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Apple Crisp Stuffed Apples
Fall is the perfect food season in the Midwest in my opinion. Along with that comes all sort of fun Fall activities, like apple picking! Which we got to go and do this past weekend. The girls had an absolute blast and this mama got all kinds of fresh apples to cook and bake with. Top 3 recipes that you don’t expect to make with apples from apple picking 1. Apple Crisp stuffed apples This is a super simple recipe that makes a great weekend or even week night dessert. The kids loved it and it was not super sweet. You can eat them on their own or with frozen yogurt or ice…
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White Chocolate Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Blondies
Well, that is a mouthful to say… BUT the real treat is a mouthful of these incredible blondies. These blondies scream Fall with the pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and white chocolate chips! OOOOO MMMMM GGGG!!!! To say these are one of my favorite Fall desserts would be an under statement, these may be one of my favorite… Period! Which is saying a lot for me because I do not usually jump on the Pumpkin spice anything bandwagon. What makes these blondies so delicious is that they have everything you could want in a dessert. They are creamy and crunchy and sweet, nut not too sweet and have those warm Fall spices. Not only…
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Blueberry Peach Crumble
This was the perfect end of Summer dessert. I made this dessert for a Labor Day party that we went to today and it was a huge hit. I have made countless crumbles between work and home. This was definitely a keeper recipe. I did something slightly different than I normally do in the topping. Instead of adding chunks of butter or even just straight melted butter… I used brown butter in this crumble. I also used brown sugar in the topping versus regular sugar. The nutty addition of the brown butter and the slight molasses flavor in the brown sugar both complimented the fruit perfectly. I always say to use recipes as…
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Homemade Peach Pie
One of my favorite things about Summer is in season stone fruit. I absolutely love peaches, nectarines and plums. I love to just eat them whole. I also really love them cooked. Whether it be grilled, baked in a pie, in a crumble or just baked on their own and served with vanilla ice cream. So, you can only imagine how excited I was to learn when I started dating my now husband, that his parents grow peaches in the back yard!! What?? Home grown stone fruit for Summer… YAAAASSSS!!!!! It was like I hit the mother load! I always enjoy the peaches that they send home for us, but this year was…
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3 Ingredient Popsicles
Summer time is the best time for cold treats!! Who doesn’t love a Popsicle? My daughters looooove them some popsicles! They call them popals!! There are some amazing store bought varieties BUT, I love controlling how much sugar they have. So, making them allows me to do that and to know what is going into them. These are the simplest and tastiest popsicles and you can change them up super easily. You can just swap out the fruit that you use. In these I used peaches, but we have also done this recipe with berries and pineapple! The sky is the limit with whatever fruit you have available. In these I used frozen…
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Unicorn Cookies
I am always on the look out for fun new things to use in the kitchen with the girls! A few months back I found Frozen chips and we made cookies with those! Well, I was at our local grocery store and I found Unicorn chips! As a girl mom, I HAD to get them! My oldest daughter, who is almost 3 years old, was especially excited for these! So is all about unicorns and rainbows and anything colorful and girly! My younger daughter, 20 months, was excited because her sister was excited! HAHAHA! https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.kuti.3/videos/10220916279589587/ Cookies, Brownies or Cupcakes I was trying to decide if we should make cookies, brownies or cupcakes with…
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Grilled Fruit Bruschetta
This is going to become your go to Summer dessert! It is simple, delicious and best part is you can use whatever fruit you have on hand. You can even use fruit that is about to go bad and you need to use it up quick. The whole family will love this dessert. Bread or Pound Cake? In every recipe I have ever seen for any kind of fruit bruschetta, they are still using Italian bread or some type of crusty bread for the crostini. I am sure it wonderful, however, I wanted something that was more dessert-like than just still using regular crostini. So, I use pound cake in mine. Pound cake…
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Buttercream Frosting
Here is a perfect, simple buttercream frosting that you will use again and again for so many different things. It speaks for itself! Chef’s Tip- Make sure that your butter is room temperature. It will make a huge difference to have soft, ready to go butter This is the easiest buttercream frosting that is not too ridiculously sweet and can be dyed easily without those oil marks in the coloring. You will use this for so many different things.
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Incredible White Chocolate Blondies
My husband and I had our first date at the White Chocolate Grill restaurant. It is the perfect restaurant for me because I am a huge white chocolate fan! So, I had a white chocolate martini and they have really amazing food as well as desserts. So, we had wonderful steaks and sides, but the absolute most memorable thing, besides the company, of course was the dessert. We shared a giant white chocolate and walnut blondie that was served warm with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. That was almost 9 years ago and we still talk about how amazing it was. So, when I was thinking about our anniversary dinner and what…
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
These may just be the most perfect cookie! My absolute favorite flavor combination is salty and sweet. I am a total sucker for sea salt caramel and then when it is with chocolate, well, forget about it. There is nothing better! Traditional Chocolate Chip cookies I cannot get enough of traditional homemade chocolate chip cookies. I am not even much of a sweet tooth, as you may notice from the blog, there are a lot more savory dishes than sweet. I much prefer salty to sweet, even when it comes to snacks. However, my true weakness is cookies!!! I cannot pass up a good cookie with milk. It all started with my Oreo…
