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September 2009

Milky Way Midnight Cheesecake

September 23, 2009

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Nothing good happens after midnight”. So, to that I say… what about: Stargazing Rock Band All nighters Baking Blogging about what you just baked Movie marathons Great conversations Enjoying peace and quiet Any others you’d like to add to the list? Well, while you ponder that thought, you might [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, chocolate graham crackers, cream cheese, eggs, granulated sugar, heavy cream, instant coffee, Milky Way Midnight Minis, sweetened condensed milk, unsalted butter, vanilla extract

S’mores Tart

September 15, 2009

There’s a certain birthday coming up in a few days… 13 to be exact. I began being reminded of this event as soon as the last birthday in the family occurred, which was back in August. Since then, I have been reminded of said event at least once per day, every day, since about the [...]

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Tagged as: brown sugar, cinnamon, dark chocolate, eggs, godiva chocolate liqueur, heavy cream, honey, Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme, unsalted butter, whole wheat flour

Caramelized Grilled Mango Zabaglione

September 12, 2009

Well I’m cutting it close but I really want to get this post up before 9/13/2009, as I write it is 9/12/2009 11:45 PM. You see, LiveSTRONG with a Taste of Yellow is a Winos & Foodies supporting event for the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LiveSTRONG Day on October 2nd. We are required to post our [...]

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Tagged as: calvados liquor, egg yolks, granulated sugar, mango, turbinado sugar, whipping cream

French Vanilla Pistachio Sables

September 9, 2009

This past weekend I had a little extra time on my hands to say the least. Aside from a little housekeeping, grocery shopping and usual weekend errand running, there wasn’t much else going on. The boys were either hanging out with their friends, or at birthday parties… so, what better way to spend my time [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, eggs, French, granulated sugar, nick malgieri, Pistachio, pistachios, unsalted butter, Vanilla, vanilla extract

Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

September 6, 2009

It was Thursday night, I was checking out Facebook looking for a good laugh, a cute picture, an interesting post, someone ranting over someone else’s meaningless post, you know some good stuff. I was about to log out when I came across a post from one of my co-workers in which he was updating us [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, confectioners' sugar, eggs, elinor klivans, Frosting, granulated sugar, heavy cream, instant coffee, instant espresso, light corn syrup, semisweet chocolate, sour cream, unsalted butter, unsweetened chocolate, vanilla extract