Ever since I made spicy strawberry jam a few weeks ago, I’ve been wanting to incorporate homemade jam into a dessert recipe. I made another batch a few days ago without the peppers and this time I used vanilla sugar instead of regular sugar. Oh my goodness. Just macerating the fresh berries in vanilla sugar for 10 minutes created the…
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These jumbo lump crab cake sliders are a perfect summer meal. I’m turning 35 years old on Sunday and I have very mixed feelings about it. I think it’s a good thing, mostly. I’ve long since moved past the trauma of finding my first grey hairs or noticing a wrinkle here and there. But I really have nothing to complain…
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This skillet peach cobbler recipe is a perfect summer dessert! It has been blazing hot in DC for over a week now. I’m finding it hard to force myself out of the air conditioning during the day to appreciate summer. Seriously, how am I supposed to enjoy 96 degrees with humidity? I really must be a California girl at heart;…
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Brown butter vanilla bean blondies are rich, gooey, and completely decadent. If you’re looking for a vanilla blondie recipe that stands out from the rest, look no further! People request this recipe from me all the time! This morning I was in the mood to make blondies. I pulled out my recipe for Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Blondies and wondered how I…
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These peach buttermilk mini cakes are a perfectly portioned summer dessert! I’m a big believer in multi-tasking tools in the kitchen. I don’t have a ton of storage space so I like finding ways to use what I already own in new ways. For example- using muffin tins to make peach buttermilk mini cakes!
