I’ve been watching for an excuse to host a party that could serve as a bit of a guide for how to host guests with food intolerances, restrictions, allergies or other limitations.  I wanted to share information on how to make everyone feel invited, to feel welcome, to feel like they were included in a… 

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Plain Ol’ Vanilla.  Well, actually there’s nothing plain or old about vanilla, it’s a very intriguing flavor.  There’s a lot to be said about a good vanilla cupcake, no exotic flavor combinations, just the basics.  And it’s tricky to perfect. I started my quest to perfect a vanilla cupcake with The Ultimate Vanilla Cupcake recipe… 

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I’ve been working feverishly to come up with a basic chocolate cupcake that could be used as the foundation for a multitude of frostings. I hesitate to call anything this tasty work, but I did labor over this one for awhile.  It needed to be light and fluffy, yet moist.  It couldn’t fall apart when… 

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I can’t believe it’s time for the second annual Pie Party already!  Has it really been a year? It didn’t seem like a whole year had gone by, so I dug up my post from last year.  Pie Party, meant to be one day, turned into Pie Week for me in 2011.  I baked with… 

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Did you read the title of this post and think, “Oh, good grief!  How many different chia puddings can there be floating around?”  Perhaps that was followed by, “Oh, please. I’m over this in-a-jar thing. That’s so last year.”   You might be out of luck with this one. Or maybe not.   See, here’s the… 

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I love a PB&J sandwich and I love cookies.  You, too?  I combined the two for this sweet treat.  And then I gave them a twist with marshmallow fluff, Fluffer Nutter Butters if you will.  Get your peanut butter ready, you need to make these!   Peanut Butter Cookies (Makes 30 cookies or 15 sandwich… 

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