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Homemade Spiced Cranberry Sauce
I love cranberry sauce with my turkey (like this smoked turkey), but I am not a fan of the can. This Homemade Spiced Cranberry Sauce is SO MUCH better than the can, and so easy!! Let’s talk about the Spiced Cranberry Sauce Are you a fan of cranberry sauce? I feel like you either are or your not. There doesn’t seem to be too many people out there that are in the middle of the cranberry debate. Well, I was not a fan either until I started making my own cranberry sauce from FRESH cranberries…thats right there are no cans in this recipe. It is all about the FRESH Berries Growing…
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Sausage Dressing – Thanksgiving Must
Sausage Dressing is hands down our families favorite dressing. How do I know?? After 4 dressings, a blind taste test and an overwhelming vote… the winner has been named!! Changing a Texas Girl’s World Being a good Texas girl I grew up eating cornbread dressing every Thanksgiving. The very traditional version of cornbread with onions, celery, and cornbread. My mom would bake the cornbread days in advance and prep anything she could to make her cornbread dressing. This Texas girls life was changed though a couple of years ago, I was introduced to bread and sausage dressing and it changed my life. It was full of flavor, the bread…
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Smoked Turkey
Turkey Day (aka Thanksgiving) will be here before we know it (like in 2 weeks ) and it is time we talk smoked turkey! let’s talk SMOKED TURKEY I know most of us will roast or fry our Thanksgiving turkeys but this Smoked Turkey is the only way my family does it now. My brother and his Father-in-Law have perfected this recipe and it is just amazing!! To be safe you want to have between 3/4 – 1 pound per person (or more for leftovers). Also make sure you give it enough time to thaw, We thaw our turkey in an ice water bath in a cooler (still in the…
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Monster Cookies – The Halloween Version
Monster Cookies are my new favorite Halloween treat. I mean just how adorable are these little yummies?? SPRINKLES & MORE SPRINKLES I am all about a fun sprinkle for any and all occasion. I have an entire section in my pantry dedicated to my sprinkle obsession. My niece and nephew love them as well and want to decorate cookies almost every time they come over just so they can use them. For these cookies I went with a variety. As seen above a traditional halloween blend of orange, green, black, purple and white and then a pink, green and white version as well for the purple cookies. I…
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Monster Brownies – A Boooo-rific Sweet Treat
Halloween is just a round the corner and that means it is time for Monster themed treats… and these Monster Brownies are just what this Halloween needs. A Monster Brownie with Options The beauty of these brownies are all the options. First – you can use a box brownie mix if you would like. If you have a favorite one use it…I would recommend one that bakes up a bit on the darker chocolate side just so the marshmallow web stands out more, but whatever you have on hand will work. Second – you can make this gluten and dairy free. Just replace the flour and butter with your diet…
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Spooky Cosmic Brownies
Happy Spooky Season Y’all!! I am so excited that it is almost Halloween. As you know I am all about everything Pumpkin, but really I am all about anything Fall and that includes the spooky season. To amp up our Halloween sweet table this year I decided to bring a classic but make it a little spooky. Classic … Classic … Classic Sometimes it is good to go back to a classic, simple recipe. I am all for changing up a traditional recipe but there is just something so good about the classics. These brownies are as classic as they get. They are rich, fudgy, everything chocolate, topped with icing…
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Gluten Free Tres Leche
Tres Leche is a favorite recipe of my brothers… and now I have perfected the recipe to make it Gluten Free so my sis-in-law and myself can enjoy it as well. A fun Birthday treat! We always do a family dinner for birthday’s and I always get to fix a dessert for my brothers birthday. This year he wanted Tres Leche, which I love, so I decided to try a GF version so we could all enjoy it. Now I am not going to lie I was a little nervous. Sometimes gluten free recipes, especially baked goods, can feel gritty and dry, but I was hoping all the milk would…
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Goody Bars (Gluten Free Option)
Memorial Day Weekend is HERE and these Goody Bars would be a perfect sweet treat!! Goody Bar Time! If you know about Goody Bars then you know just how yummy they are. First can we talk about the oatmeal crust/crumble? It is buttery, just sweet enough and the perfect envelope to the chocolate center. I did use Gluten Free Flour and they turned out amazing. You can use all-purpose if you would like. Secondly, the chocolate center. Not only is it chocolate but it is also mixed with sweetened condensed milk (or nectar of the God’s), vanilla, salt and a little more butter. There can never be too…
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Browned Butter M&M Blondies
Memorial Day weekend is here and that means time for a yummy treat, these Browned Butter Blondies are perfect! All about the browned butter… I love a good blondie but these blondies are next level. Why? You ask… it is all about the browned butter. Browned butter really does make all the difference. It adds a nutty bite to the bars and a richness that cannot be adequately described with words alone. Now I do know that the idea of browning butter can sounds a little intimidating but it really isn’t… you just have to pay attention to it. All you do is let the butter melt, it…
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Oreo Stuffed Cookies
Oreo cookies and Memorial Day Weekend are a perfect combo and then you stuff them into a chocolate chip cookie, they are even better!! Let’s talk dough You could stuff oreo’s in any cookie you want but for me I wanted to make it a little extra fun for theHoliday so I made M&M chocolate chip cookies. You could use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, plain chocolate chip cookie recipe, double chocolate cookie recipe…really just about anything you would like. Once you pick your dough you can get to stuffing! Hello Oreo You can use any variety of OREO you love but I love the summer ones. The creme center…
