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Spice it up

Posted by Candace on Friday, January 28th, 2011

Hey, remember me? Yes, I know… I’ve been the biggest slacker with my beloved blog. We’ve been all over the place in the past six months.  We also have a ton of traveling this year… Paradise Island, Puerto Rico, New York, Rio de Janiero, Florence (Italy, not South Carolina!) Frankfurt (Germany) and Aruba.  This is just the first 6 months or so of the year.  Whew.

But… I’m turning over a new leaf, and plan to blog… at least once a week (month) or twice a week (month) :P

I know, this is a weird recipe for January… but I LOVE molasses spice cookies.  I always get one at Starbucks when they have them and I’ve been trying a multitude of recipes until I found the perfect one and tweaked it a bit.  This recipe is from Martha Stewart’s website, but I’ve changed the ratio a little… Although yummy, I’ve found her recipe to be a little too soft.  FYI- I tend to make a half recipe and it turns out perfect!
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January 28th, 2011 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Sweet Tooth / 2 Critiques

Easiest Dessert Ever

Posted by Candace on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

I’ve been buying tons of blueberries because they are in season and on sale. However, I’m officially tired of eating them so I’ve been finding ways to make quick and not so fattening desserts with them. I made a very basic streusel topping and just topped the blueberries and baked. Heaven.
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September 8th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Sweet Tooth / 8 Critiques

My Rolls Are Sweet

Posted by Candace on Monday, July 26th, 2010

My husband is a total soccer addict (or as his European peeps calls it… “football”.) He watched pretty much every game during the world cup. Luckily we have our own photography business and tons of flexibility or he might not have a job anymore!  He’s of course cheered for his fatherland of Germany.  We went over to a friend’s house for breakfast and the Italy-New Zealand game and I decided to make some cinnamon rolls.  This made me realize we should have breakfast parties more often.  Or maybe we could do breakfast at dinner parties.  Either way makes me happy!

I found this recipe in a big stack of recipes torn out of magazines… so I’m not sure which one this came from, but it is simple and good.  I made a few adaptions… like cream cheese glaze.  What’s not to like?
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July 26th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Breakfast / 3 Critiques

Blueberries galore

Posted by Candace on Friday, July 2nd, 2010

After traveling for the past month and a half or so, we’re back home and I’m back in the kitchen.  I actually missed cooking… weird eh? I have a blog post already written about my travels (with lots of restaurant recs) but still have to go through all the photos we took.  A few of the places we visited in May and June are Chicago, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, New York and Philadelphia.  Will be blogging it soon!

It’s blueberry season! This week we’ve had blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins and many big ole bowls of blueberries. They really are one of the best snacks… healthy AND yummy!  This is a combination of my favorite streusel recipe (from my Turkey day sweet potato casserole) and favorite muffin recipe (from The Joy of Cooking.)  This is NOT one of those healthy muffins, but one that is cake like and addicting.  So what’s not to like? { Read the rest }

July 2nd, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Breakfast / 8 Critiques

Banana Puddin

Posted by Candace on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

A few months ago, Stephan and I were in New York and as usual, we planned our time there around food and photography. We stopped in at the famous Magnolia Bakery for their popular cupcakes. As were were sitting outside in the alley eating our yummy cupcakes, I saw two well dressed older women sharing something out of a paper container. They were positively moaning after each bite. So of course, I had to ask what was causing this reaction. Banana Pudding. Who would have thought? So I finished my cupcake and went back in and bought a banana pudding. I then found myself moaning after each bite.  It was hands down the best banana pudding I’ve ever had.  I don’t know what was in it, but it was decadent, yet light… flavorful, yet light…  creamy, yet light.  However, I’m pretty sure it was no where near light.  But at that moment, I didn’t care.  It was so tasty that I don’t care if it was 100 grams of fat.

So I came home and made my own version of banana pudding.  I really was feeling indulgent and used a combination of half and half and whole milk… It can also be made with only whole milk (or even 2%) and the result will be good but not nearly as rich and creamy.  I justified making the full fat version because I only made half of the recipe.  :P  Makes sense to me!

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April 13th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Sweet Tooth / 14 Critiques
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