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brown butter roasted banana muffins

brown butter roasted banana muffins

What’s that? You’re looking for something relatively quick and extremely delicious for Christmas morning breakfast? Well, here’s your answer: Brown …

roasted savory spiced pecans

roasted savory spiced pecans

These smoky, spicy roasted pecans are a winter month snack staple at our house. Wait, let me rephrase that. I …

roasted blueberry rum balls

roasted blueberry rum balls

What do you get when you crumble a pan of fudgy brownies infused with the sweetness of roasted blueberries, then …

winter blondies

winter blondies

Apparently 2012 is my ‘Year of the Cranberry.’ Until recently, I’ve never really had any interest in them. I guess …

turkey pot pie

turkey pot pie

Thanksgiving. Two solid days in the kitchen prepping followed by two solid minutes scarfing down the first plate of food. …

three layer mini pumpkin pies

three layer mini pumpkin pies

For as long as I can remember, my Mom has made ‘Paradise Pumpkin Pie’ for Thanksgiving. And it never disappoints. …

malted hot cocoa cookies

malted hot cocoa cookies

Mmmm, smell that? It’s hot cocoa. In cookie form. It doesn’t get really cold here in Scottsdale very often. Sometimes …

roasted sweet potato salad

roasted sweet potato salad

Well, would you look at that. My favorite holiday is right around the corner. Time to dust off the roasting …

crockpot chili con carne

crockpot chili con carne

Saturday’s forecasted high for Scottsdale: 61 degrees. Yup, there’s a chill in the air. All joking aside, I truly look …

apple marshmallow fangs

apple marshmallow fangs

  ‘Tis the season for spook-tacular snacks! Head on over to Dad or Alive to read my full guest post with all …