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Foolproof Gluten Free Snickerdoodles

Aunt Guy snickered more than most. In fact, my sweet Daddy always accused her of not being able to turn off her Giggle Box, so it’s appropriate she’s the one who turned me on to Snickerdoodle cookies,...

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Gluten-Free Nutella Oatmeal No Bake Drop Cookies

In the winter of 2004 there was an unexpected ice storm in South Carolina where we lived at the time. My oldest was 11 years old, and Ma Petite was just a few months shy of four. Our area was hit hard,...

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Old Fashioned Nut-Free Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

I probably make mine different than you, but I think you’re going to want to know about it. Don’t get me wrong, the traditional recipe, one I have memorized (2 cups sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 3 Tablespoons...

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Gluten-Free Mississippi Mud Cake

Around 1975, somewhere deep in the Mississippi backwater, a girl played quietly on the slippery banks of a great river where bull frog croaks rang through thick, honeysuckle scented air. With old tin...

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Chewy Gingerbread Bars with Zesty Lemon Glaze

The texture of these festive bars won me over at first bite. Imagine biting into a chewy brownie and instead of chocolate, your taste buds are dazzled by zesty sweet lemon glaze and just the right...

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Gluten Free Cherry Swirl Coffee Cake

“His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry…” That line from Twas the Night Before Christmas comes to mind any time I make a cherry dessert during the holidays. While fresh cherries are best in...

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How to Host a Creative Kids Christmas Cupcake Party

Whipping up sweet holiday cheer for the kids is easier than you think! Hosting a cupcake decorating party can be the simplest festivity you organize this holiday season if you follow a few tips. This...

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Grain-Free Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Not your ordinary grain-free cookie, these chewy chocolate chunk beauties are 100% nut-free, which is awesome news to those of us who sometimes (or always) avoid grains but have a nut allergy. In place...

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Gluten Free Chocolate Snowcap Cookies

Crinkle cookies, snowcap cookies, whatever you call them, they seem to be everyone’s festive favorite on the holiday cookie tray. Sometimes when I’m making these deep chocolate flavored cookies, I...

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Gigi’s Christmas Morning Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread with Caramel Sauce

It just wouldn’t be Christmas morning without a warm ring of gooey cinnamon pull-apart bread drenched in caramel sauce at my house. Cinnamon makes the whole house smell wonderful and there’s something...

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Gluten Free Orange Cranberry Quick Bread

I developed this recipe for Dreamy. He loves the combination of sweet citrus and tart cranberries together in the fall. Usually I make this beauty in loaf form but when we were living in France earlier...

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Warm chocolate chip cookies right from the oven are my favorite dessert. Except for the part where you stand there and scoop equally sized bits of dough onto pan after pan and bake and wait and … You...

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Gluten Free Food Processor Pie Crust

Pie crust. Gluten-free. Does it give you a headache? It shouldn’t, and after you try this recipe, it won’t. I promise. Before you begin, read the recipe all the way through, and I’ve said it before,...

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chunk Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

When I was growing up, ice cream sandwiches were kind of my go-to treat when my godmother took me to the small country store just up the hill and down the street from her house. She drove a big blue...

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Banana Split S’Mores Parfaits

If you’re on a diet, click away now. If not, well I might just have your new favorite summertime dessert! :) This is what happens when you live in France and have a teeny tiny freezer that can only...

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Gluten-Free Fresh Strawberry Layer Cake

Strawberry cake was my “thing” when I was a girl. My Aunt Suzie made one for my birthday every year. She used those frozen sliced berries in sugar syrup. Two boxes – one for the cake, the other for the...

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Old Fashioned Gluten-Free Cooked Frosting

It seems like everyone uses that old stand-by, butter cream, to frost cakes and cupcakes, but I personally do not like confectioners’ sugar. Don’t get me wrong, I have likely eaten my current weight in...

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Gluten-Free Mascarpone Pound Cake Cupcakes

These cupcakes need no introduction. They speak for themselves, so to say. One bite and you’ll be hooked, fantasizing about all the different ways you’re going to use them this summer. Dreaming of...

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2-Ingredient Mascarpone Frosting

Times, tastes and lifestyles change and my family is not immune to any of those changes. There was a time when I bought confectioners’ sugar like I was preparing for the Apocalypse (you would need lots...

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Gluten-Free White Chocolate Vanilla Cupcakes with Pink Beet Powder Icing

At Christmastime in the mid-1970s, I remember baking with one of the aunties, making cupcakes and cookies for a family gathering. We had red and green colored sugar, sprinkles and enough artificial...

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