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Ginger-Tea Lemonade

April 15, 2011 |

Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous here in Pittsburgh. The temperature hovered in the upper-60′s all day, the sun was warm like your favorite blanket, and there was a wispy breeze that shot through the trees every so often. A perfect spring day that gave off a hint of summer, just waiting in the wings to bloom [...]

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

April 4, 2011 |

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The cool-turned-warm spring air makes me want to bust out every citrus fruit I can get my hands on and start baking up a storm. The scent of lemons, oranges and limes make the whole world seem brighter. I love their light and fresh flavor and have a ball baking with them once the weather [...]

Lemon Bars

August 24, 2010 |

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Is there anyone else out there who is a lemon convert? Lemon anything used to madden me. I just couldn’t make myself like anything that had that distinctive, puckering flavor in it. Maybe the things I tried were too tart or lacked something else, but until the last couple of years, I was never a [...]

Classic Lemonade

May 26, 2010 |

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Nothing says summer quite like sitting outside and sipping your favorite ice-cold beverage on a warm, breezy day. The weather has been in the 80′s here this week, and with Memorial Day creeping up this weekend, I thought this would be just about the perfect time to make a pitcher of fresh lemonade. Do you [...]

Lemon-Limoncello Cupcakes

August 30, 2009 |

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These cupcakes have almost rendered me speechless. Trying to come up with the words to describe the incredible flavor experience that these provide is no small task. These lemon beauties topped off an Italian-themed meal (one that had begun with the Fontina-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Dates as an appetizer) and was the perfect clean-flavored dessert that I [...]

Lemon Meringue Pie

January 27, 2008 |

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This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was the classic Lemon Meringue Pie, chosen by Jen at The Canadian Baker. As beloved a dessert as it is, I am not a fan of lemon unless it is squeezed into my water. I was contemplating foregoing this month, but then my sister told me that she would be [...]