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Grandma’s Apple Pie
~ Mary ~ Way back when, fall meant apple sauce and apple cider more than apple pie. Kevin made an apple press for a 4-H project, or was it a Patty project? I don’t recall. It was a mighty...
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Caramel Apple Cookies
~ Mary ~ Perfect for the season! . Caramel Apple Cookies Combine, mix and set aside:3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp SaltCombine and beat on medium high-speed...
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French Silk Pie
~ Katy/Story ~ Mary Recipe/Photos ~ . My first “real” job was as a waitress at Baker’s Square. Oh, the pies! We would often get to take pies home at the end of the night shift, because they only...
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Triple Ginger Cookies
~ Mary ~ . Every holiday season at the store I would mix up a great many batches of several different types of cookies and sell the dough. I sold a lot of cookie dough! It really made cookie baking...
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Swedish Tea Ring
~ Patty Story/Recipe ~ Mary Photos ~ .. I learned to make Swedish Tea Rings in Home Ec at St Catherine’s College in 1955. The class was taught by a nun……in full habit. I couldn’t understand how...
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Cranberry, Caramel and Almond Tart
~ Mary ~ I can’t believe I’ve neglected telling you about this festive dessert. It’s so wonderful, I’ve made it twice in the past month! I found it years ago on Deb’s site Smitten Kitchen and...
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Birthday Cake
~ Mary ~ . Happy Birthday Foodo! I made this cake for Smidge’s (God Daughter) birthday, and thought what the hell, I’ll use it for a virtual birthday too. . This is Christina Tosi’s ”Birthday Cake” of...
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Chocolate Malt Cake
~ Mary ~ Last month, my friend, Culinary Cory was in town to celebrate his birthday, and I baked him this show stopper! It truly emulated a celebration, and what’s not to love about a cake that has;...
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Key Lime Cookies
~ Mary ~ Oh so sublime. A refreshing suger, lime cookie with white chocolate chips. Like nothing you have ever tasted. Key Lime Cookies Whisk together and set aside: 3 ¾ Cups All-Purpose Flour 1 tsp...
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Momofuku & NYT Chocolate Chip Dream Cookie
~ Mary ~ . I bought the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook last year, the whole story and a lot of the recipes excited me so much I proceeded to bake recipe after recipe after recipe. Unfortunately I only...
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4 & 20 Blackbirds’ Salted Caramel Apple Pie!
~ Mary ~ This pie won us over the minute it hit our lips. I had to make it five times in one month. We honestly couldn’t get enough! Literally love at first bite! I’ll never make another plain apple...
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Carrot Cake
~ Mary ~ I’ve been making this cake for a number of years, and just never have gotten around to photographing it. John calls it the ‘Steak of Cake’ due to its density and high level of satisfaction....
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Banana Praline Cake
~ Mary ~ My cake obsession has been on hiatus for the past couple of years. Maybe you’re hoping 2014 will remedy all that – you never know – two cakes in under a month is a good indicator. The good...
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Strawberry Balsamic Pie
~ Mary ~ Here’s another keeper from the sisters of Four and Twenty Blackbirds. We’re having a big festivus this summer and I’ve been testing out a few pies for the dessert. I would love to do their...
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Peanut Butter Pie – Oh My!
~ Mary ~ My apologies these aren’t the quality photos I usually produce. It had been a looong day and my iphone just had to do. Yesterday we had a bit of a cook-over with Patty and Katy. Good times,...
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German Chocolate Cake II
~ Mary ~ It was Fred’s birthday again – funny how that works out. His favorite cake is German’s Chocolate. There’s a bit of a history I learned while looking for the perfect recipe – I thought it was...
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Lemon Chess Pie
~ Mary ~ It’s pie season! I’m going to post pies back to back! Posts are getting fewer and farther between – and my photography is down right lazy. But what can I do – I rely on this site for all my...
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Salty Honey Pie
~ Mary ~ This is the second time I’ve made this delicious little treat. I was gifted with fresh honey from my childhood friend, Patrick, who is a part-time bee farmer during the summer months. I know...
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‘Sig’nature Chocolate Torte
~ Mary ~ Waaaay back when, John and I would host a pre-Thanksgiving party for our work colleagues. One year Stephanie and Shawn arrived with this cake. Stephanie promptly said it was not of her...
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Cafe Latté Turtle Cake
~ Mary ~ Another Patty made this delicious knockout for a work birthday celebration. She’s my new idol, this new Patty! It’s her birthday today – how unfortunate! She said she’s never gotten a cake on...
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