Dessert

Holidays

A Thanksgiving Dessert Twist: Black-Bottom Maple Pumpkin Pie

by Shaina
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Written by Shaina of Food for my Family. Sheets covered the couches to protect them from the greasy little hands that would scoot away from the table and be wiping their hands on them faster than you could spread butter on your roll. The kitchen was always bustling, but it was full with only one [...]

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A Healthier Autumn Cookie (Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Snaps)

by Aimee
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When developing this particular recipe I had two goals in mind: to create a healthy cookie as equally desirable to my children as their beloved (yet overly sugar-filled) gingersnap, and to make a prettier pumpkin cookie than the standard lumpy brown drop cookie versions. These pumpkin spice snaps are a success on both accounts. I’ve [...]

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An Unprocessed Dessert (Recipe: Maple Pecan Pie)

by Aimee
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This post is going to be brief as I am literally heading out the door to catch a flight. I’m headed to my fourth and last blogging conference of the year – this time on home soil! Blissdom Canada runs from October 13-15 in Toronto and I’m thrilled to be speaking (topic: Using Social Media [...]

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Kids in the Kitchen

Cooking with Kids: Maple Pecan Baked Apples

by Aimee
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Now that Noah is in school, Mateo and I have more time to play in the kitchen. We’ve made apple butter, oatmeal cinnamon muffins, homemade meusli, and a slew of other seasonal baking. A recent apple picking outing provided us with several bushels of fresh apples, and while we’re munching them daily raw (sliced, with [...]

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Let’s Bake an Apple Pie

by Diana
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Written by Diana of Spain in Iowa. The temperatures are dropping and school has officially started.  This is my first time as a parent with a child at school and I have to admit, the first couple of weeks I was heartbroken.  I missed my little guy during the days and what made it worse, [...]

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