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Orange Stuff

December 3, 2012

It’s not a family gathering unless Auntie Jean brings her famous Orange Stuff.  I had to beg and plea with her in order to get her to share the secret recipe.  Usually, we ge this twice a year, more if we’re lucky.  Thanksgiving and Christmas – this year, it made an appearance at my Dad’s 50th Birthday.  Once the orange stuff is presented at the table, it’s only custom, among…

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles

September 27, 2012

Tuesday night, I may have screwed up a really good recipe for these Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles, and may might have become very angry with the dessert gods – I needed to cool off and try it again.  I redeemed myself last night by hashing out the recipe once more by switching some things up, and yes, reading the directions a bit more carefully.  NOTE: my cross outs below are…

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

September 24, 2012
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

One of our favorite things to add to a dessert, besides peanut butter, is pumpkin.  It does not even have to be fall for me to eat a good pumpkin pie. A classic American treat, the Whoopie Pie, otherwise known as a “black-and-white,” got its start as being a delicious treat in lunch pails.  Wives of farmers would bake these treats once in a while for their husbands and pack…

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