberry Jam in Ten Minutes

It is so easy to make cranberry jam - it's done in ten minutes! Plus, this homemade jam is sweet and tart and wonderful on bread, as a filling for sandwich cookies, and in cakes โ€ฆ

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Pink serving dish filled with square and round bonbons painted with gold

What are Bonbons and How to Make Them

Highly revered, chocolate bonbons are truly blissful! They're actually not that hard to make. But what exactly are they? How are they made? How are these chocolate confections different from truffles? โ€ฆ

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Deep Fried Cupcakes

Deep Fried Cupcakes You Can Make at Home

To imagine deep fried cupcakes, picture biting into a piping hot funnel cake. As you bite into the hot doughy goodness, you hit a layer of melted chocolate and then a layer of hot โ€ฆ

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Halloween Witch Unicorn Cake

Halloween Cake

Are you as obsessed with Halloween cakes as I am? Pastry chef Lia Weber made the unicorn cake trend spooky with this amazing unicorn witch cake for Halloween! This post shares โ€ฆ

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Star Bread

Star Bread (Christmas Bread)

Star Bread is a stunning alternative to pull-apart bread or monkey bread. While the shape is so impressive, it's actually quite simple to put together and you can make it in a variety of โ€ฆ

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First Chocolate Brownie

The First Chocolate Brownies (1899)

Learn the fascinating history of brownies and try the the recipe for the first ever chocolate brownies! Sure, it looks more like a cake. But, it tastes 100% brownie - far more dense than what โ€ฆ

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