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December 10, 2010 |

Here’s the scoop. I have been siiiiick. All week. Some kind of flu/cold nastiness. Sicker than I’ve been in quite some time. So needless to say I haven’t done any cooking or baking. Since I don’t have a new recipe for you today I thought we could have a little Friday fun instead. I have [...]

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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

December 9, 2010 |

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Hot chocolate is my absolute favorite cold-weather drink. I don’t drink coffee and things like tea, apple cider, eggnog, etc. definitely take a back seat to chocolate. I get it from Starbucks, at hockey games, at orchards, and I use mixes at home (my favorite is Land o’ Lakes Supreme). But for the longest time [...]

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Chocolate Walnut Fudge

December 7, 2010 |

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Last year the cool weather was refusing to go away and I was daydreaming about sunny days at the beach. And you can’t go to the beach and not enjoy some fudge. At least I can’t. And then I realized that I had never actually made fudge. Shame on me! So I whipped up a [...]

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30 Gift Ideas: Cookbooks & Kitchen Goodies

December 6, 2010 |

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It’s the first week of December and some people are into the full swing of holiday shopping. I am actually pretty proud of myself – I only have one gift left to buy. That never happens. Usually I’m just getting myself organized at this point and am stumbling out of the starting gate. Have you [...]

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The Weekend Dish: 12/4/2010

December 4, 2010 |

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It’s been a busy week over here in Brown Eyed Baker land. Hopefully you saw the announcement about the new sections of the site – Unplugged and Steel & Ice. They are spin-offs of the “Weekend Fun” section that I have been including at the end of each Weekend Dish post. I have enjoyed writing [...]

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Pistachio & Cranberry White Chocolate Bark

December 3, 2010 |

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Every year for Christmas, peppermint bark is an absolute must-have for me. Back when I was working my first job out of college, my boss gave me a tin of Williams Sonoma peppermint bark (she was feeding the foodie monster and didn’t even know it), and I fell in love. The next year, I started [...]

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30 Favorite Christmas Cookies & Recipes

December 2, 2010 |

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For the first time that I can ever remember, I woke up yesterday on December 1st to look out the window and see the season’s first snow. The start of the holiday season doesn’t get much more perfect than the first snow on December 1st. Not for me anyway So it seems like a [...]

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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 29, 2010 |

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As you can tell from the picture, that trifle doesn’t exactly look like a cake. This was one of those “when life gives you lemons you make lemonade” situations. I was planning to make this carrot cake recipe for Thanksgiving dessert, to go along with the pumpkin pies that my great aunt was planning on [...]

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The Weekend Dish: 11/27/2010

November 27, 2010 |

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with their family and friends, and enjoyed good times and awesome food. Mine felt like a whirlwind. I spent so much time helping my mom plan the food, then prep the food, and in a few short hours everyone had eaten and gone home. Sort of [...]

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