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Muffin Top Blueberry Muffins
Breakfast Dessert

Muffin Top Blueberry Muffins

If you like blueberries and muffin tops, you’ll love these muffins! They are moist, tender, and bursting with blueberries. Enjoy some for breakfast, snack, or dessert! I love muffins from the grocery store bakery section. They have the biggest muffin tops that look like giant mushroom caps. While my muffins aren’t quite as colossal as those, they are the most delicious homemade blueberry muffins I …

Horseradish Cheddar and Bacon Scones
Appetizer Bread / Pizza Breakfast

Horseradish Cheddar and Bacon Scones

These Horseradish Cheddar and Bacon Scones are cheesy, bacony, and great served anytime of the day! Use meatless bacon for a vegetarian version. The idea for these scones came from an unused wedge of horseradish smoked bacon cheddar cheese. It was a do or die time for the cheese. I decided to incorporate it into scones. Although the test batch turned out decent, it needed …

Banana Blueberry Coconut Bread
Breakfast Dessert

Banana Blueberry Coconut Bread

This moist and tender quick bread is chalk full of bananas, juicy blueberries, and coconut. It’s topped with coconut glaze, coconut flakes, and chopped pecans. Super easy to make and it doesn’t require a mixer! I love combining banana and blueberries, and I love it even more with coconut. This quick bread has them all! It’s moist (sorry if you don’t like that word), tender, …

Chocolate Crazy Cake
Dessert

Chocolate Crazy Cake

You can’t beat Crazy Cake for its simplicity and convenience. What is most impressive is the list of ingredients. There are no eggs, milk, or butter—basic pantry items are all you need. This chocolate cake can be made anytime, even when the cupboard is almost bare! When the fridge and pantry inventory are low, there is one delicious cake I can always pull out of …

Small Batch Rum Raisin Coconut Scones
Breakfast Dessert

Small Batch Rum Raisin Coconut Scones

Make your own buttery and flaky rum raisin coconut scones at home. They have a golden brown crust, tender crumbs, and just the right amount of sweetness. These small batch scones are perfect with morning coffee. I have never been a huge fan of scones. That’s because I have had some dry, tasteless ones. I became a scone convert when I started making my own. Believe …

Apple Walnut Buns with Maple Brown Butter Glaze
Breakfast Dessert

Apple Walnut Buns with Maple Brown Butter Glaze

These Apple Walnut Buns with Maple Brown Butter Glaze are comfort food in dessert form. A secret ingredient makes them soft and pillowy. I’ll never make cinnamon-style buns without it again.  One thing I like about the town where I live is that our mayor puts great effort into coordinating events that bring the community together. We can expect a certain number of festivities on …

Apple Butter Cookies
Dessert Snacks

Apple Butter Cookies

These Apple Butter Cookies are soft, chewy, and buttery, featuring the flavors of apples and warm fall spices. They are among the easiest cookies to bake, and they are egg-free! Hi guys! I can’t believe I almost forgot to share these cookies with you! Better late than never, right? I wanted to sneak this one in before you are sick of all things apple (are …

Gingerbread Donuts with Brown Butter Glaze
Breakfast Dessert

Gingerbread Donuts with Brown Butter Glaze

Make Gingerbread Donuts with Brown Butter Glaze part of your baking repertoire this holiday season. Topped with chopped pecans and sprinkles, these donuts are just as fun and festive as they are delicious. Featured in my last post were awesome, easy-to-make Gingerbread Lace Cookies, which were a big hit. Some things are so good that they are worth repeating, and that is why I am …